Canadians Thirsting For `Flowerpower'

TORONTO - "FlowerPower" is sweeping Canada.

"FlowerPower" is an energy drink marketed by Hall of Fame hockey player Guy Lafleur.

"My nickname has always been Flower," said Lafleur, who played on five Stanley Cup championship teams with the Montreal Canadiens and retired from the Quebec Nordiques at the end of last season. `I really liked the name. It has a lot of punch in it, especially for an energy thirst quencher. It's a perfect name for it."

The company that markets the drink, which contains 25 percent fruit juice, had predicted sales of 60,000 cases in the first year in Canada, but they sold that amount in less than two weeks in Quebec and the Maritimes. More than 500,000 cases - which contain 12 bottles each - have been sold in Eastern Canada in four months.