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.
Chill

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.
a. So the two teams only played each other twice early in the season with both games going to Atlanta. While the first game was no contest with most of the stats going the way of Atlanta, the second game saw a much closer game where seattle forced a shootout win by the inferno. With the way Seattle has been playing, it seems like their players have bought into the cup mentality.
b. A mediocre team can ride a hot goalie all the way to the finish line. Now that Seattle has made it to the final game they need to work on making sure their goalie only sees easily blocked shots. Keep his confidence up and play a defensive game to stifle the red hot goal scores of atlanta and you might squeeze out that cup on the miracle run.
c. When a team has depth that means their compatibility is through the roof. Seattle needs to up their physical game. Knock atlanta around and you will break up pass timings. Points on the board doesnt necessarily mean goals in the net. Its the third line that has the most goals. Look to offset your lines. You might be double shifting your top D but make sure they are out there. For atlanta, its business as usual. Make sure the other team cant be too intrusive. Keep the puck moving and seattle guessing.
d.Power play goals are double edged swords. On one hand a goal is a goal, but on the other it requires the other team to create the situation for you. If we take the other prompts and talk about upping seattles physical game and agitation tactics. The more they can get key players off the ice for making mistakes the better off they are. This Atlanta team has given up 25 power plays in the playoffs. Use that energy and get scoring chances.

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!
The Expansion Curse. When two teams that joined the league at the same time face off against each other in the finals, be that juniors or majors, the team that did better in the regular season will have an uphill battle regardless of how they did in said regular season. We have a chance to see this twice this season and so we will be able to verify if this curse is true. If Seattle win again the Inferno, and Quebec prevails against St. Louis to battle Nevada, we will see if this curse actually comes to light.  We have had several expansion throughout the years here at SHL and each has brought in around two teams to act as natural rivals. Some teams end up being better managed or just have good luck in the draft. What is eternal is the sentiment that the teams are young are tied together in some way. In my thoughts, these are the ultimate showdowns that could possibly happen between any teams out there.

5. Written, 3 TPE, Secret Weapon (150 words min)
It’s never too early to start thinking about how you’re going to gain a competitive edge next season! How is your team going to go the extra mile to get wins next season? Is it a secret training regimen? Sneaky equipment modifications? Booby trapping the visiting teams’ locker room? Anything goes.
The team is going to show up late to every single match they are away for. Both to make the fans on the other team angry as well as throw off the opposing players and their rhythm.  Have a pre-game ritual? smashed. Have sponsors that like things a different times? Gone. It will force the league to have to make new rules based on timing just because one team is creating such dissonance. Then as soon as the ruling comes down you start showing up every where early. Where before you were throwing games so it looked like you had a .500 win rate, now you start asking players to play at the top of their abilities. Teams that you face will be cowed by the fact that you are facing down strict guidelines set by the league and rise to the glory of the cup. It will be the ultimate intimidation tactic that will sure to give victory to your team.

Milestones - 3 TPE
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