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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3. Written, 3 TPE, Peggy's Back, Tell a Friend (150 words min.)
Winnipeg is a cup finalist for an astonishing fourth year in a row! To make that happen in the current era of the SHL requires serious skill and deserves appreciation. What is it that makes this Aurora era so successful? What have been the most crucial factors in their Western dominance? What lessons should the rest of the league learn from their success?

what makes the aurora era so special is that it all begins with a rebrand. a rebrand so cool because i was (slightly) involved with it. sure they added a bear to the logo later but it was our push to change from a lame brand to something cool to really spark interest in this team. there was even a big ass article about how my trade from there was basically what gave this team a million cup rings, so i'll be expecting a check in the mail soon for my sacrifice. as a former gm who pretends he was really good, it takes a solid core a good people to make a successful team work, and the right coach to make the players do the things really good. also takes a lot of sim abuse and luck, but i mean that's really any sport. unless we got a lebron james of the sim world, there's always a good variety of stuff. but credit to winnipeg, they're doing that hockey right now.

10. Written, 3 TPE, IIHF Analysis (150 words min.)
Do you foresee any specific upsets in this season's IIHF? Any risers or fallers that might be hot takes? If not, why do you think the best will stay the best?

The biggest upset i see is the fall of canada. with more people playing on more teams doing better and better, canada will start to normal out with the rest of the teams, and i can guarentee with 60% accuracy that they will not win the finals this season. they're just too average for a top team. nothing stands out to me. they are the embodiment of mediocre excellence. strength in numbers is only good with the numbers within those numbers are actually strong. they're just a bunch of jerks. they eat their poudine or however you spell it, and they put ketchup on chips. i mean that just feels like a hate crime, but I can't explain why. But if there's one thing these maple leaf loving nucks are good at is that they really enjoy the color red. and white. not blue though, which is weird. very USSR of them. I'm just putting that out there.