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*leviadan* · 08-08-2022, 12:23 AM

Please pick ONE prompt to write about. Do not mix and match prompts. Identify the prompt you are using in your submission - Copying and pasting the prompt will deduct from your word count so if you do this make sure YOUR submission is 150+ words excluding the prompt.

CREATIVE PROMPT - It's been a long, tough practice. Coach has run you all ragged! But nobody wants to leave the rink angry, so the coaching staff gets off the ice early and lets the players do whatever they want for the last 20 minutes of practice. Have fun!

Written Task: What are some on-ice games or drills that your team likes to run for fun? (Don't just say scrimmage please) Does it have any practical applications to a game, or is it purely to blow off some steam? Where did the game come from? Who's the best on your team at it? Who's the worst? (150+ words)

Graphic Task: Depict your team in the middle of this wacky game or drill.

PLAYER PROMPT- I feel like it's been a little while since I've asked you to add a fun fact to your player's backstory, so let's do that this week! It's well documented that many players in the NHL like to personalize their equipment in some small way to remind themselves of something when they look at it. Some players will write names, phrases, or draw little symbols on their sticks or gloves, for example. It might act as a reminder to have fun, to work hard, to think of their children or their spouse. Could be anything!

Written Task: So what does your player do to remind themselves to have fun or to enjoy the experience of being a professional hockey player? Does your player wear something special, or maybe draw something special somewhere on their gear? Tell me what they do and why! What message does your player enjoy having a reminder of during every game? (150+ words)

Graphic Task: Show me your player adding their little bit of personalization to their gear before the game.

You will receive 3 TPE for fulfilling all requirements.

All responses are due on Sunday, August 14th at 11:59 PST. NOTE: IF YOU SUBMIT/EDIT AFTER THE DEADLINE YOU WILL RECEIVE REDUCED/NO TPE.

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This task is for SHL players and send downs only, it is not for SMJHL rookies.

*Jayba1t* · 08-08-2022, 12:25 AM

PT pass

**JamesT** · 08-08-2022, 12:32 AM

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Written Task: What are some on-ice games or drills that your team likes to run for fun? (Don't just say scrimmage please) Does it have any practical applications to a game, or is it purely to blow off some steam? Where did the game come from? Who's the best on your team at it? Who's the worst? (150+ words)

The Chicago syndicate

work hard during our practices, but we make sure to have some fun during them as well. If every practice was always serious and we came out exhausted and drained our physical and mental well beings would definitely be affected. I will now share some examples of what our team does for fun during some practices.

"Keep the headphones away". Ben Jammin is known for always wearing his super fancy headphones heading to the rink where he listens to his music to get focused and in the zone. Sometimes the syndicate

players like to use those headphones on the ice and pass it around with hockey sticks. Luckily for Ben he makes a lot of $ and can always replace the expensive headphones.

Something else that we do after a practice would be for everyone to give our new rookie this season Dave Heinrich @Tesla a big hug after the practice. Tesla has been such a positive influence in our LR by reacting with the "hugging people" emote that giving them a hug after practice is the least we can do to show our gratitude.

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Thank you @Stadacona for the Chaewon player sig!

***Valpix*** · 08-08-2022, 12:35 AM

When you've moved on from your childhood club to the bright lights of the best league on the planet (or, at least, its biggest feeder league), you have to have something that reminds you of the time you spent, first as a fan cheering them on, and later as a player representing the community you grew up in. So when I'm off the ice, Louise has a key necklace that she wears pretty frequently. The key is meant to be the Key of Saint Peter, adopted from the flag of her hometown of Geneva. It is not worn during games, because it is quite expensive and we don't want to risk it breaking from, say, a wayward shot (even though Louise wears a neck guard). She also sometimes wears a Geneve-Servette undershirt during warmups, later switching it to her Citadelles attire. You never forget where you come from, and the good times that were had there.

***Caleb*** · 08-08-2022, 12:48 AM

PLAYER PROMPT

As a goalie, Caleb Hayden has always loved his goalie mask. It's a key piece to his identity. He always is reminded of how fun being a goalie is when he picks up his mask and looks at all the cool designs on it. He thought of the design himself, but along the sides of his mask has two flying owls to show off his team, the Quebec City Citadelles. On his back plate he has the outline of his home state, New Hampshire, engraved in with a color like Sky Blue, to match QCCs colors. The front of his mask on the chin, has his last name, Hayden, but instead of a Y in Hayden, he put QCCs fabled logo of the owl with its wings spread out to match the spot for the Y. Last but not league on the top he has two fighter jets streaking down the side of his mask with pink flare smoke. He always loved his mask and it reminded him so much how he loved and had fun playing the game of hockey.

