Task 1:+3 tpe Well, it really depends. My regular season was pretty good, and I can’t complain with how it turned out. Anchorage finished the season first in the west. With a record of 35-12-3, we started off the season a little shake but went on a tear to finish the season that was lead by strong defence, and a hot goalie. Individually, going into this season I was hoping for 25-30 points, which I hit finishing the season with a stat line of 13-16-29, while getting to enjoy some time on the special teams as well. Although this was my goal, I started the season on a much better pace and finished cold. The regular season season success was great, however after getting a first round bye in playoffs, and being up 3-1 in our series, we ended up losing in game 7. Just like that, all the hard work was thrown out the window, and another season came to a halt. Coming into next season, I hope to make the first line and play a bigger role in our chase of the cup.


Task 3: +2 tpe
Hmm that is an interesting take, and I think it would require a bigger change in the league. I know other sim leagues like the VHL have teams from other countries and what not. He’ll even when I have the freedom to locate my team where I like in various games, I usually go outside of North America to make it unique. When you look at the current structure of the SHL and how every team is located in North America, I think it would be odd to randomly throw one or two teams from different countries in the mix. If you were to go this route you would definitely have to relocate some of the current franchise to make it work in my opinion. With the current structure of the SHL there are still a decent amount of locations in North America that expansions teams could expand to, while still making sense. So without an overhaul of the current structure, the SHL should stay North American based.

Task 4:+2 tpe
That’s a pretty easy question in my books, Anchorage. Yeah call me a homer, but look at how the season played out, 35-12-3, only 3 points behind the best team in the league. Anchorage also boasted the league best lowest goals against per game this season, only giving up 89 goals all season! The next closest team had 102. Anchorage also had a strong goalie, posting a league best .966 save percentage and a 1.62 gaa. However, these numbers would not last in the playoffs, where their goalie would drop to a league worst .849 save percentage which would ultimately cost them their playoff series, as they would heavily out shoot the timber in 5/7 games.

Task 6: +2 Who would have the biggest following on Tik Tok you ask? Well why don’t you ask him yourself? TURG TURG of the Anchorage Armada already has a cult like following on his Tik Tok. Now despite him having a huge following, his tik toks aren’t for everyone as they are made for a very specific audience. TURG TURG only posts two types of videos, the first being him bathing in different types of sauces, yes sauces. Sweet and sour, Soy Sauce, Ketchup, TURG has been in it all. The second time of video, is review various chicken strips, and nuggets from fast food to frozen, he trying them all one Tik Tok at a time.

Task 16: +3
Task 13: +4

a. Both of these teams have stacked defenses - which team do you think has the defensive advantage in this series?

Well looking strictly at defence, I believe New Orleans has the defensive roster. They have Rex Kirby on their team who is a top 5 defender in the league, and has the ability to tilt the ice in his favour when he is on the ice. However, I believe that Bufallo has a better team defence when you include the forwards into the equation.

b. In the two regular season matchups, each team won once at home. Do you expect the results to reflect a home ice advantage in this series?

I do believe the home ice advantage will continue, however I think Nola will split their games, winning one and losing one, where buffalo will win both. Buffalo has looked very sharp in these playoffs, and that’s no knock against Nola as they have also looked very good. I just believe the momentum Buffalo has build wil continue.

c. Based on FHM player ratings, New Orleans has higher average ratings in bravery, aggression, and fighting? Will that toughness have any impact on this series?

I don’t believe so, from my understanding of the sim bravery really only has much of affect when you are playing other teams players who are set as “goons” with the rule being introduced with only one goon per team, it wont have much affect on the other players. Also aggression and fighting may only hurt New Orleans leading to them taking more penalties.

e. There are several animal names in this series - which of these animals is the coolest? sloth, hippo, otter, monkey, fox, kirby.

Is this even a question, its obviously Otter, EKO VAN OTTER or EVO is by far the superior animal name on the ice night in and night out. First of all, sloth as a player? No thanks, we here to go fast. Hippo? Yeah okay maybe you should play defence. Monkey you say? No bananas here, try some where else. Not much to say about fox, just a no go personally. Finally Kirby? Guy must be a big ol weeb.