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***Patty*** · 06-04-2021, 04:27 PM

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1. 3 TPE, PT Coupon for one CW Task

From reaching the $6000 goal for COTA Charity, write 3 words on why the SHL is the best

Head Office is good.

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2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

The Purge is a concept where typically illegal things (e.g., robbery, murder) are legalized for one day. In an SHL-purge, there's a game day where everything typically illegal to do on the ice is now legal. No rules for sticks or pads, no penalties, no icing, etc. What will your player do on the ice to make the most of this and gain a competitive advantage?

Patric Twist is a known tough guy. Maybe not as a fighter but as a guy who lays hits and goes to the dirty areas of the ice. So without rules Twist would wear football shoulder pads instead of hockey shoulder pads. Since they are made to sit higher on the shoulder and absorb impact instead of protecting from the puck like hockey shoulder pads. Twist would use the new pads to really just bury his shoulder into guys ribs. Full on Middle Linebacker cleaning out a Wide Receiver crossing over the middle of the field type hits. Twist would also swap out the normal carbon fiber stick for a new stick. A stick with a metal shaft. These used to actually exist but weren't used for obvious reasons. Twist would use this tougher stick, not to abuse opponents as you might expect. But to better protect the puck. A metal stick would absorb the impact from stick lifts and other various defending attempts much better than the carbon fiber stick.

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If real life versions of all 18 SHL team logos were entered into a fight, which would come out victorious and why? Which would be the first eliminated?

This battle would take place in the pokemon stadium stage in Smash Bros. Bawl. As it's the best stage in that game and fitting for all the weird logos the SHL has. The fight would also follow Brawl formatting with 4 1v1v1v1 battles and 2 logos getting byes. Teams getting the byes would be the Atlanta Inferno and the Tampa Bay Barracuda cause I like those logos. First fight Baltimore, Buffalo, Toronto, and Winnipeg face off. Just like in the real league the Buffalo win this. The North Stars and the Aurora might give Buffalo cancer which would catch up to it later but doesn't mean much to the battle at hand. Second one is Calgary, Chicago, Texas and San Francisco now this is a interesting fight as Chicago and Texas would be closely matched. But it's hard to bet against a Dragon so they win in the end easily. Atlanta wins in the end cause Inferno Good.

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Write a sonnet about an SHL-related topic. Be sure to follow the proper ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-GG rhyme structure or I'm gonna track you down and give you a failing grade.

Cold steel cutting unfeeling ice
Keyboards clack clack clack the Stream carries ahead
The lines set quite precise
Goalies wander listlessly, only darkness said
Skaters bang and crash glory never an easy task
It's all online it's all fake in a year of hell the only respite
Fake is real real is fake give me this is all I ask
It's been Hell we are all desperate
a new normal no asked for
a old life hard to remember
it's all become such a chore
maybe old normal by this November
I am glad i found this Simulation Hockey League
Without, I may have succumbed to this fatigue

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15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 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.

Nhamlet

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17. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

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

SHL Milestones: https://simulationhockey.com/showthread.php?tid=116299

SMJHL Milestones (for senddowns): https://simulationhockey.com/showthread.php?tid=116278

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https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3046752

*Katth* · 06-04-2021, 04:29 PM

1 - 3 TPE
Bacon, beer and drama.

2 - 3 TPE
Well, when all logo's of all teams enter the purge the first team getting knocked out is Montreal Patriotes. Even a Barracuda will break that toothpick he's carrying. After that the fish will get picked off by either the Steelhawks or the Platoon. What happens then will be quite interesting. On the ground a few teams will battle it out. Buffalo, Manhattan, San Francisco, Edmonton will commence in a ground battle while Monarchs, Renegades and the Syndicate are trying to barter a deal to find the Specters who are hiding somewhere in the Aurora. In the air it's an endless battle between the Calgary Dragons and the Atlanta Inferno. So it's quite obvious there won't be a winner in this ultimate battle. Calgary and Atlanta will probably fight for a very long time when ultimately the Dragon will slay the phoenix by ripping his head off his body and claim the win.

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Obviously the Calgary Dragons is the best team in the league to not make the finals this year. We've worked really hard this year to still make an impact with an aging team and with the huge asset we dealt away at the trade deadline I think we did an amazing job winning the division again and winning 2 games against a recent winner of the Challenge Cup. The odds against Chicago were really bad, but somehow we managed to keep hanging in there apart from the one blowout game. But the new GM Mike Izzy and coach Wally worked their asses off to make this a really strong team this season.

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This seasons IIHF tournament I don't think there will be many surprises. There's a few good nations out there and they have dominated the IIHF tournament the last few seasons, while smaller nations keep on struggling to get new players and are just participants and sometimes even cannon fodder. So the teams that will do well: Canada, United States, Sweden. Perhaps Germany or Japan can cause an upset. My own nation Austria is far down the ladder. Top players are regression and the youth players aren't even unbanked yet to make a proper impact on the tournament. The future does look bright as we've had quite a few new players join the nation in the last few seasons, so not all hope is lost at the moment. I just hope some other nations will win the tournament from time to time as this tournament is even more boring than it already was.

