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Surprises in Seattle

 

Hockey in Seattle has been surprising for those Seattle Bears fans following the team in Season Sixty-Seven. The Bears came into the season with very low expectations in terms of team success, but the Bears currently find themselves in a early post-season race. Seattle currently sits fourth in the North American Conference and Ninth Overall in the Victory Hockey League, but only find themselves only two points behind Third Place in the North American Conference, and only six points out of Fourth Place in the VHL. One of the biggest reasons the Bears find themselves competitive so early in their rebuild is in thanks to the Bears Second Overall Draft choice from the Season Six=Seven VHL Entry Draft, goaltender Rayz Funk. Funk has been a great addition to the Bears roster, putting up great numbers in his rookie season including, the fifth best save percentage in the league with a .922 and seventh in the league in goals against average with a 2.78. Funk also leads the league with five overtime losses, something that shows that Funk has been battling to keep the low scoring Bears offense in most games he has appeared in this season.Although the Bears are unlikely to make much more noise then they have been in the early going of the season, the Bears are building the foundation for what looks like a very talented team in the nor so distant future.