1. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1.5 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is completed through a Google form linked below. Make sure to spell your answers correctly or you will not get credit. Post your verification word in your CW post.
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2. Written, up to 4 TPE - Grab Bag: Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.
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b. You can't talk about Seattle's run without talking about the dominant performance of starting goaltender Willie Miller, who has posted a .935 SV% heading into the finals. If your Atlanta, how do you solve this brick wall? If your Seattle, what do you do to make sure your guy stays hot?
First of all, it's spelled "you're" not "your", and I believe the goalie performance depends on the team, not so much on the goalie. Seattle simply needs to continue playing the way they did before, because it's worked (apparently) and Atlanta needs to play with tactics after game 1 I'd say. Since they haven't played each other before in the playoffs, it remains to be seen how dominant Seattle will be in this series.
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4. Written, 3 TPE, League vs. League (150 words min.)
Could any SMJHL team in history (if they were NOT capped at their usual 350/425 builds) have beaten any SHL team in history a 7 game series? Why or why not? What historical teams do you think are good candidates for this trial? Who do you think is the best team in SMJHL history and the worst team in SHL history? Would the J team have a chance? Make your case!
The worst team in SHL history is relatively easy to figure out and I don't even have to look very long. Which season was that one bad Tampa team again? Season 54, right? They have to be the one representing the SHL here, simply because they haven't won a single game that season. And then I'll pick Newfoundland, any of the seasons where they've won the Cup, doesn't matter which one. There might've been better teams, but I'm going with them anyway. On top of that we're talking historical teams so that means FHM6 in this case which allowed testing. I'm pretty sure the NL GMs would've been able to figure something out. I have no idea what exactly they would've done, but I know they know/knew their way around FHM6 well enough to find a way to beat S54 Tampa. Even if they didn't win every game against Tampa, they should have had a chance hypothetically.
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6. Written, 3 TPE, Curse (150 words min.)
We’ve heard of the “President’s Trophy Curse” in which the top team of the regular season has a very hard time closing the deal in the playoffs and often ends up losing. If you could invent a curse and attach it to any other league event– what would it be and why? No Challenge Cup winner shall ever repeat? Anyone who wins the goal scoring title is doomed to 4% shooting next season? Get creative and give your curse a fun name!
Oh, I have a great idea for this. Let's call it the "FHM ex-Great Lakes Curse". Any team in the FHM-era(!) that used to be part of the SHL's Great Lakes division (RIP) and has won the Cup before, won't win it again. That would dramatically raise my team's chances to finally get past Hamilton and Buffalo for once (well, Chicago found another way out). It's not really attached to an event, but to a historical position they were in before the league realigned divisions. If you're not familiar with the Great Lakes, because you're new or simply never paid attention: back in the day when the Great Lakes division existed we had a different playoff format and the top 3 teams out of 4 in this division made the playoffs. No wildcard. Toronto was always screwed. I'm especially referring to S59, Toronto was the 5th best team in the league with 44 wins and missed the playoffs. I'll never not be upset about that.
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20. Written, 3 TPE, Jumble Up (150 words min.)
Take your SHL/SMJHL team’s name and enter it into an anagram generator (like this one: https://ingesanagram.com/) and generate a new team name! Choose one of the mixed-up results and tell me why it would be a fun choice for your franchise to rebrand to! Give me some jersey and logo ideas as well!
First option:
Horst Norton Tarots
I have no idea who Horst Norton is, but it must've been some famous player in league history and he was really obsessed with tarot cards. It could also be just some kind of sponsor or brand. In Europe there are teams named after sponsors sometimes. With the name "Tarots" you could create a cool logo with a tarot card or objects used on those (and that totally reminds me of Persona 5 now, but I digress).
Second option:
North Rotator Snots
We do keep the "North" in here from the old name. What's new are the Rotator Snots. I don't even want to know what the logo would look like. A rotator full of snot? Okay, perhaps not the best choice.
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Toronto Thorn Tsars
We're keeping Toronto this time and this is probably the most serious of the three options I found. Thorn Tsars. That might not be the easiest team name to say out loud, but I can imagine a logo with some kind of evil-looking emperor and thorns around his head and I'm sure you could incorporate thorns nicely into a jersey-design too (similar to the blood I used on the Berserkers jerseys).
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22. Written / Graphic, 3 TPE, Animal Rescue (150 words min.)
Your player has been asked to use some of their immense pro-athlete wealth to open up an animal rescue! Lucky for you, the type of animal was not specified, so it’s your call! What kind of animal does your player want to protect and why? Is it something you find cute? Something that actually needs help? Or do you just want a herd of llamas on hand to threaten your enemies with? As a graphic task, show me your player hard at work tending to whatever animals you’ve chosen.
Immense pro-athlete wealth? Check. Animal rescue? Check! Helping cute and endangered animals with lots of pro-athlete money? Big check! When Harry Carpet was asked to open up an animal rescue, he didn't think twice. Of course, the animal of choice was a red panda because seriously, is there any (endangered) animal cuter than a red panda? I don't know about you, but I can't think of any. After different talks with animal rescue organizations and finding out the best way to bring the money exactly to the place where it would help, Carpet even got to meet some of the red pandas in a zoo. The species is endangered and the total population has decreased a lot, so it's important to do something. Obviously, they're cute, but they also shouldn't be kept as pets. Red pandas love snow and cold weather so if they had a favorite sport, it likely would be hockey - if you were looking for a connection.
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