* Kelly Cup Finals (Best-of-Seven)
* Trenton Titans (42-21-9) at Florida Everblades (42-20-10) 7:30 p.m. ET
* First-ever meeting in regular season or postseason between the National Conference Champion Titans and the American Conference Champion Florida.
* Florida's David Lundbohm averages 1.46 points per-game and leads the playoffs with nine goals and 19 points in 13 games.
* In National Conference Finals against Alaska, Titans' Andrew Allen was 4-3 with shutouts in Games 5 and 7, a goals-against average of 2.01 and a save percentage of .924.
* In American Conference Finals against Charlotte, Florida's Tyler MacKay was 3-2 and posted back-to-back shutouts in Games 5 and 6, a goals-against average of 1.40 and a save percentage of .935.
* Chris Lee leads the Everblades defense in the postseason with nine assists and 11 points.
* Michael Schutte leads the Titans' defense in the playoffs with four goals, five assists and nine points.
* Trenton's Rick Kowalsky and Michael Schutte lead the playoffs in power-play goals with four each.
* Damian Surma scored the game winner 30 seconds in overtime in Florida's 1-0 win at Charlotte in Game 6.
* Tyler MacKay stopped 22 shots in Florida's 1-0 overtime win in Game 6 to advance to Kelly Cup Finals.
* Titans have league's best postseason power play at 26.2 percent (17-for-45).
* Trenton has scored 17 of its 41 goals on the power play, accounting for 41.5 percent of postseason offense.
* Everblades out shot (237-141) and outscored (19-14) Charlotte in the American Conference Finals.
* David Lundbohm (9g-10), Paul Cabana (6g-9a) and Steve Saviano (4g-11a) lead the Everblades in scoring.
* Trenton's Rick Kowalsky is second in the league with eight goals and 17 points while teammate Scott Bertoli leads the postseason with 13 assists and is tied for third in scoring.
* At home in the postseason, Everblades are 5-2 with +54 rating and average 4.7 goals per-game.
* On the road in the postseason, Trenton is 4-3 with goals-against of 2.32 and a plus-minus rating of -10.
* Tyler MacKay has not allowed a goal in 140:10 and is 59:49 shy of the longest playoff shutout streak (199:59 - Travis Scott, Mississippi, 1999).
* Paul Brown has scored five points (3g-2a) in six games with Trenton.
* Florida has scored 34 of its 48 playoff goals (70.8 percent) in the first and second period.
* Trenton has 17 of 18 skaters who have registered a point in the playoffs.
* Florida has five players who have scored more than 10 points.
* Scott Bertoli led Trenton against Atlantic City in the North Division Semifinals with four points (1g-3a).
* Rick Kowalsky led Trenton with seven points against Reading (3g-4a) and Alaska (4g-3a).
* Steve Saviano led Florida in scoring with seven points (0g-7a) against South Carolina in the first round.
* David Lundbohm led Florida in scoring against Greenville (3g-2a) and Charlotte (2g-6a).
* Titans are 8-0 when leading (5-0) or tied (3-0) after the second period.
* Florida has out shot its opponents in 12 of 13 playoff games going 9-3.
* Florida is 3-0 and averages 5.7 goals-per game in Game 1 during the 2005 playoffs.
* Trenton is 1-2 and has been outscored 12-6 in Game 1 during the 2005 playoffs.
2005 Kelly Cup Finals Schedule
Saturday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m. ET
Trenton at Florida
Sunday, May 22 at 5 p.m. ET
Trenton at Florida
Friday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. ET
Florida at Trenton
Saturday, May 28 at 7 p.m. ET
Florida at Trenton
Monday, May 30 at 5 p.m. ET
Florida at Trenton (if necessary)
Wednesday, June 1 at 7:30 p.m. ET
Trenton at Florida (if necessary)
Friday, June 3 at 7:30 p.m. ET
Trenton at Florida (if necessary)
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