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That would be an easy choice. The best player to eat as an alternative for food would be Esa Parmbourg. Clearly, Esa Parmbourg is made of cheese and would be an excellent addition to my menu. I could eat him with some fava beans, and a nice chianti. Although I'd like better if Esa Parmbourg would be made of beer. Also if I eat him, I clearly have less competition for 1 st line center in both teams. I mean Calgary Dragons and Team Austria. It is like a double-win situation. I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner.

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XLeafer · 06-04-2021, 04:50 PM

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1. 3 TPE, PT Coupon for one CW Task

enjoyable, thunderdome, real

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5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

Which SHL or SMJHL team was the best team to not make the finals this season and why?

This is an easy one. The Hamilton Steelhawks were the best team to not make the finals. The Hamilton Steelhawks were the best team to not make the finals and they were the best team in the league. We obviously saw the Buffalo Stampede make it to the finals as they were very lucky and they finished 2nd, and the 3rd place Texas Renegades make it to the finals but the best team did not. Hamilton has a history of winning which is a weird thing to say but they do. Hamilton led by Aaron Wilson and Theo Morgan who had an unreal season became Mitch Marner in the playoffs and Jones being Jones.

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a. This shouldn't even be a question. Without a doubt Buffalo has a stronger firepower and it is not even close. Buffalo were the 2nd best team in the league for a reason. Aron Hernadivic who had 93 points, Matt Kholin who had 81 points, Monkey D. Luffy who almost hit 40 goals and more. This is an unstoppable force unless they play in the finals where they choke.
b. Buffalo definitely has more pressure heading into the finals. Buffalo is entering the finals after losing 2 straight finals which was a disappointment and fans do not want to see three straight finals losses which would be a huge embarrassment and I know how it feels. Texas however are feeling very excited because they beat the Hamilton Steelhawks which no one saw coming and they can do the same to Buffalo.
c. The Texas branding is just black and white which is just boring. The Buffalo branding of green and yellow is very creative and attractive. The Texas Logo is just a person with something on its eyes while the Buffalo is a classic bull logo which I am a fan off. Buffalo branding definitely better by a landslide and it is not close.
d. Lmao, Buffalo. LMAO BUFFALO. What the fuck is there to do in Buffalo? My cousin went to Buffalo once and he told he never wants to go there again because it was such a waste of time and money. So what the fuck is Buffalo? I would go to New York or Brooklyn but Buffalo? LOL. Dallas without a doubt.

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15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation

coys

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17. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3047090

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reid · 06-04-2021, 05:11 PM

Quote:1. 3 TPE, PT Coupon for one CW Task

From reaching the $6000 goal for COTA Charity, write 3 words on why the SHL is the best

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Quote:5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

Which SHL or SMJHL team was the best team to not make the finals this season and why?

I think the Hamilton Steelhawks are easily the best team to not make the finals. For one, they set the record for most points by an SHL team with over 100. Really impressive, but they got bounced by TEX in the playoffs. Hammy had some absolute studs, including scoring leader Theo Morgan, and almost 100 point getter Aaron Wilson. Hugh Jazz and Sam Michaud had awesome defensive seasons as well, and then A Jobin also had an amazing season. Nothing bad to say about the evil empire, as they are an excellently constructed team who have been in the finals every season it feels like. [105 words]

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Quote:12. Written, up to 4 TPE - Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.
a. Which of these teams has stronger offensive firepower?
b. This is Texas’s first cup appearance since winning it in S36, while Buffalo is recovering from 2 recent final losses to Hamilton. Which team will have a bigger chip on their shoulder entering the finals.
d. Would you rather have to spend a long weekend hanging out in Dallas or Buffalo? What would you do?

a. I think its BUF. Texas has a more well balanced offensive attack, but with fewer superstars. BUF has Hernandivic, Luffy, Sharp, Harrington, and more. Their defender, Augustus Wang, is one of the best OFD in the league. TEX has Watcher, Kvalheim, Kekkonen, and more, but none of them are lead the league sort of quality on the offensive side, like BUF has. [62]
b. I think it is easily Texas. Buffalo has had a lot of success in the past 20+ seasons, including like 4-5 cups iirc. They have been a powerhouse for all of the late S40s and the entire S50s, so they dont have much to complain about. Texas was mired in a 15 season rebuild, including a full on tank fest. It turned out, as they are stacked with young talent, and this roster is proof of that. [77 words]
d. What the fuck would I do in Buffalo? Nothing good happens in the second best New York City. Dallas has it all, with big BBQ, big music, big fast roadways, and big cowboy hats. I would probably drive to Austin to get the better Texas City, but the good food and cheap booze would be better than what Buf has to offer. [62 words]
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Quote:13. Written, 2 TPE - The Procrastinator Special! (100 words min.)

Welp, you waited until the last day to grind out your CW and the CC finals are longggggggg over by now. congrats to [TEAM], woo! Reflecting back on the series, who gets your vote for series MVP? Make the case why this player deserves it over any other.

