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.

Verification Word: Miz

7. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 7 for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

Milestone 1 TPE


ISFL affiliate 3 TPE



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. Winnipeg made the finals last year and came up just short against the Forge. Last year, their offense ran through Mikko Rashford - this year, their top line has been much more of a balanced attack, with Gonzo Gobbledygook and Lias Ekholm-Gunnarsson stepping up hard. Does this make Winnipeg a stronger team, or would it be better to spread this firepower out and run multiple scoring lines?
b. New England finds themselves in a similar situation to Winnipeg's last year: star winger Petr Svoboda has an absurd 30 points in 23 playoff games at the time this is posted. 18 of those are goals, 12 are assists: how do you shut this guy down?
c. Olof Karsikko has made 823 saves in these playoffs, nearly twice the number of saves made by Winnipeg's Rebecca Montagne. What can New England do to help their tendie out? Or should they settle on a strategy of allowing their goalie to face a high volume of low-danger shots to get in the zone and stay hot? Alternatively, how can they rattle Montagne?
d. If it ain't broke don't fix it: Who you got? Who wins? Why?

A. A lot of people would think that spreading the firepower is the key, but I think having one very strong line is the way to go, it worked for the Forge last season. Put your strongest player together, and put them on the ice as often as it is humanly possible  you have to put your body on the line for a cup. (63 words)

B. There is almost no way to stop a guy on a roll like that. Of course you put your best defenseman and defensive forward against him, but until this point, Svoboda has found a way to still put a lot of point on the board. You just hope that as a team, you score more than him alone  and hope that your goaltender will do the job. (68 words)

C. I think that could be a deceding factor in this final. Karsikko is on fire right now, and I dont think NEW has to change the way they played until then. Karsikko seems to be better the more shot he have, so just make sure that the shots are done outside of the box, and clear player in front of him, that should do the tricks. Montagne has not been tested yet, so just take all the shots you can. (81 words)

D. Im gonna give this one to WPG. They're still the team with the highest TPE per player, and they are dominating playoff right now. I would like more to see NEW wins tho, Im tired to always see WPG on top, but the stats dont lie, I think we wont have a surprise this season, but I hope for a long final. (63 words)


16. Written, 3 TPE, Home Turf (150 words min.)
Rotating host countries is expensive and politically challenging. Local governments have to maintain sufficient arenas to host an event that comes around once a decade and popular sentiment is changing against olympic-style sports in general. We may have to pick a permanent home for the IIHF! Naturally, this should be your country, so state your case as to why your country is the best candidate to permanently host IIHF!

First of all, I think we need to setgle one thing for a debate like that. Hockey is a winter sport, so country that dont see an inch of snow should not even be considered. With that in mind, I think that the best country to have the IIHF would be Norway. I know that Canada pop in a lot of people mind first, but North America already have a lot of action on their side, all the SHL team come from there, so for this internatiomal championship, we need to move on the other side of the ocean. Norway is a beautiful country, with amazing winter view. They even have a lot of great lake to skate on, we could even do a part of the tournament outside to return to this sport root. This is a great city for tourism, and the organisation would have no trouble to fill up arena and make money with this tournament if they ever choose Norway. (165 words)

6. Written, 2 TPE, Hopeful Haiku  (5 words min.)
Write a haiku telling me what you hope to accomplish in Season 71! A haiku is a three line poem where the first line is five syllables, the second is seven, and the third line is five again. None of your lines may rhyme with each other.

Lund bad this season
Need to improve defense
Or useless he is.