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 - ice

2a. You can never take success for granted, but these are two of the league's heavy favorites coming into the cup finals. Pick either of our finalists, and tell me what about them impresses you the most! +1 TPE
What impresses me the most about the Winnipeg Aurora is their ability to continuously make it back to the grand stage. Their D core is second to none and their Forwards can out shoot any opponent if they are on a good night. The team is very well built and hopefully they can bring home another cup.

2d. If it ain't broke don't fix it: Who you got? Who wins? Why? +1 TPE
The Winnipeg Aurora take this series easily. I dont think New England can keep up with them defensively nor can their offense generate enough to keep themselves in games. I think its different from S70 and Winnipeg mops the floor with them before New England even knowns what hit them.

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?
The Winnipeg Aurora have a stranglehold on the western conference. I don't think that the other western teams ever have the opportunity to ever really take down this team in a 7 game series. I also think it helps when the west has not seemed as strong either especially as of late but I do think that the Aurora have a very very good team on paper. I think that, like I said before, this Aurora team has all the pieces to bring it home and win the cup that this team has been hunting for so desperately these last couple of seasons especially after the heartbreak the Wolfpack gave them in season seventy as they lost in a thrilling seven game series that had them watching the fans from the crowd cheering as they saw their favorite team hoisting the cup. I think other lessons teams should be taking from this is to keep your head up and continue to stay with your team even if things aren't going that well in the moment things will turn around and you could very easily be finding yourself in the grand finals before you know it.