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*Carpy48* · 10-28-2022, 02:20 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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4. Written, 3 TPE, Tough to Swallow (150 words min.)

In your opinion, who was the best SHL or SMJHL team to NOT win the Challenge Cup / Four Star Cup? Who was on that team, and why do you think they deserved to win it all? What round did they lose in and how? Was it bad luck? A hot opposing goalie? Inexperience?

Looking at S67: If you ask ME that question the answer is pretty obvious. The answer is my team: The Toronto North Stars. Just look at how our players performed during the regular season. Much better than anyone would've expected actually. We were the best team in the East (I can't remember that ever happening since I've been on the team), the season's top scorer is from our team and four of the ten 10 players in points as well. We were the highest scoring team in the regular season because of that reason and had the highest goal differential of all teams in the league, too. Of course, we deserved to win the Challenge Cup this season. It's the one thing we all want. It's the one thing I hope to get every season, yet so far… it's never worked. We simply ran into a hot goalie in the second round. Bad luck, sometimes this happens. Not much you can do against it.
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5. Written, 3 TPE, Hotel Rooms (150 words min)

During the playoffs it’s not uncommon to have to spend several days on the road in the same city. Whether you’re in the playoffs or not, who does your player share a room with on the road? What do you get up to? Are you the type to drag around a PS5 everywhere you go, or are you the first to hit the bar after the game? Are you a night owl or an early riser?

This has changed quite a bit over the years just as my team mates have come and gone over the many seasons. It's always an adjustment when you had your fixed road game roommate and then that person retires, gets traded or leaves for whatever reason and you need to adjust to someone new. This season I've mostly shared a room with Ville Kurri. The choice was easy, we're both from Finland and we both know when not to talk the other person's ear off. Despite not being teammates on Toronto for that long, we've played multiple IIHF tournaments together before, so we know each other. And no, I don't drag a PS5 around, that's what a Switch is for. It's portable. So is a french press by the way for emergencies when the hotel room coffee sucks (it usually does). At some point you're much older than most of your teammates so I often go to dinner with the non-party people and then have an early night. Sometimes even with friends I have on other teams.
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7. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

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15. Written, 3 TPE, IIHF Round Up (150 words min.)

Write your predictions for this year's IIHF tournament or WJC! Tell me about your team! Are they up and coming? Win now mode? Entering into a re-build phase? What are your expectations for your player? What teams are you watching out for this time around?

Yes, hello. Finland fed head here, let me tell you about our IIHF team. We won the gold medal last year. And two years before that. Oh and two years before that too. We don't want to wait another year, so we plan to win gold this year and break that pattern. That are pretty much our expectations. I guess since we're exactly the same roster as last tournament, we could say we're pretty good right now. Expectations for my player are relatively low right now since I demoted my player to backup goalie and will watch most games from the bench. Hopefully win all games I play, that's all I can hope for. Other than that - we have our typical rivals to watch out for: Canada, Sweden, surprisingly also Norway and probably Switzerland. There will always be some other surprises so let's wait and see. It will be a great tournament, come to Prague and watch us.
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22. Written / Graphic, 3 TPE, We Should Start a Band! (150 words min.)

Hockey is no longer in fashion, we’re doing music now! Choose a couple of friends from around the league to form a band with! Who do you choose, what instruments do they play, and what kind of music do you all make together? As a graphic task, show me your band together performing in their home arena.

Actually... would it be cheating if I picked up an idea that's a little old already, but where we had this topic once before? We had a quintuplet band. If you don't know who those people are, let me explain first. We were five players all from S47 that joined on the same day so we were kind of the quintuplets and if we were a boy band we'd be Sum 47 or...something like that. Not important. Some of them are already retired, but the full list of people including their instruments were: Hotdog a.k.a. Eko van Otter as lead singer, SDCore a.k.a. Corey Kennedy as guitarist, bbjygm a.k.a. Slap McShotty as bass player, Julio Tokolosh as background dancer (yes, a cow!) and somehow… I ended up as drummer. If you need to know more about this, find Julio’s detailed explanation in this thread. I somehow feel like this answer is cheating, but it’s still good. Greetings to my quintuplets here.
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*slothfacekilla* · 10-28-2022, 06:31 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.

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a. Seattle is back in the finals for the second time in a row. While last season was an unexpected run led by a miracle goalie performance-- this season's appearance comes at no surprise to those who watched their offseason closely. What roster changes do you think have put Seattle in this position again? Do you think it's enough for them to finish the job this time around?

The Seattle Argonauts made an offseason splash with a big trade with the Los Angeles Panthers which landed them their leading scorer this past season in Luukas Lilja, veteran scorer Jimmy Wagner, and defensive star Jonas Wagner. It was a huge trade that added a lot of talent to the team and made their team very deep. It is no surprise they ended up in the finals and I think they have enough depth this season to win it all.

