S80 Championship Week

S80 Championship Week Due: Sunday, February 2nd @ 11:59 PM PST

jason97
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S14, S26, S37 Challenge Cup Champion

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01-23-2025, 10:22 PM (This post was last modified: 01-27-2025, 10:30 PM by jason97. Edited 5 times in total.)

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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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12. Written, 50 to 200+ words. IIHF Back To Back

IIHF tournament is so short that every point is very important for the seeding for the playoffs. On top of that the playoffs are best of one making upsets more likely than during the league playoffs. Despite all that Canada did win the last two IIHF tournaments. Latvia, Switzerland and Czechia made up the rest of the top 4 for last season. Which of the last season’s top 4 teams you think is most likely to make it to the medal games this season and which is most likely to miss? Why? 

With the IIHF being such an unpredictable tournament every season, it's hard to call which teams will make it to the medal rounds. Taking Canada out of this because they are too strong and will likely win it again, I think Czechia has the best chance to repeat as one of the top 4 teams. Led by Dominik Winters, who seems to always up their game in the tournament, they boast a powerful core that knows how to win games in this format. They have a great mix of up-and-coming stars as well as seasoned veterans, including Five-Hole Sieve between the pipes. As for the team likeliest to drop out of the top 4, I would say Switzerland. They are in that period where the roster is full of mostly older and declining players, while their young players are yet to be developed enough to crack the roster and make an impact. I think the only way they advance is if Tibuk Soonika has a strong tournament.

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14. Written, 50 to 200+ words.- The Procrastinator Special!

Looks like [TEAM] won Season 80 Challenge Cup! So who won and why? What could the other team have done differently to change the result? What was your favorite part of the series?

The San Francisco Pride go back-to-back after winning the cup in 6 games versus the Tampa Bay Barracuda. This series was much tighter than last season, the Barracuda even led the series 2-1 after three games. The turning point of the series was Robin Nyckel's overtime winner in game 4, giving the Pride the momentum to take the series home. Both teams were evenly matched but the high-powered Pride just had too much for Tampa Bay. The veterans like Logan Webb, Sydney Shaw, and Oskar Scholz took over the last few games. I don't think Tampa Bay could've played any better, every player would've had to play at their highest level to win this series. Ultimately, it was an incredible watch with these two great teams.

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