07-14-2023, 11:40 PM(This post was last modified: 07-14-2023, 11:46 PM by marco999. Edited 1 time in total.)
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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: kaapo
+3 TPE - 3/8
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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.
a. Winnipeg has put together an impressive streak of Challenge Cup Finals appearances, but has no hardware to show for their dominance in the west so far. What do the Aurora have to do differently to get over the hump this year?
b. Buffalo, fresh off a rebuild, crushed their way through the first two rounds of these playoffs after coming in as a wildcard, scoring two consecutive sweeps against two of the best teams in the East. Have the Stampede convinced you? If so, what sold you?
c. Two very different teams took two very different routes to the Cup Final: which of them impressed you more? Why?
d. If it ain't broke don't fix it: Who you got? Who wins? Why?
2a) I really thought that our chemistry and the fact that most of us played together for years would get us over the edge and finally win us some hardware. Our team changed a bit with me playing on defense and adding impressive rookies on our roster, so our team looked more balanced and I thought that was the difference maker.
2c) I don't want to be too critical, but once again FHM decided which team would win the Cup by getting their goalie really hot, but I think just the fact that Winnipeg reaches the Cup final season after season is more impressive. Winnipeg assert their dominance in the regular season, but I feel like FHM robs us of the cup, which sucks, but as we say... c'est la vie.
+2 TPE - 5/8
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3. Written, 3 TPE, Guess Who's Back (150 words min.)
To say Winnipeg has been offensively dominant in their playoff run so far is needlessly charitable to their opponents. Lias Ekholm-Gunnarsson has *twenty nine points* in sixteen playoff games. Mikko Rashford has *twenty seven*. However, Rebecca Montaigne has a 0.888 save percentage for this run. Can Winnipeg's absurd offense finally get them over the hump, or do they need to patch up their defense if they want to outlast the Upstate Upstarts?
It feels weird to say this after the finals, but I really thought it would be the year where the Winnipeg Aurora finally win the championship with their high powered offense. I felt like it was our most stacked roster in our finals appearances so far with most of our core playing together for a while, but alas, it wasn't meant to be. I thought our offense was red hot and would carry us over the edge this time, but it wasn not meant to be. With the great season Rebecca Montagne had, I thought their stat would improve to the mean and the type of performance the Winnipeg Aurora were used to, but once again, it wasn not meant to be. Perhaps it's due to the fact that good old Kaapo Kampainen was now playing on the blue line, although my stats were pretty good, so I don't really know what happened. Anyways, we'll be back next season.
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