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***Nike*** · 03-12-2023, 08:34 PM

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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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3. Written, 3TPE, Chemistry Lesson

This season I found myself on the third line playing wing with Mats Soderberg and Ryuuji Minamino. It is a lot of fun to play with a former goal scoring leader and an up and coming stud like Mats. And while Ryuuji and I have both lost a step in the last few seasons, Mats keeps us moving playing with pace and their general commitment to playing the game the right way. We had a decent amount of success this year playing a strong 200 foot game. When you are on the back half of your career and you are playing a depth role, it is important to be reliable and minimize mistakes. We didn’t generate a significant amount of offense but that’s OK. We get pucks in deep and keep our opponents frustrated having to play in their own zone all night long. It’s probably one of my favorite lines I’ve been a part of in Chicago.

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5. Written, 3TPE, Fire and Light

An Aurora is one of the most incredible and misunderstood occurrences in the entire universe. People all around the world can’t quite understand how the air and coloring is so frequently turned into this beautiful sight to behold. And while you might think that because of its beauty that an Aurora isn’t the most ferocious opponent, you would be wrong. In fact, what makes an Aurora so strong and powerful is that it is all encompassing and impossible to capture. And while the Forge is a strong, fiery and powerful force to be reckoned with, it is no match for the bear of colorful light and wind that blows all around it. The Aurora will simply snuff out the hottest fires of the Forge with a swift gust and the speed of air all around. The power of fire is no match for the air that is there to extinguish it. The Aurora are a valiant competitor and the stronger of the two.

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7. Milestones +3 TPE

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3331903

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18. Written, 2TPE, Procrastinator Special

The playoffs over the course of the last few seasons have been a pretty good mix of newer blood and stronger older, established franchises making their push to lift the Challenge Cup. And while most would have thought that both Winnipeg and Philadelphia were the top two teams in their respective conferences coming into the year, that doesn’t mean that their trip to the finals made this year’s playoffs a bummer. In fact, Philadelphia winning the cup has been a bit of fun. It’s a new logo at the top of the page for the first time since I rejoined the site. Seeing a team that I’ve never known to be a Challenge Cup contender make it all the way to the top of the league is pretty cool to me.

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22. Written, 2TPE, Hope and Happiness

I recently had an opportunity to visit one of my oldest friends that I haven’t seen in more than 3 years since the pandemic began. We both moved away from home for work related endeavors in 2019. And while my buddy went southwest to Tennessee, I went to the mid-atlantic to live in Virginia. And while we both were settled in our new locations for a number of months before the pandemic shut down most travel, we didn’t make a visit to see one another a priority. Well, after both of us have subsequently moved AGAIN, we finally made it work. My buddy has settled now into a new place in Florida and I had the opportunity to take a few days off of work to travel down from Boston to play a few rounds of golf and enjoy the sunshine with him and his brother. A big win in what has been a long winter here up north!

Atox · 03-12-2023, 08:35 PM

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Task 5: Fire and Light
Determining who would win in a fight between a god beat and a living magma monster is difficult as it is wildly dictated by the parameters of the fight. If the fight takes place in an enclosed location, the Magma wins easily as it can easily flood the arena and burn the bear. If it were to take place in a wide open location not only does the bear have options to evade attacks from both the hammer amd the heat of the Magma, but can also wait it out because unless this takes place inside a volcano the Magma will cool and harden, greatly limiting the Magma’s movement and possibly giving the bear the win right there. The capabilities of the bear are also undefined. This isn’t simply a polar bear but has powers that are beyond natural knowledge. If the bear has the ability to do damage from range that would give an even bigger advantage in an open arena.

Task 6: Haiku
Try to repeat champs
Make the league finals again
Keeled over in five

Bonk · 03-12-2023, 08:46 PM

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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.

Belly

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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.

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a. Both Winnipeg and Philadelphia have taken the long road of drafting and development to find themselves in the Challenge Cup Finals. Winnipeg in full scale rebuild, and Philadelphia in the expansion draft. Each began nearly 10 seasons ago. From your point of view, which build is more impressive? Full scale teardown to challenge cup, or expansion draft to challenge cup?

When it comes to building a team is hard to say what is the magic formula is, as there are so many variables. It is hard to say what is more impressive. Simply because my former players were Jets, it is clearly it was more impressive for Winnipeg as how can you possible rebuild from losing a Manis.
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b. Winnipeg's Mikko Rashford has been an unstoppable assist machine with 25 in 20 GP. If you're looking to shut down Winnipegs offense, who do you target? Rashford, or goal scorers surrounding them? Do you double down on guarding the scorers and letting a pass-first player take a shot, or do you go heavy on the passer and hope nothing squeeks through?

