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1. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
VIP Status babyyyyyyyy - your player has been invited to attend one of the first homestands of the CC finals as a VIP guest - all expenses paid, front row seats, any hotel you want - and it's all on the Commissioner's dime! Are you going to Games 1 and 2 in Tampa or Games 3 and 4 in Calgary? Why are you picking there? And what are you going to do in that city to run up Eggy's tab?? (This is the same prompt as last year but we've got different cities! be creative! Don't re-use what was written last season)

If I had the chance to go to any game for the SHL finals. You know I’m going to game 4. I want to be able to see my childhood best friend Bernik Vrzala put in work in the finals. Of course, I’m going to be bringing other Czech nation players with me to cheer on our Czech friend. Before the game we are going to end up pregaming at some many random bars racking up fees on the drinks and just having a great time together. While at the pub anyone that can name a player on Calgary’s team can get a free drink on us of their choice. Also, while at the game I’m going to big a load of Vrzala jerseys and hand them out to anyone that wants a free jersey. I need people to represent my boy in his game today and cheer on the young defensemen.

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2. Written, 2 TPE (100 words min)
After a slow start to the regular season, the Dragons have surged of late and have rallied around the #CalgaWe notion of togetherness. On the other side, the Barracuda battled through a difficult East and are led by a very strong young core. Which team are you personally rooting for to take home the Challenge Cup and why?

For the finals this year I am going to root for the Calgary dragons. On the dragons, there are a few players that I’m very close to from either junior or from being friends since childhood. To begin with they have Barry Batsbak (@ Katth ) the playmaking center. Vent spent time with Batsbak while on Kelowna and the two became close. They both were so close in winning the 4-star cup and that lose drew the pair closer. The next person on the team would be Prince Devitt(@ CFJ ). Devitt was also on the knights and Vent was able to get to know the young defensemen before Vent was called p to the majors. Vent and Devitt spent a lot of time after practice just working on drills and getting their games on how they wanted it. Finally, one of the biggest reasons Vent roots for the dragons is Bernik Vrzala (@ Off ). Vrzala and Vent are childhood friends. Both are on the Czech national team and both are defensemen. While Vent plays a more two-way defensive style Vrzala plays a way more defensive heavy style. The two work well together and have very strong chemistry and bond with each other.

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4. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
Alternate Reality: Physicists and other smarties believe that this reality is just one of infinite realities existing alongside this one in parallel. Take us over to one of those realities in which everything is the same but these S50 playoffs have unfolded differently. What happened in this reality's playoffs and who's in the Challenge Cup over there?

In an alternative reality, the Manhattan Rage have made it to the finals against the Calgary Dragons. Bernik Vrzala versus David Vent. The childhood best friends face off against each other for the prized cup they both have grew up wanting to have. To get there Rage were able to take out Toronto, to begin with. Then they took on Tampa and were able to get by the Barracudas in 7 games in a very close series. After Tampa, the Rage would face the Steelhawks in the Eastern Conference finals. There the Rage would win in 5 thanks to stellar goaltending by the Rage goalie.  In the finals, it would be an extremely physical game between the two sides. A lot of hits with tons of fighting. Also, high scoring since both teams have explosive offenses that can outshoot any opponent if they get going. For Calgary, their road to the finals is almost like the Rages. Both teams were in the wildcards and both ended p after hard series to make it to the finals.

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7. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min)
As competition ramps up for the playoffs, players (both those still in and those eliminated) work extra hard to improve areas of their game that are lacking. What one area of your game do you really need to focus on improving and how will this benefit the team?

A part of Vent’s game that needs improvement would be his discipline and offensive skill. Vent has been taking a lot of penalties and needs to stop hurting his team and ending up in the box. Vent needs to be on the ice with his pairing partner Tokek Takshak(@GeckoeyGecko)and feed Takshak so he can put in work in the offensive zone. Speaking of offense Vent needs to work on his. Vent needs to make more accurate passes and to get more shots on net. Even if he isn’t scoring just shooting while there is a bunch of people in front or just shooting for rebound. Vent just needs to try his luck and maybe it bounces in or lands on the stick of a Rage forward who is able to shoot the puck into the net. Vent needs to be able to contribute on both defense and offense to give his team as much as he can to help them win important games.

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14. 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.

Getting my vote for the playoff would be Calgary Dragon legend Mike Izzy. The man just went straight off in the playoffs. Notching 32 points in only 20 games! The guy was literally on fire with scoring and getting scoring chances for his team. He put the team on his back and lead them to the cup. Also, Izzy wasn’t afraid to lay the body when he needed to. Getting 68 hits and only getting 28 penalty minutes is a very impressive stat line in my book.  Without Izzy I don’t think the dragons had a chance making it as far as they did and also winning the cup at that.

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15. Casual Member Special, 3 TPE max - 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer - SEND ANSWER IN PM TO "PT DIRECTOR" (tagged below)
A. As defined by draft class, who is the oldest player in this series?
B. What is the name of the Calgary Dragons' Arena?
C. Name 3 previous names of the Tampa Bay Barracuda franchise
D. From these two teams, which player had the most PIMs in the S50 regular season? (Look, I'll even give you a link to the index right below this code box. When I posted the link directly, it auto-corrected the colon + slash into a partial frown face; it looks funny and the link still works so i'm leaving it)

**Important**: Send the answers to username "PT Director" with the subject of the message titled “S50 CW" - Do not send it to my personal account; those will not be graded. Do not post the answers in here; you will not get credit for the task.

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