PR - Wheat Kings

Season Over, Finally.

Three seasons ago the Wheat Kings missed the playoffs with a record over .500,
this year they posted their first sub-.500 season in the new TFHL and finished
seventh in their conference.  After the mid-season selling spree, the feeling
in Saskatoon was that this was going to be a rebuilding year and in the end it
was mediocre tale of nothing.  The Kings flirted with home ice late in the
season until the usual late season line disasters lead to a collapse.

"There's not a lot to be happy about this year, hopefully we can change that in
the playoffs." GM Tyler Young said.

Despite the clouds of pessimism surrounding the Kings, there were some bright
spots.  Dimitri Kazionov and Steve Bernier continued to develop and will be
expected to carry this team from now on.  Kazionov looks to be establishing himself
as the premiere sniper in the league.  He won the Rocket Richard with 46 goals,
and if he hadn't been injured for the last bit of the season he may have hit
50.  Byron Bitz was a a dynamo following a late-season call-up, racking up over
two points a game in the final stretch. Mattias Ritola, a trade deadline pick-up
from the Misconduct, finished the season a little over a point-a-game with the
Kings.

The Wheat Kings will meet the Sioux in the first round of playoffs.