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.)
For me, it's all starts at the top.  You have to have a general manager who is dedicated to long term success and an active participant not just in the league, but is in touch with everything going on news-wise.  One of the main in-game things that helps build that level of consistency is elite level draft scouting and building an active locker room that makes it easy for the players to update.  When you continually hit on draft picks, you have a strong foundation for success but you also have to be flexible when it comes to filling gaps with trades, which Winnipeg has also done.  Overall, this game is about keeping your players active and building a consistent roster which the Aurora have done at a rate maybe not seen in the last few decades. It's a level of dominant consistency that every team can take a look at when it comes to building their own teams.  Being able to score, defend, and have high level goalies for this long is just incredible and a testament to the Winnipeg front office.
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12. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)

Winnipeg took home the title this season in dominating fashion. I'm honestly not sure what else New England could've done, because they played really well and still only managed to win one game.  When you're as good top to bottom as the Aurora are, it's incredibly difficult to beat them in a long series.  The second game was probably my favorite moment, because it was coming on the heels of New England taking 1-0 lead and it was a back and forth affair that wasn't decided until overtime.  Once the Wolfpack won that game 7-6, they flipped the switch for the rest of the series.  In the subsequent three games, they won by an aggregate score of 14-3 and were utterly unstoppable.  That's the most impressive thing about the Aurora - if you give them even the smallest gap they will exploit that immediately and with a devastating impact.  Two shutouts immediately following that overtime game tells you everything you need to know about the level of hockey they brought to the finals.
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