S61 Championship Week

S61 Championship Week

fever95
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S7, S23 Challenge Cup Champion

#250

10-17-2021, 07:12 PM (This post was last modified: 10-17-2021, 08:03 PM by fever95.)

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1. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1 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.

fever
Victor Helstrom

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3. Written, 3 TPE, Draft Kings (150 words min.)

Pick a draft class in the SHL that you believe had the most impact on the SHL. It can be a consensus pick, like S36, 31, or 53, or an off-the-board one (S41?). Explain your reasoning to why this draft class impacted the league; Could be in a good way, or a bad way.

Season 5 was such a great draft class and looking back, I cannot believe how many great players and members were drafted during that class. With the likes of Danielle Hogan, Cam Wilson, Seth Plaut and Brodie Witzel going in the top five picks, Quilha Agante, Robert Spezza, Nick Fisher, Erik Chisling and Jason Due being picked in the top 15. Main Webb and Marshall MacPherson were top 20 picks, along with Frankie Gooseneck, Sean Stevenson, Audun Wissink and Patrick Pelletier in the top 30. Later picks such as Jackson Turska, Vladislav Smirnov, John McBride, Giovanni Mortellaro and Brandon Sawyer became draft steals in what would be a star studded draft class, and the best in SHL history in my opinion. This draft class helped in part to shape the SHL of what we know it as today with many great members creating their first player during this class, a lot of which have created numerous other great players.

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4. Written, 3 TPE, Biopic (150 words min.)

You've been contacted by a big film studio who wants to center the next big hockey movie around your career so far! All you need to do is supply a 150+ word explanation about what will be key scenes of moments or games in your career, the cast, and a general timeline of the film as it follows you from team to team, junior to pro. This one is open ended so how you approach it is up to you!

The timeline of the film would be from Season 58, when my player, Ethan Bouchard was drafted by the St. Louis Scarecrows with the sixth overall selection up to the present or whenever the movie would be released. Bouchard’s first season was nothing to write home about,
posting just 12 points and a horrid -33 rating in 66 games with 57 hits and 24 blocks. During the Season 59 SHL draft, Ethan was expected to be drafted somewhere in the top nine picks but dropped down to the number 13 selection where the Tampa Bay Barracuda scooped him up. Bouchard spent Seasons 59, 60 and 61 down in the SMJHL with the Scarecrows but they were unable to find much playoff success. Bouchard put up 18 points with a -9 rating, 80 hits and 70 blocks in Season 59 and followed that up with 34 points, a +16 rating, 69 hits and 50 blocks in Season 60. In Season 61, he potted 33 points with a -11 rating, 71 hits and 39 blocks. Ethan is expected to make his SHL debut with Tampa Bay in S62.

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6. 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. Hamilton was not taken to 7 games, Texas enjoyed two series sweeps, which team had the harder path to the final in your opinion?

b. Almost ten seasons ago, in S53, Hamilton enjoyed a 40 win season while Texas mustered a measly 9 wins. Now these two teams sit atop the season standings, and the playoff standings. Which is more impressive, to stay good for a decade, or to complete the rebuild and finally achieve greatness? 

c. What is a renegade? What is a steelhawk? Who is Victor Helstrom from the CW trivia?

d. Who is the best player to play for either team? Is it a current player? Retired? Traded? Make your case.

a. I could make the case either way but I will have to with Hamilton having the harder road to the finals. When a team sweeps two rounds, like the Renegades did, you gotta believe that they had a much easier time getting into the finals than the Steelhawks did but Hamilton never were taken to a game seven so you could make the case the other way around as well.

b. For me, staying competitive and among cup contenders for ten whole seasons is the more competitive feat. It is hard to stay competitive in the SHL during your compete window due to regression, retirements, rival teams getting better and many other factors and the Hamilton Steelhawks have managed to do just that for a whole in som decade.

c. A Renegade is a person who goes against rules set forth by an authority figure. Sometimes they would be known as rebels or outlaws. Hamilton is the steel city somI would think that Steelhawk comes from that moniker. Victor Helstrom rings a bell but I just can’t remember who it was at this moment.

d. The best player to play for either team? I will have to go with Roberto Martucci here. “Tucci” is a great member and as far as I can remember was a clutch performer who played for Hamilton. If I am remembering correctly, he went into the hall of fame in the same class as my first player, John McBride.

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12. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 12 for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

https://simulationhockey.com/showthread.php?tid=119534

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.