Tag: playoffs

Canada West Hockey Playoffs Open Friday

NEW WESTMINSTER – The 2016 Canada West men’s and women’s hockey playoffs open this Friday, February 19, as the puck drops on best-of-three quarter-final action across the conference. Six teams on both the men’s and women’s sides punched their tickets to the conference playoffs over the course of the 28-game regular season, with the top… Continue reading Canada West Hockey Playoffs Open Friday

Dorsett Scores OT Winner as Red Lions Sweep Luseland to Set Up Semi with Nationals

Chad Dorsett was Kindersley’s hero on Friday night as the Red Lions won in overtime to reach the semi finals of the 2016 SWHL Championships. Dorsett opened and closed the scoring as the Red Lions edged a close game 6-5 on Friday night. Kindersley looked to be sailing to another win with the score 4-1… Continue reading Dorsett Scores OT Winner as Red Lions Sweep Luseland to Set Up Semi with Nationals

Big Weekend Ahead for Kindersley Red Lions

Big weekend as we look to finish off a good Luseland team on Friday night. Hope to close out the best of 3 series and move on to meet the Biggar Nationals in the semi finals.  – Shayne Neigum   Date: Friday, February 12, 2016 Time: 8:30 PM Location: Luseland Memorial Arena Cheer the Red Lions… Continue reading Big Weekend Ahead for Kindersley Red Lions

Cougars to battle Huskies for playoff positioning

FRIDAY: vs. Saskatchewan, 7 p.m., The Co-operators Centre The University of Regina women’s hockey team is set for its final Canada West regular season games this weekend, as the Cougars will battle the Saskatchewan Huskies in a home-and-home set. Friday’s contest will take place at The Co-operators Centre before Saturday’s rematch in Saskatoon. Nothing has… Continue reading Cougars to battle Huskies for playoff positioning

The Red Lions Open up the Series with a Huge Win

Friday January 30th, WCEC, Kindersley.  It wasn’t the usual coyote howl, but the roar of the Lion, that could be heard clearly in Kindersley on Friday night. The Red Lions started the best of three Series against the Leader Flyers in the finest way possible on Friday night. An 11 goal game saw the Lions come… Continue reading The Red Lions Open up the Series with a Huge Win

Saskatoon Blades remain optimistic about playoff prospects

SASKATOON – With exactly one-third of the season remaining the Saskatoon Blades find themselves seven points out of a playoff spot, but the team is still confident it can close the gap. “It’s definitely a hill that we’ve got to climb. Going into the last 24 games here we’ve got our goal set, and it’s the playoffs,”… Continue reading Saskatoon Blades remain optimistic about playoff prospects

Which Canadian teams have a real shot at the playoffs?

It was awesome last spring. Calgary versus Vancouver. Ottawa against Montreal. Winnipeg, hosting its first playoff series (vs. Anaheim) since coming home to Manitoba. After having only one of Canada’s seven teams in the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs (Montreal), now we had five teams — and a guarantee that two would advance to Round 2.… Continue reading Which Canadian teams have a real shot at the playoffs?