1. CWTrivia (+3 TPE)

9. The Atlanta Inferno hockey team of the eastern conference of the Simulation Hockey League, sometimes abbreviated to the SHL, have never missed the playoffs - with an incredibly impressive league-record ironman stream. While the Inferno don't have the most cups to their name, sustained success has made them a team where free agents and players alike are excited to join. And Atlanta Inferno are going to win many more cups in the years to come surely - so being good consistently is a way to success, and by no means is tanking necessary. But every team has their own secret sauce to try to win, and none is more or less valid than the other. As long as everyone is happy with their outcome or willing to change if it doesn't work. (130 words, +2 TPE)

14. It looks like the San Francisco Pride, a hockey team in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the Simulation Hockey League, sometimes abbreviated to the SHL, won the Challenge Cup. The San Francisco Pride went 16-5 on their road to the Challenge Cup, an impressive record. In order to prevent a San Francisco Pride Challenge Cup victory, other teams could have scored more goals, thus winning games. For example, in game three of the Challenge Cup Finals, the Philadelphia Forge, a hockey team in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the Simulation Hockey League, allowed the San Francisco Pride to score 14 goals, while the Philadelphia Forge scored a total of zero. Had the Philadelphia Forge simply scored 15 more goals, they would have won the game and had a better path to winning the Challenge Cup. Instead, teams chose to allow the San Francisco Pride hockey team to score more goals than them and win games. On a personal note, as a competitor, I think that is a silly decision which clearly didn't work out for any of the other teams - a lesson they surely have now learned, and will not allow to be replicated next season, as they play towards achieving the ultimate goal of the Simulation Hockey League - a Challenge Cup of their own. (221 words, +4 TPE)

3+2+4=9 TPE, can only claim 8 but did an extra for redundancy in case I messed up CW answers.