Congrats to Texas! you kicked Buffalo in the teeth, and are the first team since NOLA to win outside of the great lakes. I think my vote for series MVP is probably Cillian Kavanaugh for Texas. TEX won in large part because they shut down the lethal Buffalo offense, and he was a huge part of that. His excellent stats, including limiting BUF to only a goal in multiple games, means that he should probably get it. Other people deserving of a nod are probably Bjorn Leppanen, and their usual stars Adam Scianna and Alexander Watcher. Edward Williams gets credit for being the stud that scored the OT GWG. [109 words]
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Quote:16. hotdog's secret bonus weird prompt. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

If worst came to worst and the situation were dire....... you need nutrition....... you must consume your peers. If you had to eat another SHL player, who would you eat and why? (sorry in advance Julio)

Hotdog thinks it would be Julio, because beef, but that is pretty sus coming from a hot dog... Have you seen the hot dog eating competitions? I think my player, Reid Sutherland, and me, Reid Sutherland, would both crush some hot dogs. Dip that fucker in water to make the bun compress a bit, and eat it with no chewing. If we are thinking Eko van Otter, I have to imagine otters taste a lot like chicken, so we could eat fried otter, probably delicious. As long as they dont stink like they do when they are alive, I think it would be yummy. [104 words]
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Julio Tokolosh · 06-04-2021, 05:32 PM

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1. 3 TPE, PT Coupon for one CW Task

From reaching the $6000 goal for COTA Charity, write 3 words on why the SHL is the best

Passionate Users … plus!

Random internet nerds all converging to work on one project just for fun.

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2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

The Purge is a concept where typically illegal things (e.g., robbery, murder) are legalized for one day. In an SHL-purge, there's a game day where everything typically illegal to do on the ice is now legal. No rules for sticks or pads, no penalties, no icing, etc. What will your player do on the ice to make the most of this and gain a competitive advantage?

First, we’d play with no helmets so we could be a little more comfortable, but look twice as cool. Because the big hits in the league are text based and injuries are turned off, we’re pretty confident that there wouldn’t be any major career/life changing hits laid. If this were right now (and the Blizzard were in the challenge cup : ( oh well ) we would goon it up and run 3x3 goons with a whole mess of crease clearing defensemen, with a rogue player on the 4th line. We’d go 2-0 on the day! It wouldnt be fun knowing that we cheated to win, though.
Another idea would be a TPE heist! Oh no! The Hamilton roster is being held at gun point! Some masked figures are taking their TPE in to cryptocurrency form so its untraceable, even though the whole point of crypto is that it is traceable (?), and i bet the goons are going to use it to max out their own stats, and then sell the rest to rich graphic contributors that work at graphics but not PTs and have a big bank but no attributes.

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

If real life versions of all 18 SHL team logos were entered into a fight, which would come out victorious and why? Which would be the first eliminated?

I previously did a ranking of these. I went into specifics as to which ones would be most harmful to me, a keyboard warrior, though, and not to each other. I didnt put the newest logos in when i made this, so i’ll spend my 150 words placing them. Previously I had the Jets at #1, and Dragons at #2, but with the Jets now the aurora, they move to last place, and the dragons rebrand looks even smoother and angrier, really extends its lead on the pack (which happens to be led by the wolf pack).

Atlanta Inferno: Atlanta is tricky. It’s iconography is a phoenix (which, by definition, i could never kill), but i don’t think a bird good beat me, despite alfred hitchcox’ warnings. The name (and unreleased iterations of the logo, features the city of atlanta burning down (like the calgary/atlanta flames branding in real life). A city fire would definitely kill me, and i could not beat it. A city fire is about equal with the north stars, which is really just a celebration of the city. WOULD NOT WIN

Seattle Argonauts: Pretty good! Its a boat full of ass kickers. They could definitely beat most everything but the Dragon. The argonauts are were looking for a golden fleece (just buy another, Jason, or discover patagonia so you can open a fleece shop there), and i believe they kick a bunch of mythical ass on the way. I don’t know if “dragons” are listed as something that they beat, but i could definitely see them beating a Dragon. COULD WIN

Philadelphia Forge: More fiery cities. I was in fishtown in philadelphia 2 summers ago and my loins felt like they were in a forge. Just a sweaty twisted hammock of humidity. Really uncomfortable, but not enough to stop a dragon.

Montreal Patriotes: If the argonauts took the st lawrence to access montreal, things would be hairy, but i think Montreal would win the tie breaker. “Dont attack Russia in Winter” “Dont start a land war in asia” maybe “Dont attack a canadian city if you are only wearing a loin cloth and are accustomed to mediterranean summers” could be added to the list. I dont think Montreal would be aggressive enough though, great fireworks, strippers, and culture, but not conquery enough.

Final answer: SEATTLE!

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4. Written, 3 TPE

Write a sonnet about an SHL-related topic. Be sure to follow the proper ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-GG rhyme structure or I'm gonna track you down and give you a failing grade.

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Which SHL or SMJHL team was the best team to not make the finals this season and why?

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What's your prediction for this season's IIHF tournament? Which teams do you expect to do well (or not well)? Which players?

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To some, an interesting part of sports leagues is following celebrity fans (like Jack with the Lakers or 50 Cent with the Knicks last week) - who would be some relevant SHL celebrity fans? Which well-known celebrities would be superfans of which SHL teams?

