Prompt #2 -

Honestly I think it depends on the situation. I have been tense in both situations. If you're in the playoffs and up one, you still feel pretty good, but if you're down one there is so much tension to tie it up and get back into the game. There is a lot of tension in the slower paced games with more time to react to the long play-by-play calls at the bottom of the screen. My most intense time watching the sim was all the way back in S56. It was likely my final season in the SMJHL, after having been in Vancouver for three seasons, and we were a juggernaut of a team. My player was finally doing well and he was killing it all through the season. So we played the Carolina Kraken to get into the finals. Playing against the Kraken, we got to a Game 7, and their goalie had been playing out of his mind. We had it close all game and then took the lead in the third period. Can you imagine how damn stressful it is to have to watch the last half of the third period of game seven with a lead and hoping you don't have to score anymore goals against a red hot goalie to win? Absolutely a tough game but I loved being part of it. Eventually we won and took it to the Berserkers in the finals and won in five games. But none of those were nailbiters like the series against Carolina!

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