To stop Winnipeg’s offence, you must apply pressure across the board. There is no portion or the offence that can be ignored, every line must have defensive pressure put on them. Mikko Rashford is tough and versatile but you cannot stop there a too many tools for Winnipeg to choose from. You must stop more than one player. Words ~58

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c. Philadelphia's BASE PACK has made over 500 saves in 17 GP. If you're a Winnipeg team looking for a weakness to exploit, do you think this is one? Does this signify an exhausted goalie that you can pepper with shots and eventually break the dam? Or is BASE PACK just an on-fire goalie that you need to find another way around?

Facing a tried goalie in the SHL Challenge cup finals is never a bad thing. Whether that is the weak point to be exploited or not is hard to say. Some goalies live to thrive in the playoff and preform amazingly under pressure. That is not the always the case so Winnipeg should really test the waters on how tired the goalies are and lighting them up early. Words~68

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d. As always I ask... who you got? Usually when I analyze teams for this segment I see a contrast in results or deployment or something I can latch on to, but these look like remarkably similar teams at this point in the playoffs. So who wins? Why?

I am leaning Winnipeg for no real reason what so ever. I just was a soft spot for them what can I say. Although I should not, considering they lost their way with franchise renaming. The victory would have tasted sweeter had it been a Jets victory but it is not. Words ~51

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3. Written, 3 TPE, Chemistry Lesson (150 words min.)

Tell me about who your linemates were this year, and how the season went playing together. Why do you work well together? Why don't you work well together? If there was anyone on your team you don't play with but you'd like to, who is it? Why? If you're a goalie, tell me about your bond with your goaltending partner!

Hugh Manius’s Primary line partner on the Colorado Raptures was Robin Nyckel. Generally speaking, Manius loves playing with Robin Nyckel As they seem to have several unspoken rules and duties when playing with one and other. Like Robin Nyckel always knows to drop back defensively if he see the huge guy going as he know the Manius love to take the puck and run give the opportunity. The same thing can be said for manus as well, As Manius knows how Robin is going to deal the puck behind the net and this allows for Manius to establish his position to best aid Colorado. The Manius Nyckel connection seems to be working well and Hugh hopes that the chemistry will bleed over into season 70. Also, during Hugh’s time in scarecrow’s this season Manius played with a few different players although nothing seemed to be jelling at all during Manius time with St. Louis this season. Words ~156

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4. Written, 3 TPE, Playoffs Shmayoffs (150 words min.)

Write about a time you didn't make the playoffs, and what you did to take your mind off it! Did you expect to miss the playoffs when it happened? Was it a shock? How did you take it? If you've never been on a team that missed the playoffs, tell me about an early exit you made instead.

So, you want me to write about this season and how this season the Colorado Raptures did not make the playoffs, even though the team with the worst record in the SMJHL made it into the playoff. The Colorado Raptures did not because that is how things work over the SMJHL. Seems a little messed up huh, but that is how it goes. There is no need to cry over some spilled milk. The free time Manius received for not making the was not a welcome surprise as he would have preferred to keep playing. Although Manius took the opportunity to visit Winnipeg to watch a few playoff games and visited some of the old Winnipeg hang out that the other Manius used to visit back in the day. Winnipeg had not seen a Manius in quite some time and the city was dying for some Manius parting and that is just what the city got. Words~156

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7. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 7 for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

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Post your claim in the milestones thread for tpe earned per stat, and then link that post in your CW submission. This is done because the person who grades CW will be a different person than double-checks milestones.

+3 TPE - Milestones

***Gwdjohnson*** · 03-12-2023, 09:02 PM

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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. Both Winnipeg and Philadelphia have taken the long road of drafting and development to find themselves in the Challenge Cup Finals. Winnipeg in full scale rebuild, and Philadelphia in the expansion draft. Each began nearly 10 seasons ago. From your point of view, which build is more impressive? Full scale teardown to challenge cup, or expansion draft to challenge cup?

- Obviously I'm biased as a member of the Forge, but I think building a powerhouse from an expansion draft is generally harder, because you start with so little to work with. When a team tears it down for a rebuild, there's all kinds of value to flip for future gain, but with expansion you tend to get a lot of the scraps of other teams, so you have less of a starting platform. (73 words)

b. Winnipeg's Mikko Rashford has been an unstoppable assist machine with 25 in 20 GP. If you're looking to shut down Winnipegs offense, who do you target? Rashford, or goal scorers surrounding them? Do you double down on guarding the scorers and letting a pass-first player take a shot, or do you go heavy on the passer and hope nothing squeeks through?