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crutch · 08-08-2022, 12:58 AM

Like many players before him, Jonathan Mercer has the initials "C.C." on his stick for his mentor and player agent, Chris Crutchfield. It symbolizes to never take a shift off and to always work hard and grind to be the best, because not everyone can do that. Not everyone makes the Hall of Fame, and that is one thing that Mercer is remembering - that Crutchfield never made the Hall of Fame and chose cup chasing over loyalty to the Los Angeles Panthers. Not saying that Mercer will end up playing the rest of his career out with the Hamilton Steelhawks, but it is something to remember going forward.

It also symbolizes the desire to be the best on both ends of the ice, offensively and defensively. Mercer has always been an offensively gifted defenseman, but in his sophmore season in the SMJHL, he has taken a desire to working on his defensive game as well to be trusted on both sides of the ice in all situations.

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High Stick King · 08-08-2022, 02:12 AM

Quote:Written Task: What are some on-ice games or drills that your team likes to run for fun? (Don't just say scrimmage please) Does it have any practical applications to a game, or is it purely to blow off some steam? Where did the game come from? Who's the best on your team at it? Who's the worst? (150+ words)

One of the more intense practices Aurora had was after a terrible loss. They got blown out the night before and got pushed around all night at both ends of the rink. Coach wasn't too happy and put them through a bag skate and right in the middle just up and left without saying a word. Nobody really knew what to do, whether they should keep skating or pack it up and go home and everyone was just mulling about.

Now if you have ever met Mikko Rashford, you would know his love of frisbees. He carries one everywhere he goes, and I mean EVERYWHERE. Well of course, just as everyone was about to head off the ice, Rashford produces a frisbee from under his damn jersey and points at the net at the far side of the rink and exclaims "I bet you $100 I can throw this into the net from here!". Suddenly the entire team bursts out in laughter with several people raising their hands and voices to take that action. Suddenly a new sport was born.

Fr-ICE-bee (name is still under heavy debate). The game is played on an ice rink and you have to put the frisbee into the net. The trick is that the net is flipped face down so the hole is much smaller and it can be placed in different locations and you have to call your shot. If you can skip the frisbee, you get more points. So if you call a "3-skipper" you get 14 points compared to a "2-skipper" which is 3 and ⅛ points with a single skipper worth 1 and ⅜ points. You can also "bank" it in which is different from skipping as banking requires the usage of the boards or glass or other objects around the arena. The bank points are a multiplier and are added at the end of the flight depending on whether the frisbee enters the net or not.

I don't want to bore you with all of the rules but needless to say it is a fun but very litigious sport. We've had more than a few lawsuits resulting from the game. As far as who is the best? Hands down the creator, Rashford. The worst? Jarrow still can't throw a frisbee and is forced to attempt to roll it along the ice. No word on how many points that's worth as he hasn't gotten one in yet. It should also be noted that Marcel Beck holds the record for breaking the most frisbees at 4.

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Salming · 08-08-2022, 03:58 AM

Player task:

William Salming likes to carry with himself one certain thing which reminds him about being a professional ice-hockey player and how cool that is. How big privilege that is, really? It is a huge privilege and Salming doesn't take it guaranteed. He respect all the fans because they bring the money to the house which makes it possible for Salming to get paid for playing ice-hockey. That's why the thing that Salming carries with him is a art photograph that he got from one of his fans during his first season in Seattle. In that picture, a fan had drawed Salming in a game action on ice and it is a very cool picture. Size of the picture is enough small so Salming can put the paper to the pocket of his jeans every time he walks to the rink before the game. That is his game day habit and routine which has became a winning routine so Salming will not stop it and instead probably carries the picture with him rest of his career.

Opera_Phantom · 08-08-2022, 05:22 AM

Anytime the coaching staff goes away and the team is left alone, everyone tried the "crossbar challenge".
The puck is set on the halfway line and every player makes a shot, not to score, but to try and hit the crossbar. Scoring is way too easy, hitting the crossbar from 80 feet away is a lot harder and if you can do it consistently just shows how precise you can be with your stick and puck combo.
But obviously, a team full of superstars making a lot of money does not just do this for shits and giggles... A lot of money is put into every try, like in the 7 figures. You can make a few millions if you hit the crossbar, and lose some if you miss it. It is absolutely crazy and i can tell you @Crunk and @Z-Whiz, to name a couple, left practice leaving their yearly salary behind more than a few times... Easy money for Cue.

