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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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. Neither of the teams have been relying on one or two superstar forwards to do all their goal scoring in playoffs, but if you had to pick a player you expect to carry their team to cup who would it be?
- if i had to put all of my eggs into one basket this shl playoffs, i would rely on san francisco's victor hargreeves to get the job done and carry my team across the finish line. after honing his skills in buffalo, hargreeves has taken his game to another level in san fran. (53 words)
b. Looking at save percentage and goals against average it seems that Beau Kavanagh has the upper hand over Justin Time. Do you think they do or are those numbers misleading?
- i dont think the goaltender stats are misleading at all, i think kavanaugh has had the better playoff run. however, i believe that the pride just has more offensive firepower making it so the slight difference in goaltending numbers wont matter too much as the pride can outscore any goaltending problems they might encounter. (54 words)

3. Written, 3 TPE, Long Time Coming (150 words min.)
Both teams were competent in early S60s but ultimately didn’t end up winning the cup leading both into a rebuild shortly after. Now they are back at the top, looking to end long cup droughts. Making it to the finals isn’t easy and so both teams will want to make this one count. But there can be only one Challenge Cup Champion, leaving the other team to look ahead to next season.For which of the teams you think - - it is more important to win now and which is in better position to get back to the finals in the future? Why?
while i think that both the san francisco pride and the baltimore platoon are in desperate need of a championship win and some success in the playoffs to have something to show for their efforts, I believe it is much more important for the san francisco pride to win the challenge cup this season. ever since the fiasco with wally happened way back in the mid-season 30s causing the team to collapse and be relocated from portland to san francisco, the pride have been a team that has not seen much success and has even been a running joke in the league. finally getting over that hump after all this time and winning a challenge cup would completely reshape the narrative around the franchise forever. on the other hand, the platoon, while exiting a rebuild, have had many years of success and cup wins in their past. they are not as desperate for a championship win. (156 words)