- You definitely want to try and make sure Rashford does not get space to operate and find his man. It's no coincidence for a player to have so many assists, and him being on form like he is makes you have to go extra hard on closing down the lanes so that his main targets aren't found, because if they are teams have been paying for it. (67 words)

c. Philadelphia's BASE PACK has made over 500 saves in 17 GP. If you're a Winnipeg team looking for a weakness to exploit, do you think this is one? Does this signify an exhausted goalie that you can pepper with shots and eventually break the dam? Or is BASE PACK just an on-fire goalie that you need to find another way around?

- Good goalie performances only create snowballs in confidence. PACK's found the top level of his mental and technical game these playoffs, and exhaustion is not a thing for goalies that are just in that zone. With how well he played in the playoffs, for the opposition it becomes a game of just praying you can keep pucks out and squeeze a couple in past PACK. (65 words)

d. As always I ask... who you got? Usually when I analyze teams for this segment I see a contrast in results or deployment or something I can latch on to, but these look like remarkably similar teams at this point in the playoffs. So who wins? Why?

- Obviously I'm doing this late and Philly won, but going in I'd probably have favored Winnipeg. They have one of the most powerful rosters ever seen in the SHL and even though they couldn't get it over the line, going into the series you'd be crazy to call Philly the favourites. Granted, Philly were an unstoppable powerhouse at home and that was something that carried into the finals. (68 words)

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3. Written, 3 TPE, Chemistry Lesson (150 words min.)

Tell me about who your linemates were this year, and how the season went playing together. Why do you work well together? Why don't you work well together? If there was anyone on your team you don't play with but you'd like to, who is it? Why? If you're a goalie, tell me about your bond with your goaltending partner!

Ricky Koivu was on a line this season with longtime vet and all time Forge point leader Igor Victory, as well as the scoring sensation center Red Kirkby. Koivu is very much a player who doesn't try to have an eye for goal if he can help it, and this definitely meshed well with Kirkby, who is always looking for an opening to test the opposition goalie. Koivu only scored 10 goals on the season, which was quite disappointing, but he was 4th on the team in assists with 43, with most of said assists being on goals by his linemates. Kirkby had an incredible season, scoring a whopping 36 goals, while Victory continued his consistent goal scoring acumen by potting 21. It's a line that works very well as a unit, with the more defensively minded Koivu being a more two way and cautious presence while Kirkby and Victory terrorize the opposition defense. This was taken to another level in the playoffs, where the line was absolutely dominant in the team's run that ended with a cup win. (179 words)

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TRIVIA (3 TPE)

verification word: TPENOW

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Affiliate Task (3 TPE)

ISFL Affiliate

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Milestones (3 TPE)

3 TPE for Milestones

TOTAL TPE: 16

***CampinKiller*** · 03-12-2023, 09:03 PM

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dogwoodmaple · 03-12-2023, 09:07 PM

1. CW TRIVIA 3 TPE

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5. Written, 3 TPE, Fire and Light (150 words min)

As much as I want to go with the enormous god bear made of colorful rays of light, I have to go with the Forge here. Not only is the magma monster huge, but it wields two weapons. Not just the hammer, but also its incredible amount of heat and all the magma that constantly gets thrown and shaken off as it moves around the arena. The god bear comes off as non-malevolent to stand up in this fight, almost like Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen. As if the bear itself is so powerful that its power almost transcends space and time and couldn't be bothered to actually engage in fisticuffs with this hammer-wielding magma monster. I envision the Forge starting off with a swift blow from its hammer across the bear's face, followed its signature move of producing a huge bucket full of molten material and dumping it directly on the bear's head. When you combine those two moves, there's really no hope for anyone or any thing. Down goes the bear, with the Forge reigning supreme in this battle of juggernauts.

6. Written, 2 TPE, Haiku Highlights (5 words min.)

Calgary won games
but not in the postseason
heartbreak, sadness, grief.

7. Milestones

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3331932 (+3 TPE)

18. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)

I was not surprised at all to see Winnipeg advance to the finals, given their incredibly consistent play all season. I did not predict Philadelphia to even advance multiple rounds in the playoffs, let alone take home the championship. It was truly a testament to their incredible coaching and great camaraderie they had in their locker room to beat the odds and bring home the ultimate hardware. Having five forwards all average more than a point per game was proof of Philadelphia's depth, team-building, and ability to win games in numerous ways. Often times in the postseason, when a team's best player gets shut down it's the end of the road. But the Forge have the top-end talent and the incredible depth to stay alive even when a player has an off night. What a run! (2 TPE)

PBE affiliate

https://probaseballexperience.jcink.net/...ntry559113 (+3 TPE)

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