Task #6 - 3 TPE
Make a dream team of players from the two teams in the four star cup finals (3F, 2D, 1G), and give a small explanation for each pick. Alternatively, make a graphic displaying your dream team.
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WRITTEN: 150+ words
GRAPHIC: Include player renders and team logos
Here's my dream team of Newfoundland and Quebec City players based on their performances in the playoffs when it mattered most:
LW: Emeril Lagasse
Lagasse had a fantastic playoffs, scoring the most points on the team (tied with two others) despite barely getting any power play time, and was an excellent setup player who also dominated at even strength.
C: Alexander MacKenzie
MacKenzie, the reigning league MVP, was once again fantastic this season and it carried into the playoffs. He scored a team high 10 goals on their cup run and was once again near unplayable.
RW: Pope Coswi
Coswi is not technically a right winger but had performances very worthy of making this team, scoring the second most goals on the team (8) and 14 points while, like Lagasse, not getting much man advantage time.
LD: Mikko Rashford
Rashford was dominant in the regular season as an offensive defenseman and it happened again in the playoffs, where he tied for the team lead in points with 17 and was a driving offensive force from the back end.
RD: Rand'al Thor
Much like Rashford, Thor was another dynamic offensive defenseman and he only scored one goal less than the team points leaders (16). Him and Rashford were an absolute menace from the blue line.
G: Jonas Johansson
Every cup winning team is backed by a good goalie, and Johansson once again proved to be a reliable presence in goal who did his job more than well enough to fit a championship winning starter. (261 words)
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Task #14 - Latecomer Special - 2-3 TPE
So I see you waited until the end of the finals to complete your tasks! Well congrats to [TEAM] on winning the Four-Star! Reflecting back on the series, what were the keys to [TEAM] taking the finals? Name 3 key points that resulted in the series playing out the way it did.
Requirements:
WRITTEN: 100+ words for 2 TPE, 150+ for 3 TPE.
GRAPHIC: Includes a player render and a table with the 3 keys to the series results.
Incredible showing for Newfoundland in these finals as they once again dominated all playoffs and took out a Quebec team that never looked like they stood a chance against this freight train of a team. Here are some keys to Newfoundland's success these finals.
1) Eliminating Colorado: While Quebec had a good season, Colorado was the one team that Newfoundland faced that they looked mortal against all season, so winning that series would have made them quite confident that if they just did their thing the cup was theirs.
2) Squad depth: Newfoundland was busting at the seams with quality players all over this season, and just like last season they had easily the deepest squad in the league, and as the playoffs showed teams were under threat no matter which unit took the ice.
3) OT Performance: The Berserkers managed to come up big both times it mattered, netting OT winners in games 2 and 3, giving them the momentum they needed to dominate game 4 to complete the cup sweep. (172 words)
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Task #8 - 3 TPE
You just played out your very first season in the SMJHL to start a new chapter in your career. Overall, how would you say you performed in your rookie season? Did you meet expectations you set for yourself individually? What do you need to improve on for next season?
My rookie season was far from good. In fact I would go as far as to say I would classify it as quite bad! With Anchorage being a rebuilding team at the moment, Ricky was given a top six role from the start of the season in the roster, playing with Paul Koivu and Leon Lokitonov, but it was an absolute nightmare most of the time that he was on the ice, managing a horrific -48 plus minus across the season, despite playing 21:39 minutes of ice time per game. He had only 8 goals and 20 points despite getting some marginal time on the power play, and his giveaway to takeaway ratio was about 1.3/1 in favour of giveaways. It was not all negatives, though, as Ricky blocked an impressive 116 shots and laid out 89 hits, showing good physicality and willingness to put his body on the line. Hopefully things will improve a lot next season. (160 words)
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Task #3 - 2 TPE
Your team is giving back to their supporters by holding a fan appreciation day for one of their games, where the team will hand out a special commemorative item to show thanks for their continued support of the franchise. You have been tasked to design the product to be given out to the attendees (can be a rally towel, foam finger, bobble head, etc.)
Requirements:
- WRITTEN: Write a 100 word blurb about the item, including details on during which game was / will be given out.
- GRAPHIC: Include a picture of the item and at least one SMJHL logo; must look like you at least kinda tried.
As they have two of the many brothers on their team, Anchorage thought it would be nice to make game 4 against Detroit in the playoffs a Koivu appreciation night, where bobblehead figures of all the Koivu brothers were given out at random to spectators as a fun way to give back to the fans. Unfortunately this ended up not going as cheerily and positively as the team expected, as after being demolished by Detroit in game four for the Armada to get swept, many angry Boat fans who received Paul or Ricky Koivu figures tossed them onto the ice in protest at the final buzzer of the game. (109 words)
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Task #13 - 1-3 TPE
Answer up to 3 of these prompts, each one being worth 1 TPE for 50+ words each.
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A. Which player from either team has the best name in this series (just the name itself, nothing to do with the player themselves)
Has to be Pope Coswi for me here. Why is his name Pope? Is he a Pope? Did his parents choose that name for him? Why did they go with that? Regardless, it is pretty badass and just comes with a sense of high class status that sets him apart from the rest of the league. How are you supposed to play against a guy named the Pope? (68 words)
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C. We've been talking about the playoffs, but it's performance throughout the season that helped get our finalists into the playoffs. Who was the key player to success for either team (or both) during the regular season and why?
Obviously Newfoundland has several players who were standout performers this season, but Rand Al'Thor was an absolute behemoth on the back line, out performing every other defenseman in the league offensively by a landslide. He is nailed on to win best defenseman this season and could be in the MVP conversation after scoring 64 points in 66 games. (58 words)
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