1. shwoop +3 TPE

2a. I am impressed by both teams making it this far once again. Neither team blew anyone away with their regular seasons and it seemed that regression would finally take down these two giants on the recent SHL past. Good job by the GM's to keep the contention window open for yet another run. (54 words) +1 TPE

2b. The New England Wolfpack seemed to have a tougher slate of opponents coming into the finals. Hamilton, Buffalo, and Philadelphia all had good regular seasons and many people had picked either Buffalo or Philly to come out of the east. Winnipeg's opponents were nothing to scoff at either, but if I had to pick one, it'd be New England. (59 words) +1 TPE

2c. The New England Wolfpack once again take the cake with the tougher Conference Finals win over the Philly Forge. Taking down the regular season beast of the East on the way to the finals, especially in 6 games, is very impressive. Meanwhile, Winnipeg disposed of the Cinderella team from San Francisco in 5 games, but the Pride were clearly playing out of their minds to make it far. (68 words) +1 TPE

2d. Even before the completion of Finals, I thought New England had the upper hand. They were battle tested coming into the finals with grueling series during their playoff run. Winnipeg looked great working their way through the Western teams, but had avoided any of the real heavyweights on their way there. (51 words) +1 TPE

12. The New England Wolfpack came out ahead over the Winnipeg Aurora as the S74 champions. The primary reason was their powerful offensive attack which Winnipeg was only able to hold to less than 4 goals once in the six game series. New England used that attack to jump out to 2-0 and 3-1 series leads and kept Winnipeg with their backs against the wall throughout the whole series. In particular, Bruno Tooyo leaps off the stat sheet with an incredible playoff run with 33 points including 17 goals for the Wolfpack. He was truly unstoppable throughout the postseason and a huge part of the Pack taking home the Challenge Cup. (110 words) +2TPE