1. Land +3 TPE

11. Yes, Matiss does have teammates on Team Latvia that play for a division rival in the SHL. That player would be Chimkin Wing of Buffalo. Matiss does not mind having a division rival wear the same jersey as him during international play because once a player wears the same jersey they are on your team at that time. When you are playing in the IIHF it doesn’t matter where your teammates are playing at from the SHL because that is not what matters at that time. The only thing that matters is the team you represent and everyone should be on the same page to be able to bring your team a championship no matter what jersey you have on at the time. As far as making friends go, when you are with a group of people for a certain amount of time hanging out and playing together you tend to form new relationships and then those relationships become friends. Matiss has definitely made friends during the IIHF that he wouldn’t have had normally due to all the new people he gets to hang around with during the IIHF. +3 TPE

12. At the conclusion of this SHL season the Winnipeg Aurora were the champions beating the New England Wolfpack. Winnipeg won the series due to their dominating performance, both on offense and defense. Coming in with the best overall roster in the SHL there was no reason for Winnipeg not to win even though they were going up against New England who was the number one team during the regular season. Winnipeg had such a strong showing that in the four series they played they only lost three games. Winnipeg won because they did not have one significant player stand out alone, but they worked together as a complete team to win the championship. I don’t know if there was much that New England could’ve done to change the series just because going into it they were going up against the team that was playing the best in the playoffs and when you face a hard team, there’s not much you can do except play the best you can which New England did unfortunately Cannot stop Winnipeg from winning. The favorite part of the series was just being able to be in the championship as a part of New England, in only my second season. +2 TPE