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15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 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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If worst came to worst and the situation were dire....... you need nutrition....... you must consume your peers. If you had to eat another SHL player, who would you eat and why? (sorry in advance Julio)

Apology rejected (depending on the terms), but if the s47 Donner party needs to make a sacrifice, it would make sense that it’s the “edible” one that could feed the whole group for ~a week/until everyone gets gout from over consuming red meat. I just ask that i be seasoned appropriately with 3 parts salt, 1 part pepper, and 1 part garlic powder, cooked at ~500, turning every 2:30 minutes, flipping every 5 (assuming you’re getting a good cut of me), taken off at 118 and covered in tinfoil so that my internal temperature rises to ~124 for a nice rare. Garnish with butter as desired. Pair with water (or my milk), but don’t ruin your palette with a beer or bourbon.
Other players that i would eat: obviously all of the animal ones.
Wildcards: I feel like @StamkosFan would make a good cut. The hard work and TPE grinding makes me think the user has their life organized reasonably well. The mock drafts always being competitive imply that the user knows how to budget time, resources, and energy into targeted improvements. In my mind, a person that can do that for an fake hockey league can also do it in real life, so the user likely doesn’t fill their body with junk and has a reasonable self maintenance routine. If i ever eat anyone, i will look through their phone while they are on the grill and see if they have the discord app, and then see if i happen to be eating stammer.
257 words. Cool use of my time, hotdog. You knew i’d take the bait.

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17. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

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

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3046007

Kraagenskul · 06-04-2021, 06:18 PM

1) Because of you. (3 TPE)

2) With no rules, an ice hockey is going to be a tough game to play; you will literally be playing for your life out there. The easiest solution would seem to be to take your net and just go home, but you switch sides and that would leave you no net to score on, plus if they decide to pull the same thing, we might as well all go home. Stuffing the net seems like something either team can do as well, so I am going with a completely different tactic I think might be missed by the other team: I am going to swap out the official score sheet at the end of the game. After a single game I will be leading the league and goals, assists, and penalty minutes and I won't even have to step on the ice! I will allow the other team a single goal, because then I get all the glory and my goalie doesn't get his stupid shutout. (166 Words, 3 TPE)

3) All 18 logos meet to battle it out in a neutral arena! The first to get eliminated will be the Argonauts. Argonauts are amazing, but this battle is between logos and either the Dragon or the Phoenix are going to light that wooden boat up like a Christmas tree before the battle really even gets started. Unfortunately, despite their impressiveness, all the regular animals are going to go down pretty quickly to anything that can use ranged combat. They might get a kill in or two, especially when they go in for the Monarch who doesn't have a ranged weapon. The Renegades and the Syndicate have firepower, and might be able to take down the Dragon and the Phoenix, or vice-versa. The Specter will float around trying to eliminate all anyone at random, and whatever the hell the half leaf half tower that is the North Star will eventually get knocked down by somebody. Eventually the Aurora will show up and because it is a damn storm from the Sun, it eradicates everything in sight, even the Phoenix can't resurrect again when there is nothing left. (186 Words, 3 TPE)

7) Being from the Platoon, I am going to go with what celebrities would follow them. Ed Norton was born and raised in Maryland, he would probably be a huge fan and seems like the kind of guy who might like hockey. Julie Bowen, another Maryland native, would probably pop into the arena from time to time. Spike Jonze is also a local and seems like the type of person who go to the game just to be seen. I could also see Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and Willem Dafoe showing up to a game but only because somebody told them it was a sequel. (104 words, 2 TPE)

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c) Both teams have pretty great branding overall, but when push comes to shove I am probably going to go with Buffalo. Texas' logo is pretty sweet with the bandana/beard thingy and probably wins that contest, but only by a tiny amount. I love Buffalo's coloring compared to the grayish coloring chosen by the Renegades.
d) I would rather hang out in Buffalo. Despite its reputation, it is actually a pretty great city. It's got some great people, plenty of awesome history with some fantastic museums, sights to see, a lakeside with plenty to do, and overall an underrated place to visit. Except in winter. Stay the hell out of there in winter. (2 TPE)

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GrannyPanPan · 06-04-2021, 06:32 PM

1: (+3) big hot gaming

3: (+3) So we have the Stampede, Dragons, Blizzard, Rage, Panthers, Steelhawks, Monarchs, Wolfpack, Pride, Barracuda, Renegades, North Stars, Platoon, Aurora, Syndicate, Specters, Argonauts, and Inferno. The first ones eliminated would be the Monarchs, the Blizzard, and the Barracuda. Monarchs are generally not really fighters they are rulers, and there are no rules in the SHL Battle Royale. Blizzard? Snow is gonna melt here with the Inferno and Dragons here. Barracuda? Fish don't fight, garbage team. I am gonna disqualify the Specters cause they are ghosts, ghosts are already dead so that's cheating. The Rage and Stampede cancel each other out cause they're basically the same thing so they're out. I looked up what an Argonaut was and apparently it is a squid and that is dumb so they're done. The Aurora are just lights and I don't know what to do with that information? The North Stars resemble the Maple Leafs too much to win anything, so they're done. We have the Dragons, Panthers, Steelhawks, Wolfpack, Pride, Renegades, Platoon, Syndicate, and Inferno remaining. I believe the most likely scenario here is that the Dragons and Inferno team up and combine to form a big fire breathing monster that burns everybody else, leaving just those two. The phoenix in the Inferno logo and the Dragons logo charge headfirst at each other and kill each other, but the Phoenix rises from the ashes to claim the S59 Challenge Cup.