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b. Manhattan has charged from a ninth place regular season finish to an Eastern conference championship and a shot at the Challenge Cup. I don't think that it's out of line for me to say that not many saw this coming. How do you think they got to this point? Who's performing better than expected? Do you think they have enough gas to complete the Cinderella run?

It looks like their forward Lev Lebedev is having an insane playoffs with 43 points in 27 games which is just an unreal performance for the Rage and probably a huge reason they are in the finals. Name Redacted also has a save percentage above .920 so that is huge for the team too, showing that they can stop pucks as well as score. I am not sure they have enough in the tank to win it all though.

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c. At this point in the playoffs, Manhattan has played four more games than Seattle. With the schedule as tight as it is in the playoffs, do you think that extra hockey will affect them? Could it be a positive that MAN has been in a near constant routine of game days while SEA has seen a bit more rest? Or do you think that wear and tear will start to show on MAN if this series goes to 6 or 7 games?

I think this will be an advantage for the Seattle players because it will let them rest their bodies a little bit more and the Rage players may break down from too much damage in the playoffs. I think rest is key in the playoffs for any team so the more the better for sure. Luckily this is a sim though so we can't even get injured.

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d. In many ways this seems like a battle of who can stay hotter longer. Both teams have PDO ratings as high as 110 while barely having any players that dip below 100. Seattle and Manhattan are both on absolute heaters of strong goalies and high shooting percentages. What do you think is driving this, and who do you think can keep it going longer? Who comes out on top?

I think this just shows that nowadays in the SHL you need a little bit of luck to make it to the finals. I do not know if there was one specific driving force behind this or it just happened that these teams got key bounces more often than other teams. I think it will keep being a surprising playoffs but the sim is going to have to choose one team to be unlucky here so it will be interesting to see who it is.

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3. Written, 3 TPE, Song of the Playoffs (150 words min.)

Every season the NHL buys the rights to a song that they edit their playoff promotional materials to. This season we’re doing the same thing for the SHL! Pitch me your “Song of the S67 Playoffs”! Who sings it? Why do you think it would make a good hype song?

If the SHL were to buy the rights to a song for the S67 Playoffs they should really buy the rights to "YMCA" by the Village People. Now you may ask, "Sloth why would we pick such an outdated and sorta lame song to represent the marketing for the playoffs?" Well you see I put a lot of thought into this. In the song YMCA the lyrics reference the word man a lot and with Manhattan in the playoffs they could show a highlight from them every time the word man is said in a song in a commercial. Then in the chorus every time they say the letter C we could put the word "sea" up on screen and show a Seattle highlight. It is the perfect tie in for both of the teams in the finals and people could really get going dancing to it at the games. Just don't think about it too hard and it is genius!

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4. Written, 3 TPE, Tough to Swallow (150 words min.)

In your opinion, who was the best SHL or SMJHL team to NOT win the Challenge Cup / Four Star Cup? Who was on that team, and why do you think they deserved to win it all? What round did they lose in and how? Was it bad luck? A hot opposing goalie? Inexperience?

In my opinion the best SHL team that did not win the Challenge Cup this season is the Philadelphia Forge because well, I'm on the team. I also know that we have the best roster around even if we may not have the most TPE compared to some of the other teams around the league. But we were seriously robbed when were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. We also pulled off a reverse sweep after the sim gave us some bad luck in the first few games of the series. Then after BASE PACK played a few decent games with the Forge playing great in front of him, BASE PACK laid an egg in the elimination game and was a huge reason that Philadelphia was unable to advance to their rightful place to win the Challenge Cup. Hopefully we have gotten all our bad luck out of our system with yet another early playoff exit and we can look to go on and win it all next time.

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5. Written, 3 TPE, Hotel Rooms (150 words min)

During the playoffs it’s not uncommon to have to spend several days on the road in the same city. Whether you’re in the playoffs or not, who does your player share a room with on the road? What do you get up to? Are you the type to drag around a PS5 everywhere you go, or are you the first to hit the bar after the game? Are you a night owl or an early riser?

BASE PACK is still a young rookie in the league so he is roomed up with another rookie in Ricky Koivu for most of the road trips. Usually only the veterans are getting solo rooms even though BASE PACK tried to argue with management that he is just a pack of cards and they can lay him down in a pretty small single room and he wouldn't take up too much room. They disagreed sadly. So BASE PACK usually just wants to get some rest when he is on the road in hotel rooms, and luckily Koivu is respectful of that. There have only been a handful of times when they have stayed up and partied too late (maybe BASE PACK did that in the playoffs when they lost). BASE PACK will usually want to wake up early so he can do whatever it is that a pack of cards would do all day. Hopefully he can get his own room in the future seasons just so he can say that he made it as a veteran.

