PR - Hurricanes

HURRICANES IN DANGER OF MISSING PLAYOFFS
Calgary Sun

The once Mighty 'Canes of Calgary have been sitting in the bottom of
the TFHL basement for several weeks now. The team has undergone a
radical change that has seen players signed as UFA's, traded to other
teams, acquired from other teams and bumped around to the farm and
back. "Well, we are certainly planning for the future. We are
focusing on moving a lot of our younger guys to the farm team to help
us out in Prince George with the Baracudas. It only makes sense to
give these guys a better environment to be successful and more ice
time." said GM Major.

The Hurricanes have made a lot of changes in the last couple of
months. Acquiring sniper Simon Gagne, adding power forward Boyd
Gordon and top-two defenseman David Turon are all part of the plan for
the upcoming season. "We've made changes and aligned the stars for
next season. But don't count us out yet. We just shut out the Sioux
4 - 0 and beat the Donkey Punchers 3 - 1. Both are playoff teams at
this point. We feel we can compete, its just a matter of getting back
in the race." said Major.

The Eastern Conference is a highly competitive environment with the
Hurricanes only 6 points back of the Marauders for the 8th and final
playoff spot. The team hopes to get Alex Sundstrom back soon as he is
listed day to day. Badass Jack is gone to what could be the playoffs
or golfing season at this point.

"We struggled a lot this year. This is a big transition year
everybody has to go through once and awhile. Our guys got older and
we didn't grow our farm system as well as we should. I'm happy with
the way we are now and I am hoping we can string together a few wins
here to get us back in the hunt." said the GM.

The Hurricanes have recently signed UFA's Brian Pothier, Ville
Nieminen, and Wayne Primeau (who was injured his first game, must of
been a bit rusty). Most of the young prospects the Hurricanes have
were moved to the farm team to help out including Ty Wishart, Brandon
Sutter, Kenneth McArdle and Jeremy Smith. It's expected once the team
has a few players back that Martin Karsums will head back to the farm
to polish his game for next season.


Calgary Sun 2008