12A: (+1) Buffalo definitely has more offensive firepower than Texas. Buffalo scored 33 more goals in the regular season than Texas, Texas' highest scoring player was Alexander Wachter/Andreas Kveaheim, each with 71 points. Buffalo had 3 different players finish with higher goal totals than this. Aron Hernadivic with 93 points, Matt Kholin with 81, and Monkey D. Luffy with 77. Texas has the superior defense, but Buffalo has the superior offense. It will be intriguing to see how this plays out in this series (that has already concluded at the time of writing this)

12B: (+1) Buffalo has a way bigger chip on their shoulder. Coming so close so many times but never winning is a good way to frustrate and motivate teams. They know they're right there, they've been so close for so long, they just need one burst of good play to get themselves over the hump into a championship. It has been a very very long time since Texas has been in the finals, so they don't have that hunger that Buffalo does. They are no doubt thrilled to be in this spot, but in terms of motivation they won't be able to match the fire Buffalo is gonna have.

12C: (+1) I prefer the Renegades' branding. I like their dark colors more than Buffalo's weird green color. Their logo is also pretty cool. It has a nice design that makes you feel like the guys on that team will shoot you and take your money, while Buffalo's logo conveys nothing. The Stampede aren't as creative of a team name, it falls under the "animal that will beat you up" category which isn't exactly a bad thing, but I prefer the Renegades kinda have their own vibe going on.

12D: (+1) I would vibe in Buffalo. It is way too hot in Dallas, I prefer the cold I'm sure as hell gonna get that in Buffalo. I don't really know what I would do to spend my time there, maybe spend time giving free therapy to Sabres fans, which would be way more fun than giving therapy to Stars fans, they don't need it nearly as bad. Maybe I'd spend my weekend driving to New York City, and let Buffalo continue to live in the shadow of its cooler brother.

15: (+3) gaming

17: (+3) Milestones

EricNCSU · 06-04-2021, 06:51 PM

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1. 3 TPE, PT Coupon for one CW Task

From reaching the $6000 goal for COTA Charity, write 3 words on why the SHL is the best

It just is, yo.

IFSL Affiliate + 3 TPE

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15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 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.

RENES + 3 TPE

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7. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

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

SHL Milestones: https://simulationhockey.com/showthread.php?tid=116299

SMJHL Milestones (for senddowns): https://simulationhockey.com/showthread.php?tid=116278

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12. Written, up to 4 TPE - Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.

a. Which of these teams has stronger offensive firepower?

b. This is Texas’s first cup appearance since winning it in S36, while Buffalo is recovering from 2 recent final losses to Hamilton. Which team will have a bigger chip on their shoulder entering the finals.

c. Which of these two teams' brandings do you prefer? Take into account colors, logo, name, location, and anything else you consider relevant.

d. Would you rather have to spend a long weekend hanging out in Dallas or Buffalo? What would you do?

A. It pains me to say it, but it's Buffalo. Monkey D Luffy, Aron Hernadivic and Matt Kholin all finished in the top ten in scoring for the entire league. The top two for Texas (Kvalheim and Wachter) were about 10 points behind them, but still rounding out the top 15 in scoring. (52 words)

B. Again, I'll say Buffalo for this one. Texas is in a place where they literally have nothing to lose. 20 seasons since the last win, mostly written off by the rest of the league. Buffalo has to be reeling from those recent losses so they are certainly going to be the aggressors coming into this matchup. (56 words)

C. I do prefer the Renegades and not just because I play there, but it's super clean with the Black and Silver. Buffalo's branding is pretty classic, so it's still good. Using the "Buffalo" as an animal rather than the name of the city in the same vein as the Bills and the Sabres. It's hard to go wrong when it lines up so well for you. (66 words)

D. Honestly, I'd be happy to hang out in both places, it would just depend on the time of year. Buffalo would have to be a summer trip so it's not 18 feet of snow and frozen Niagra falls, and on the flip side Dallas would have to be a winter visit so it's not 110 degrees. If you can avoid the South/Southwest in the summer, do so. (68 words)

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JuOSu · 06-04-2021, 08:34 PM

17. Milestones +3 TPE

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It's great cause I am a player in it.

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Okay so there is a fight between all the logos. Let's see who gets immediately eliminated first. Well I think first is all the humans honestly. Things like the Patriotes, North Stars, Syndicate, Monarchs, Pride, Argonauts and Renegades are among the first things to be immediately gone. Also a Platoon I guess as well. Having a lot of Rage doesn't really win you a fight either. I think Barracuda only really make sense in the water and even then there isn't much they can do so they are out as well. I think ultimately the next tier of groups that will be gone are things that ultimately don't have the same fierceness as others. I think here things like Stampede, Wolfpack, Forge, Blizzard and Panthers will all go out. Next we have Steelhawks and Aurora who I think go out. Next the Inferno will go out. After this it is the final fight between the Dragons and the Specters. And somehow I feel like the Dragons will win here. I think they have a cool logo and will win.

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spooked · 06-04-2021, 10:49 PM

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1. 3 TPE, PT Coupon for one CW Task

From reaching the $6000 goal for COTA Charity, write 3 words on why the SHL is the best

The SHL is the best because although we have our differences we all waste time writing PTs every weekend for virtual points just to lose to the great lakes or Texas in the playoffs... if we get there.

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2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

The Purge is a concept where typically illegal things (e.g., robbery, murder) are legalized for one day. In an SHL-purge, there's a game day where everything typically illegal to do on the ice is now legal. No rules for sticks or pads, no penalties, no icing, etc. What will your player do on the ice to make the most of this and gain a competitive advantage?