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***retuperkele*** · 08-08-2022, 05:58 AM

Creative one

If we have had a great day at practice in Los Angeles and have done our usual stuff - like conditioning, tactics and powerplay, we let the players decide our last 20 minutes. Everyone gets to come up with a drill and has 5 minutes to do it. One time we just tried to improve our balance by trying to sweep our opponents feet, as if we were in almost like a fighting type scenario. Svoboda was a big crossfit guy in his teens, so he made us do a crossfit drill which included a burpee into a knuckle push-up into a jump over the stick. We did this for that 5 minutes straight and everyone was just beaten. I used this opportunity to run a recovery drill, with us laying on the ice feet elevated against the boards. It was fun, but the deep breathing and holding your breath was the hardest part of the last 20 minutes, when your body could simply not comprehend relaxation

Eynhallow · 08-08-2022, 07:45 AM

Written Task: So what does your player do to remind themselves to have fun or to enjoy the experience of being a professional hockey player? Does your player wear something special, or maybe draw something special somewhere on their gear? Tell me what they do and why! What message does your player enjoy having a reminder of during every game? (150+ words)

Back when Rinky was just a young kid, his school had invited one of the local Junior players for one of those motivational appearances. The Junior player was asked, "When did you have the most fun playing hockey ?"
Quickly, the Junior player pointed out a 6 year old in the front row and asked him to come to the front of the room with him. "This is when hockey was the most fun !" the Junior player announced.
"After this, winning, training and the need to succeed detracted from the puce joy of playing the game." he further explained.
Rinky subsequently played tyke hockey for a feisty, yet fragile team called the Waterford Crystals, mentioned earlier in Rinky's backstory. And to this end he has, emblazoned on the outside bottom of his skates, the Waterford Crystals logo, to remind him that hockey is a game and that he should have some fun participating.

WildfireMicro · 08-08-2022, 08:22 AM

PLAYER PROMPT

Sir Devoir does sometimes need to be reminded why he loves the game of hockey, and as such has a few things written into his gear. One of them is a quote from his old owner at the carnival which says "if you're not enjoying what you're doing, you're doing it for the wrong reasons" which is a quote he told Devoir when the young goalie was having a particularly bad day on the ice. Another thing he has on his gear is drawings of his sister Anna and his old owner to remind him what he is ultimately playing for.

He also has this quote written onto his hockey stick: "Above all else, do your absolute best today!" To remind him to keep trying his best and to never give up. Beyond that, he also likes to occasionally draw little figures onto his gear just for fun or sometimes humorous drawings of his opponents he was facing that night, like once he drew a tied up Kraken to represent Carolina.

Seymour · 08-08-2022, 08:58 AM

Chess Hotwheels in the BUF LR to help with gameplanning.
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*takethehorizon* · 08-08-2022, 09:01 AM

Player Prompt

As Cillian Kavanagh career is nearing to an end, he continues to enjoy each game as it's the first time he played in the SMJHL all those seasons ago. "I don't take anything for granted, tomorrow isn't a guarantee and I want the my teammates and the fans to know that each and every night". Kavanagh has had a successful long career with two Challenge Cups to his name. "I don't care about the individual accolades or the trophies, my career is dedicated to all those kids with a dream, a dream to become a professional hockey player". As a result of this, Cillian has a Celtic cross etched into his right skate. He does this to remember home - where he came from and the dream he once had to make it big in the SHL. He proudly supports his parents, family and friends back home and represents them proudly on the ice, each and every night.

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***Chevy*** · 08-08-2022, 09:24 AM

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What are some on-ice games or drills that your team likes to run for fun? (Don't just say scrimmage please) Does it have any practical applications to a game, or is it purely to blow off some steam? Where did the game come from? Who's the best on your team at it? Who's the worst? (150+ words)

Practice is usually a tough grind. To blow off steam afterwords we play a game called knockout. The concept of the game is each skater (forward and defense) has a uniquely colored puck that they select at the beginning of the year. Two at a time they start taking shots (gathering their own rebounds if necessary) at myself and old man Kryyst. If the second skater is able to get a goal before the first skater, the first skater is knocked out. This pattern repeats until there is only one winner on the team. Each knockout gets a skater a point and at the end of the season the player with the most total knockouts is crowned "champion" for bragging rights and unofficial steak dinners. This is two-fold as it helps goalies work on their rebound control and comfort in the crease against multiple attackers, but also helps the skaters get better at shot placement. Currently, the knockout leader on the Barracuda is Aleksander Koslov being followed closely behind by rookie Lesgo Brandon. At the other end of the field this season, surprisingly is Colin Lambert, a former Knockout champ.

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