1. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Reflection on your season - how did your player fare on the ice this season? Did you meet or surpass your individual player goals or did you come up short? Whether you excelled or disappointed - what can you attribute that to? What will you try to do better next season?

Goku Muerto, along with many of his Winnipeg teammates, had a much improved season over last year. He finished the season with 65 points, unfortunately could not get a point in the final game to get to point per game status, but it was still a marked improvement. He was able to hit a career milestone of 500 points in the SHL, which was a big achievement. The most exciting time of the season for Goku was the playoffs. He scored 3 big goals which were very important - against LAP he scored the OT goal to take game 1. In the series against EDM, Goku scored with 6 seconds left in the 3rd period of game 7 to complete the reverse sweep and send the Jets to the semi-finals. And, even though the Jets could not triumph over the juggernauts of Hamilton, Goku will go in the trivia books as the last player to score a goal for the Winnipeg Jets. Goku is in major regression now, so expectations will be lowered for next season, but he will still have an important role as a top 6 forward looking to repeat the team's stellar performance in Season 57.

3. Written, 3 TPE (150 words min.)
Over the offseason your player is getting involved in some charitable causes. What is your player/team doing around the community/for charity this offseason?

Upon returning to Winnipeg after the Jets were eliminated from the playoffs, Goku Muerto didn't want to get lazy, so he used his time to be productive in the community. Knowing that many people were still stuck at home and unemployed and hurting due to the pandemic, the Winnipeg Food Bank was facing higher than usual demand. Goku set up a schedule to make appearances at various drop-off boxes throughout the city. In the mornings, he would take some time to sign autographs and take selfies (while wearing a mask!) with fans in exchange for donations of non-perishable foods and vital household items. Whatever was collected, Goku would load up his truck and deliver to the main warehouse. He would join with the other volunteers and work a shift either packing up hampers, sorting the donations, or even just sweeping the floor. Goku has been very fortunate in his life, but also has struggled at times, so he knows how important this charity can be to people. Nobody should have to go hungry, so Goku is very happy to lend his time and efforts to a great humanitarian cause.


4. Written, 1 or 2 TPE
HAIKUS - write 2 SHL themed haikus for 1 TPE or 4 SHL themed haikus for 2 TPE.

Jets versus Panthers
Round One series is great fun
Winnipeg in 6

Jets versus Blizzard
Blizz three-nothing series lead
But Jets reverse sweep

On to Hamilton
Semi-finals, 5 great games
Steelhawks are too strong

Strom for MVP
He carried us on his back
Give him McBride, too

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 Buffalo Stampede could very easily have made the SHL finals. In the regular season, they finished with the 3rd best record in the league. They have a ton of great players up and down their roster, as well, they were champs just a couple of seasons ago. Unfortunately with the playoff brackets, they had to face CHI in the semi-finals, and pushed it to a 7-game series. At that point, it's a 1 game coin flip between 2 awesome teams. In the SMJHL, obviously it was a bit of a shock that Quebec City Citadelles were unable to make the finals. I feel their semi-final matchup against Anchorage should have been the final round, but again FHM has wonky playoff brackets and unfortunately they had to meet up before then. Just goes to show that anything can happen in the playoffs once the really good teams have to face each other.

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?

For this season, I think the obvious favorites have to be USA, Canada, and UK. However, and I am biased here, I think this is a season where Norway could finally snap out of their slump and make a good showing. They still have some of the best players in the league, like Eko van Otter and Andreas Kvalheim, some really solid defensemen in Meszaros, Michaud, and Scianna, as well as two great netminders with Kavanaugh and Larson patrolling the pipes. A number of young players have finally unbanked and will be significantly better than they were in previous tournaments, as well. The Norwegians should be able to run a competitive roster throughout the lineup. I definitely think the team has a real great chance to be in the medal round, and with the format of the playoffs being single-elimination, they have the strength to win any given game. The group they are in is very much open after the top 2 teams, so look to Norway to be one of the teams that seizes the opportunity and makes the most of it.


15. CW Trivia (3 TPE)

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