If the SHL was to enter a purge like scenario where all rules were no longer considered the first thing I would like to do is not show up for the game. God knows someone is gonna bring a gun or something and I am not interested in getting involved in that kind of stuff. I will go play pleb hockey in Europe for less money and maintain my ability to not be murdered by someone who took it too far. In the case straight up leaving was not an option I would say to just never leave the bench, lay down and hide for the whole game. Even if no one bring a lethal weapon, someone is bound to run around with their stick swinging at heads like babe ruth. My head is not a baseball, and I am not stupid enough to want to get hurt. I will just have to ignore my coach and hide the hole game and work extra hard in the rest of them to make up for the one bad night. 178w

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

If real life versions of all 18 SHL team logos were entered into a fight, which would come out victorious and why? Which would be the first eliminated?

There are so many great logos in the SHL. Honestly many of them would probably put up a decent fight, but it’s pretty obvious that one of them would come out well ahead of all the others. The Calgary dragons are by far the most powerful of all logos at the moment. They are not only a mythical and magical create which could have any amount of lore based combat abilities, but it looks like it is pretty damn beefed up too. Big dragon with wings, maybe some magic if you want to go full fantasy. Easy win. The first logo to be eliminated is a bit harder, but it would depend on what you would consider losing. The Specter in New Orleans could be seen as unbeatable in some sense, but I think by not being a physical being or having a physical form it would de facto lose or be disqualified from any fighting based competition as it would be unable to actually participate from the start. 169w

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5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

Which SHL or SMJHL team was the best team to not make the finals this season and why?

By far this was another season where I could easily see the Hamilton Steelhawks make the finals, and they were easily the biggest team to miss out. They lead the league in points by 10, which is massive in it’s own right, and they do so with one of the hardest schedules in the league, showing their skill level from top to bottom. I think they were probably unfortunate to lose in seven games to Texas, but as they lost to the eventual winners of the playoffs it is fair enough. They should have probably played Texas in the final, which they would do if this was next season and playoffs were conference sided brackets, so its just unfortunate they didn’t get to play that tight series for the cup. 131w

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6. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

What's your prediction for this season's IIHF tournament? Which teams do you expect to do well (or not well)? Which players?

I think IIHF is always a bit of a crap shoot to predict mainly in the middle areas. I think the top end and medal rounds can usually be predicted to be Canada, the United States, Germany, maybe Britain, Sweden, or something like Russia. There are a handful of teams with a huge pedigree over the past many many seasons, making it fairly easy to assume who might be in the semis and beyond. I think Canada is usually a safe guess for gold, just based on the player base, being such a signature team in Hockey and usually having many top end players in the league to begin with. I think you can say the same for the lower teams, something like Latvia or other smaller nations can struggle sometimes season to season as they have to usually rely on their group draw and specific important results to win tie breaks or close matchups to make it past the group stage. 163w

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7. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

To some, an interesting part of sports leagues is following celebrity fans (like Jack with the Lakers or 50 Cent with the Knicks last week) - who would be some relevant SHL celebrity fans? Which well-known celebrities would be superfans of which SHL teams?

This question is so easy. There would be an unlimited number of celebrity fans for the Los Angeles Panthers just due to how popular we see teams in LA be to various musicians and actors. I could see someone like Jack Black or Lebron James showing up in full Panthers gear. I think we would also see a lot of very cool French Canadian celebs show up for the new franchise in Montreal like Céline Dion and Jay Baruchel. I would be interested to see what celeb fans in New York would do with only having one team to cheer for as well. 104w

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Duff101 · 06-04-2021, 11:24 PM

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1. 3 TPE, PT Coupon for one CW Task

From reaching the $6000 goal for COTA Charity, write 3 words on why the SHL is the best

Memes are good

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2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

The Purge is a concept where typically illegal things (e.g., robbery, murder) are legalized for one day. In an SHL-purge, there's a game day where everything typically illegal to do on the ice is now legal. No rules for sticks or pads, no penalties, no icing, etc. What will your player do on the ice to make the most of this and gain a competitive advantage?

I am a toad so my actual combat capability is very limited, pretty much exclusively to loud screeching and peeing on people. However, I can (kind of) tell people how to do things and I think the answer is obvious. The answer to what I would do is simply remove the net from the arena. Theoretically at that point there is no way to lose the game beyond forfeit, and that just means keeping enough players alive to field a team. To assist this we will be turning off the ice cooling system to make the arena hard to navigate until the game ends, thereby keeping our players from facing too much. Theoretically their net should still be in place or at least floating around that you can put the puck into. Thereby you can score all you want, keep your players alive and still manage to win the game despite the lack of rules.

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

If real life versions of all 18 SHL team logos were entered into a fight, which would come out victorious and why? Which would be the first eliminated?

The finalists for this (I am excluding the expansion teams because they are not technically in the SHL yet) are gonna be the abstract logos that are not either people or animals. People and animals can die, but things like stars and auroras do not die. Infernos do die which kind of hurts their argument, but they also have significantly more staying power and offensive capability than the Aurora. However, I think the North Stars and Inferno kind of combine to win together, because the inferno from the star is what does all the actual destroying, though it's technically through the star. So in a way it's kind of a tie. I think the last survivor of the human/animal group is the Syndicate, due to sheer numbers and weapons. The Monarchs are probably the first to go to be honest, royalty generally act as commanders at best rather than being on the field fighting. Also if it's a monarch it's probably inbred so that hurts too.