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6. Written, 3 TPE, You’re Weird (150 words min.)

During long playoff runs or exceptional mid-season winning streaks players have been known to do some crazy things in order to keep the luck going. What’s the weirdest superstition your player or someone in your locker room has? Did it actually work?

Well I usually tend to do this in real life in a way with sim sports so I will write about it from that perspective instead of rambling about some made up BASE PACK nonsense. If my team loses a game in the playoffs while I am watching then I won't watch the next game that they play in. If they win the next game then I am banished from watching games the rest of the series because I am deemed bad luck. If we lose again then I am allowed to tune in for more games in that series since it was not my bad luck that made us lose that first game that I watched. I would think that this superstition would reset in the next round but lately we haven't been advancing to the next round in the playoffs so I have not really been able to test it out. We will see if I get this to work in the future and we can move on in the playoffs for once!

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.Laser · 10-28-2022, 07:33 PM

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TASK 3 - SONG 6/16

The song of the playoffs that I will be presenting is quite niche so I don't know quite how accepted it would be, but if we get the radio version, I could see it going over quite well. My choice is BEEN BROKE by Tobe Nwigwe. I discovered this song right before my beach trip a few months ago, and I think that it has the exact kind of vibe that you would want playoffs to have. It's an unconventional beat that employs the use of hi hats, trumpets, some off-beat action, and 3 different features, leaving room for a radio edit rewrite that would be absolute perfection for the SHL radio station to take it, respin the lyrics a bit, and hand it back to be re-recorded, and the meaning and hype of the song would still be there exactly the same as it was before it was edited. It would also help support smaller artists and get more recognition as a supportive company. (165)

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TASK 4 - TOUGH TO SWALLOW 9/16

The best team not to win the Challenge Cup was absolutely the Philadelphia Forge. Why the Forge? Weren't they one of the weaker teams in the league that continually get bounced from the playoffs in the first round, usually quite unceremoniously? Perhaps in the past, sure. But the Forge are a team that are truly coming into their own, and have been for a couple seasons. This season, the underdog, scrappy, "misfit" Philadelphia Forge took the eventual Challenge Cup runners-up Manhattan Rage to 7 games, and arguably should have won the series. There were multiple simmer errors that cost the Forge two games with the incorrect goalies in, and there was an issue with FHM that should have made the Forge have a home series and it ended up being an away series. Philadelphia is a force to be reckoned with and are still building and climbing, and their rings are going to be upon us very very soon. (159)

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TASK 6 - YOU'RE WEIRD 12/16

The strangest thing that I have seen be a part of a superstition to help a team win was to only scream on gameday. During days that the team played, and specifically within 5 hours of the game start and during the entire game, it was a requirement that the entire team talk only in caps and use absolutely no punctuation whenever and whereever possible. That team did end up winning a championship the first season they did it, and while it did not win them another championship as they stopped the tradition before they went back to back, it was a great hype method for the squad and helped keep everyone excited and engaged with the league. Beyond that, however, when I was a young boy on the baseball field, I would always tie my shoelaces as tight as possible and always on the inside of my foot. For example, the knot would be on the left side of my right foot and vice versa. That never did much but I did have some very good seasons. (178)

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TASK 18 - PROCRASTINATOR SPECIAL WRITTEN 14/16

Seattle ended up being the victor of the Challenge Cup this season, and I don't think it was a super big surprise for anyone that this was the case. They had one of the strongest squads out there, and punctuated their series-sealing win with a 12-1 sendoff of the Manhattan Rage. I do think that the Forge were robbed as I talked about above, and I do think that Winnipeg should have made it farther than they did, but overall I think that the playoffs were largely fair. FHM8 does seem to be about the sim that everyone expected, and despite some testing rumors, it's seemed to create a much more enjoyable experience for the league. (116)

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TASK 23 - SOMETHING NICE 16/16

@sköldpaddor is one of the hardest working and most dedicated members to the site that the SHL has, and the SHL is lucky to have her. @Acsolap is a gem of a GM and has done a fantastic job leading the Forge alongside @honkerrs and @KaleSalad to the place where they are today and the place they are rapidly approaching. @Sburbine and @SFresh3 have been awesome as update heads and have been patient with all my questions while I got acclimated. And the Philadelphia Forge locker room in general has been an absolute pleasure to be in. I haven't been around it as much because of commissionership and escapism but I do greatly enjoy it and want to get more involved again as soon as I can. (127)

Thanks to EAB and sulovien for the sigs!

