S64 Championship Week

S64 Championship Week

raymond3000
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S11, S35 Challenge Cup Champion

#210

05-08-2022, 01:54 PM (This post was last modified: 05-08-2022, 02:18 PM by raymond3000. Edited 3 times in total.)

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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.

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2. 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. Atlanta is a recent expansion team reaching it's first finals appearance. Chicago has been a dominant force in the league for a long time now, with their last cup win only seven seasons ago in Season 57. If you're betting on these finals, do you go for the experienced vets in Chicago, or the hungry Atlanta first-timers?

b. Chicago's lineup much more active with their sticks than Atlanta's, racking up 97 takeaways to Atlanta's 79. This late in the playoffs, how do you adjust to a team that's so adept at picking your pocket?

c. Atlanta has only 32 penalty minutes in these playoffs compared to Chicago's 45. With emotions high and the Challenge Cup on the line, do you think discipline will play a big role in this series? 

d. Similar to last season's finals, we see Chicago running a balanced ice-time attack against Atlanta's targeted approach that has some players seeing sheltered minutes. Last season the more balanced attack won out. Do you think we'll see the same again? Why or why not?

a. Experienced, veteran teams have been proven to triumph against young up and coming teams in the SHL time and time again, which is why the established old guard of Hamilton, Buffalo, Chicago and Texas are the only teams to have won cups recently by defeating the new guard of Baltimore, Atlanta, Los Angeles and others. This season has seen a large transition within the balance of power in the league, but Chicago is still the top team in the SHL and will have the clear advantage in the finals.
b. Atlanta will need to manage the puck better, especially in the neutral zone, to avoid turning the puck over to a Chicago Syndicate team which is adept at clogging up the lane and forcing mistakes. For the Inferno, that starts with their defenseman, who will need to either ensure their passes are crisp or on the stick of their forwards or skate the puck safely up the ice themselves.
c. I do not think that discipline will play a large role in these Challenge Cup Finals. For one, neither team has any enforcers are other players known for their undisciplined play. In fact, I would be surprised if any of the players in these finals had aggression attributes more than the minimum, which is a common occurrence leaguewide.
d. The teams that can afford to run a balanced attack are those with the greater depth with top talent up and down their lineup. Chicago is an example of this, as they have no liabilities throughout their roster. Atlanta is not quite in the same situation, as they tend to rely more upon their top end players, especially their top line and top defense pair, which are among the best in the league. However, Chicago's stars are no slouches either, and they should hold the advantage.

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6. Written, 3 TPE, Dream Team 150 words min

You have to create the perfect SHL or SMJHL line for your player to be on. Who do you put on your line and why? Is it something about their style of play that compliments yours? Does it only include players from the present, or do you dip into the past to find an incredible D pair? Or are you just choosing your friends ‘cause they’d be fun to win the cup with?

My dream lineup would consist of Raymond Lindsay, Kristian Eriksson, and Andreas Kvalheim, all players which I have created. The first two players are Hall of Famers, and Andreas seems bound to join them whenever he decides to hang up the skates. All three, especially Kvalheim, are great two way players, and they would be a nightmare to play against with their combination of speed, physicality and skill. Kvalheim would be the playmaker of this trio, feeding passes to Eriksson, who is one of the league's all time great scorers. Lindsay doesn't quite match up to the other two in accolades, but he would act as the glue guy on this line and do all the dirty work to create space for his linemates. They are all Challenge Cup winners as well, so they all know what it takes to elevate their game during the pressure situations to win hockey games during the playoffs.

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7. Milestones, up to 3 TPE

Milestones are folded in with CW. Just link your Milestone claim below this task for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.

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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.

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19. Graphic, 3 TPE - The Procrastinator Special!

Congratulations, graphic loving procrastinator! Much like the written word loving procrastinator, you too have a special task just for you! Create a post-series splash screen detailing the outcome of the series, or highlighting the player that you think should be playoff MVP. Include at least 3 stats no matter which way you go with it!