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7. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

To some, an interesting part of sports leagues is following celebrity fans (like Jack with the Lakers or 50 Cent with the Knicks last week) - who would be some relevant SHL celebrity fans? Which well-known celebrities would be superfans of which SHL teams?

Atlanta is a center of hip hop in the United States, producing stars like Ludacris. Lil Jon and his older brother Big Jon are avid supporters of the team, and Outkast provide goal horns for the team. They regularly show up to games, as do famed toads and frogs like Mr. Toad from The Wind in The Willows, Toad from Mario, and that annoying frog from the starfox games that yells at you, eager to support their toad brethren. The most rude guests are the various fires that arrive at games, as they want to support the team but usually just end up heavily damaging the seating or the suites they sit in.

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12. Written, up to 4 TPE - Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.

b. This is Texas’s first cup appearance since winning it in S36, while Buffalo is recovering from 2 recent final losses to Hamilton. Which team will have a bigger chip on their shoulder entering the finals.

d. Would you rather have to spend a long weekend hanging out in Dallas or Buffalo? What would you do?

b. Buffalo cannot get it done and I honestly find that endlessly hilarious, much like the futility of the Buffalo Bills, another Bison team that occupies by far the worst major city in new york. The west hasn't won it in a hot minute and the division is generally seen as inferior so probably them.

d. See the thing is I can get dicked down in dallas, railed out in Raleigh, tag teamed in Tennessee, anal in Austin, Buttfucked in Boston and give neck down in New Orleans, but there's not really any of that in Buffalo. So I think most of us can agree that getting dicked down in dallas is preferable to not getting dicked down at all.

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15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 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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*.simo* · 06-05-2021, 03:25 AM

1. 3 TPE, PT Coupon for one CW Task
Because it's fun

PBE CW 3 TPE

17. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max

Verification: Coward

iamslm22 · 06-05-2021, 10:36 AM

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1. 3 TPE, PT Coupon for one CW Task
From reaching the $6000 goal for COTA Charity, write 3 words on why the SHL is the best

yay SHL what a place

3. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
If real life versions of all 18 SHL team logos were entered into a fight, which would come out victorious and why? Which would be the first eliminated?

Wow what a totally unique prompt and definitely not something that has been written about in PBE or in any other leagues this is definitely something that is an SHL original and nothing else. SO obviously the first out is among a few general concepts. You got to think that every logo has a shot – but its definitely weird that the Winnipeg team does not have anything that can come to life other than trees so like in a battle royal they are the first eliminated and then we get to other teams and its fascinating to think about and there are a lot of options. Lets talk about the people we have as contenders. There’s a flying flame bird, some crazy animals and some humans but all of them would lose to the top 2 contenders. A giant star would be unable to be beat except for maybe by the spectre. So Spectre could maybe do it.

6. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
What's your prediction for this season's IIHF tournament? Which teams do you expect to do well (or not well)? Which players?

If you are reading this and you know me at all you know what I am going to write about and it is going to be Stan Q Next and Ireland because I don’t pay attention to anything in SHL that is not me or my teams because hockey is a boring and dumb sport but that’s besides the point. When you look at Ireland and how well we did. It was like Lebron James heat rally come to life. We did not win 1 titel. We didn’t win 2 in a row. Because that would be fun. It was not even just a threepeat and it was a blast and it would have been impressive. No. We won like 5 in a row. Which is really incredible. And there are a lot of users who are still around and have new players on the team and that is fun and it is a great team. So we will win.

7. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)
To some, an interesting part of sports leagues is following celebrity fans (like Jack with the Lakers or 50 Cent with the Knicks last week) - who would be some relevant SHL celebrity fans? Which well-known celebrities would be superfans of which SHL teams?

I mean if we are talking about Atlanta we will talk about how the city is a shit hole and there are not a lot of actual sports fans here they are just band wagon fans and like look at how they were with lollypop trae young and how they were with those guys, or the falcons or the braves. I mean the braves were a dominant team and they could barely sell out their stadium. They cared so little about hockey that their team left. So….. I guess the strippers from their famed strip clubs? That’s the best I could imagine to come and watch this team.

5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)
Which SHL or SMJHL team was the best team to not make the finals this season and why?

I mean again – who am I going to talk about it if its not going to be the Atlanta Inferno. I do feel like we actually consistently make the playoffs, it seems like its every year we make it and it is very talented and we are such a good team and it is a travesty that some team in buffalo made it over us when they are a garbo team and a garbo city with a big history of losing history and that’s all they are. So yea the Atlanta inferno should have been in the finals and that would have been great and we deserved it.

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***Pythonic*** · 06-05-2021, 12:45 PM

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1. 3 TPE, PT Coupon for one CW Task

From reaching the $6000 goal for COTA Charity, write 3 words on why the SHL is the best

Because I said it is. And also the Vancouver Whalers.

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2. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)

The Purge is a concept where typically illegal things (e.g., robbery, murder) are legalized for one day. In an SHL-purge, there's a game day where everything typically illegal to do on the ice is now legal. No rules for sticks or pads, no penalties, no icing, etc. What will your player do on the ice to make the most of this and gain a competitive advantage?

