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Tampa Bay Wins Super Bowl LV
On Sunday, February 7, in Tampa Bay’s 31—9 Super Bowl LV victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, Tom Brady carved up the Chiefs’ defense, throwing for 201 yards and three scores. In the process, the 43-year-old quarterback won his record seventh Super Bowl.
Let the Games Begin — The NHL is Back
The fight for the Stanley Cup playoffs begins! On January 13, the NHL 2021 season began and this article contains everything you need to know about it — from the layout of the season to news of the players and teams.
This season will be very different from most due to the pandemic. To begin, there are new divisions. In the NHL, divisions are normally a group of 7–8 teams that play each other the most. The divisions are grouped by how close the locations of the teams are to each other. Normally the teams in the same divisions play each other about four times a season, and the teams that aren't in the same division play each other twice. That is not the case for this season.
This season the teams are organized into different divisions and every team will only play the other teams in its division to minimize exposure and risk of the coronavirus. Additionally, the season has been shortened from 82 games to 56 games. Aside from the unique format of this season, there are definitely some big changes to be implemented during and after the season.
A 41-year-old player named Patrick Marleau from the San Jose Sharks will have played the most career NHL games if he stays healthy throughout the season. He is currently ranked 5th all-time with 1,728 games under his belt. Will he pass first place Gordie Howe who has 1,767 games to his name.
Another record or milestone to be passed — if all goes well — is the 1,000 games played mark for Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks, one of the best American born players of all time. A few of the thousand games Kane has played in his career are outdoor games. That's right, NHL games played in outdoor rinks.
Get ready to hear a lot more about those because there will be two outdoor games played this season in Lake Tahoe. The teams participating in these games are the Vegas Golden Knights, Colorado Avalanche, Boston Bruins, and the Philadelphia Flyers. These teams will all have special jerseys made for them to be only worn during these two games.
This season, each NHL team came out with a special “Reverse Retro Jersey." These jerseys will only be worn a few times by all 31 teams and for only this season.
There will not be 31 NHL teams for long, though. Starting next season, the 32nd NHL team, Seattle Kraken, will be entering the league. Get ready, because the Kraken intend on making a big impact in the NHL.
For now, sit back, relax and enjoy the last NHL season with 31 teams.
Oliver R.
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Do you know about the new Zelda game? Well, it’s not actually a main series title. It's a Hyrule Warriors game titled Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity.
Koei Tecmo games and games of Warriors series are notorious for their 1 vs. 1000 fighting style. Other Warriors games include Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors, Warriors Orochi, Fire Emblem Warriors, and Persona 5 Strikers.
The first in the Hyrule Warriors series, Hyrule Warriors, featured all your favorite Zelda characters in a 1 vs. 1000 fighting style. Your character had to fight many enemies, usually in the hundreds and thousands, just in 1 level! You could play as many characters including Link, Zelda, Tetra, Midna, King Rhoam, Link and Zelda in the Breath of the Wild animation style, and many more. They also released a definitive edition on the Nintendo Switch.
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, the sequel in the series of Hyrule Warriors games, relates to the main Zelda storyline, which the fist Hyrule Warriors did not do. This game takes place 100 years before the events of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. You encounter the same enemies and new ones based off of the original enemies that you have to defeat to save Hyrule before Calamity Ganon can destroy Hyrule. This game does split into a different timeline than Breath of the Wild. Who knows, maybe you can even save Hyrule.
When we originally got the first trailer for this game, we expected a classic Hyrule Warriors game with a Breath of the Wild twist. We expected to be able to fight as the four champions, Link, Zelda, and Impa (younger version). What we did not expect was that we would be able to play as other characters from Breath of the Wild.
Now, watch the trailer below!
Vin B.
A New Among Us Map is Flying in this Year
There is a new map coming to Innersloth’s Among Us called The Airship. It was confirmed to be in development on September 23, 2020.
More details were shown throughout the last part of the year and at The Game Awards 2020. During the awards, a trailer showing many new details for the map was shown. Some of the new areas include the Cockpit, Showers, Meeting Room, and more. New tasks introduced on this map are Clean Toilet, Polish Ruby, and Reset Breakers.
The Airship also introduces a few new gimmicks to Among Us. Two confirmed are ladders and platforms.
When the Nintendo Switch version of Among Us released, The Airship map was accidentally leaked early. In order to see the map, you had to follow a series of steps, and you could see the map before it was officially released.
The release date of The Airship has not been confirmed, but it will likely release in early 2021.
Khai G.