PR - Hurricanes

CALGARY IS OFF TO THE CONFERENCE FINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEIR
TFHL CHAMPIONSHIP IN TFHL12


Calgary, AB - The Calgary Hurricanes knocked out the Aces in 6 games in
what is now turning into an interesting story of the under dog in the
TFHL playoffs.


HOW 'SWEDE' IT IS AGAIN
The unlikely hero is none other than Markus Naslund. Markus slumped the
entire TFHL season but has seem to become rejuvenated and taken the TFHL
playoffs by storm with an amazing
22 points. The next highest scorer on the Hurricanes is Alexander
Svitov with 12 points. "I am coming to the end of my career and this
just might be the last chance I have. We have a great young team
that I think can go all the way." said Markus Naslund.

The Hurricanes goaltending has been sub-par but the outstanding playing
of Markus Naslund and other players like Jason King, Alexander
Sundstrom, and Alexander Svitov has ensured that more goals are scored
than allowed.

Defensively the Hurricanes seem to be doing great both offensive and
defensively. Veteran Wade Redden leads the way with a +\- of 4 and has
accumluated 9 points in the 12 game playoff stretch.

The three Bri(y)an's including : Mccabe, Leetch, and Campbell are all
contributed offensively to the team in search of its 2nd TFHL Championship.

Next up: Young Guns

The Hurricanes have home ice advantage after just squeaking into the
playoffs once again. A break down so far for both teams:

OFFENSE:
Edge: Young Guns

There's no doubt that Markus Naslund has regained his form. In the last
12 games he has amassed 22 points including 15 assists and 7 goals. The
Hurricanes have a steady group of players that can take the pass from
Naslund to score while the Young Guns have a scoring by comittee system
in place.

DEFENSE:
Edge: Hurricanes

The Hurricanes have allowed only 24 goals while the Young Guns have let
in 40 goals. The Hurricanes also possess high scoring defensemen like
Bryan Mccabe and Wade Redden.

GOALTENDING:
Edge: Even

Alright. Both goaltenders on both teams are quite poor. Brian Boucher
of the Hurricanes has a 3.01 goals against average while Jose Theodore
has a 3.14 goals against. It's going to come down to goal scoring.



Good luck to the "Final Four".


Calgary Sun