Well, it might not necessarily be an addition to my player specifically. What would make the most sense would be to bring in the materials to build a brick wall, or any kind of wall, really, directly in front of the net - right on the goal line. No puck would be going through that thing, that's for sure. The starting goalie could even get some rest in on a back-to-back day, assuming that the SHL Purge happened on the starting end of a back to back. In terms of things my player would bring to aid himself, definitely a stick that's easier to handle the puck with - with some weird curve on the blade, or a curve on the handle of the stick itself. He could also attach some refillable nitrous tanks to his skates in order to get an easy boost of speed to get on a breakaway quickly, or just linger in the offensive zone waiting for a massive stretch pass to easily bury the puck.

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

If real life versions of all 18 SHL team logos were entered into a fight, which would come out victorious and why? Which would be the first eliminated?

There's a lot of thought to be put into the team logos. While some teams like Calgary would be pretty obvious winners, being dragons and all, the thing is, is that dragons don't exist. Another thing for certain teams' logos - the North Stars, for instance, they're a building. Can they really fight anything, since it's stuck in the ground? Would it be like that one episode of Spongebob where Squidward's security system takes over his house? The wild animal teams, like the Platoon (eagle), Buffalo (buffalo, obviously), Manhattan (bull), and the Blizzard (arctic fox), might run away - or stay and fight and probably die easily, being predictable animals. The team logo that I'd say has the most edge would be the Syndicate or the Rangers, since they both have guns and the skills to use them - a lion from the Pride logo can't reach you when you're shooting down at them from the top of a tower, you know? Then it comes down to the end to who has the better guns between the Syndicate and the Rangers - in which case, I'd say the Syndicate. It's clear that the logo is meant to be an old Wild West bandit, who would be using old revolvers and repeater carbines, while the Syndicate have access to modern pistols and sub-machine guns like the Tommy gun.

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5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

Which SHL or SMJHL team was the best team to not make the finals this season and why?

I am pretty sure we all know that the best team to not make the Challenge Cup finals this season was the Hamilton Steelhawks, who were once again expected by many to come into the playoffs, dominate the whole of the league, and win another cup against the Buffalo Stampede once again. It sure would have been funny to see the Stampede get heartbroken again on top of that, even as much as I'd hate to see the Steelhawks win their... however many-th ring. With Theo Morgan coming off a record-setting season (in the FHM era at least, to my knowledge), I'm sure he was definitely disappointed to not manage to carry the Steelhawks to another cup win.

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12. Written, up to 4 TPE - Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.

c. Which of these two teams' brandings do you prefer? Take into account colors, logo, name, location, and anything else you consider relevant.

I'd have to say, the Rangers' branding is definitely the better one. Even if they play into the more 'bandito' style of ranger than the 'lawman' style of ranger, considering it has an historical tie to Texas with the real-life Texas Rangers and all that. Buffalo's branding is just a pun on a stampede of Buffalo.

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15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 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.

breezy

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16. hotdog's secret bonus weird prompt. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

If worst came to worst and the situation were dire....... you need nutrition....... you must consume your peers. If you had to eat another SHL player, who would you eat and why? (sorry in advance Julio)

Probably Pasta the Turtle, as much as I hate to say it. I'm not a big fan of beef, believe it or not, so Julio Tokolosh is sadly off the table, literally and figuratively (though I'm sure he'd taste good as well, but holy fuck does that sound weird.) Pasta is... well, a turtle made of pasta, so it's not like he can run away from me for too long, since turtles are extremely slow for the most part. And since his shell is what's made out of the pasta, it can't be too hard to crack him open and feast.

3 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 2 = 17/16

Trautner · 06-05-2021, 01:18 PM

PBE PT +3

S59 Milestones +3

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1. 3 TPE, PT Coupon for one CW Task

From reaching the $6000 goal for COTA Charity, write 3 words on why the SHL is the best

Hockey, friends, community.

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5. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

Which SHL or SMJHL team was the best team to not make the finals this season and why?

the best team to not make the shl challenge cup finals was the hamilton steelhawks. while the steelhawks have had a ridiculous amount of success and you simply cannot win every single season, it is nearly impossible to deny that the steelhawks retained enough talent to make a run to the finals and will be disappointed to have not made the final two. the steelhawks were led by a record breaking season from theo morgan, but the team's defense proved to be suspect in the semi-finals against the renegades, as goalie A Jobin failed to stop the shots on goal and the team was upset in the semi-finals.

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15. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 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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16. hotdog's secret bonus weird prompt. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min.)

If worst came to worst and the situation were dire....... you need nutrition....... you must consume your peers. If you had to eat another SHL player, who would you eat and why? (sorry in advance Julio)

this is a nice deserted island situation for michael scarn to ponder. if michael scarn had to be stranded on a deserted island with another shl player, with the express purpose of consuming said person rather than collaborating with them to survive, michael scarn would have to pick Aron Hernadivic, who is literally a fish who is on skates and playing hockey. While Hernadivic has a bit of a hot streak and temper, Michael SCarn thinks he could easily overwhelm the fish and gut him up and cook him for dinner. Would this accomplish much beyond surviving another day without hunger? Probably not, but it had to be done.

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