Tylar · 10-28-2022, 08:13 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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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. Seattle is back in the finals for the second time in a row. While last season was an unexpected run led by a miracle goalie performance-- this season's appearance comes at no surprise to those who watched their offseason closely. What roster changes do you think have put Seattle in this position again? Do you think it's enough for them to finish the job this time around?
I would say it is obvious what was the main thing that put the Seattle Argonauts of the Simulation Hockey League over the top this season; it would be the addition of forward Luukas Lilja who scored 55 goals and 46 assists for 101 points leading the team to victories and leading the second highest scorer on the team by 22 points which is crazy. (65 words)

b. Manhattan has charged from a ninth place regular season finish to an Eastern conference championship and a shot at the Challenge Cup. I don't think that it's out of line for me to say that not many saw this coming. How do you think they got to this point? Who's performing better than expected? Do you think they have enough gas to complete the Cinderella run?

I would say the Manhattan's miracle run to the finals this season is largely due to their forwards Lind, Speedwagon and MVP candidate Lev Lebedev. These forwards put up big point totals for the Manhattan Rage which has helped propel them to the finals and would be a massive reason they win the cup if they do it. Not to be outdone, goaltender Name Redacted has put up a .921 save percentage in the playoffs. (75 words)

c. At this point in the playoffs, Manhattan has played four more games than Seattle. With the schedule as tight as it is in the playoffs, do you think that extra hockey will affect them? Could it be a positive that MAN has been in a near constant routine of game days while SEA has seen a bit more rest? Or do you think that wear and tear will start to show on MAN if this series goes to 6 or 7 games?

I do not believe games played in the playoffs matter all that much. I guess they could be a little tired and their conditioning could take a hit, but at the end of the day these players in the Simulation Hockey League are top tier athletes and can handle this workload. While it may be tough. I do not think it presents an advantage for the team who has played less games. (73 words)

d. In many ways this seems like a battle of who can stay hotter longer. Both teams have PDO ratings as high as 110 while barely having any players that dip below 100. Seattle and Manhattan are both on absolute heaters of strong goalies and high shooting percentages. What do you think is driving this, and who do you think can keep it going longer? Who comes out on top?

I would say that the Seattle Argonauts can probably keep it up longer due to having been here before but also having the fire power throughout the lineup, not to say Manhattan doesn't have the fire power but Seattle was in a similar position last season. I am not sure what drives this but both teams have strong top players driving the offense so that could be why! (68 words)

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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.

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread....pid3280416

TPE: 10/16

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13. Graphic, 1 TPE, crAIyon? More like CWaiyon!

In the spirit of the insanely easy ring task that stayed around forever, we can keep running this one! Try using OpenAI’s DALL E Mini (now known as crAIyon) to generate a Challenge Cup related image. It could be a championship ring, your player lifting the cup, a locker room celebration. Go nuts as long as you’re attempting to make it SHL related! The results will be weird, but it’s fun!  https://www.craiyon.com/

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15. Written, 3 TPE, IIHF Round Up (150 words min.)

Write your predictions for this year's IIHF tournament or WJC! Tell me about your team! Are they up and coming? Win now mode? Entering into a re-build phase? What are your expectations for your player? What teams are you watching out for this time around?

My predictions for this seasons IIHF Championship in the Simulation Hockey League is going to be similar to how last seasons results ended .I am not convinced there will be much change over in how teams perform. I believe Sweden will roll over the competition once again as they have a strong team. I suspect teams like Finland and Austria will be strong again, along with Norway. Some teams that may have a better showing than previous seasons include Great Britain, United States of America and Japan. These former top nations had a rough tournament last season but seem to be in rebuilds. Out of those three nations I would say Great Britain has a good chance to come back out from the bottom. Overall, I predict a Sweden gold place finish, Finland silver place finish and Canada bronze. I feel like it will be an interesting tournament and the top spot is likely Sweden's to lose but we will see how they perform this season. (166 Words)

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

Congratulations, procrastinator!  Through your terrible time management skills, you’ve unlocked a special task! [TEAM] has won it all! Were the playoffs as you expected this year, or were there some surprises? Did anything stand out to you about this season’s results? How do you feel about season two of FHM 8?

I would say for myself the fact that the Seattle Argonauts made it to the Challenge Cup Finals of the Simulation Hockey League is not that surprising. The General Manager of the Seattle Argonauts made a lot of big moves in the offseason acquiring star players who helped lead the team to victory. I am surprised the Manhattan Rage made it to the final because most would have expected the Atlanta Inferno or Toronto Northstars who were both the top teams in the Eastern Conference this season. This seasons results showed some of the top teams on paper were but also it appears some teams just got lucky and had lucky seasons too. Overall I am still unsure if there is much difference with FHM results but I just won a cup so yeah, hehe. (135 Words)

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