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WHEAT KINGS UPSET POWERHOUSE FLAMES

The Kings have emerged triumphant from a thrilling and close series with the Flames. The series was marked by alternating victories, with only one game having greater than a 2 goal differential.

"We went into this series thinking we could compete with the Flames, but believing they had the upper-hand," GM-Coach Tyler Young commented after Game Seven. "With all due respect to the Renegades and Bobcats, in our mind the Flames are the best team on paper in the league. But we hunkered down, worked hard, played a team game, and came out victorious."

The Kings had some solid performances from Matt Ellison and Nik Bergfors, along with Josh Hennessy and Dimitri Kazionov. But the hero of the series was Jimmy Howard, who continued his fine rookie campaign, stealing at least a couple games from the Flames while facing a lot of rubber.

During their 10 seasons the Wheaties have only advanced to the semi-finals once before. Coincidently, that last and only time (in TFHL14) they also met the Ice, who promply dispatched the Kings in five games.