Lotsa stuff happening tonight....
- Calgary beat Vancouver 4-0 in the 2nd battle of the league leaders. The Hitmen are now four points up on the Giants in the race for #1 overall, and own the tiebreaker if the teams finish tied in points and wins. The Giants have five games remaining to the Hitmen's two though, so the Giants can still claim first overall outright just by getting five more points in their last five games than the Hitmen get in their last two games.
- Prince George won, and Portland lost. With those two results, the Winter Hawks are now mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, and Prince George has clinched the final playoff spot in the West. Prince George will definitely play Vancouver in the first round unless the Cougars win their last five games and the Silvertips lose their last five games, in which case Prince George can still move up to the #7 spot.
- Tri-City won, and Spokane lost. With those results, the race for the U.S. division crown is over and the Americans have won it for the 2nd year in a row. The Ams will now be the #2 seed in the West playoffs.
- Kelowna won. Combined with Spokane's loss, the Rockets have now jumped ahead of the Chiefs into the #3 spot in the West, dropping the Chiefs to #4. Both teams have five games remaining, including a head-to-head clash on the final day of the season.
- Kootenay beat Red Deer, which both clinches a playoff spot for the Ice and mathematically eliminates the Rebels from the playoffs.
- Edmonton and Prince Albert both lost, so nobody takes the lead in the battle for the last playoff spot in the East. But Regina won, so the Pats made up two points in the race and are now five points back of the Raiders/Oil Kings, with games in hand.
- Lethbridge did not play tonight, but they also clinched a playoff spot with the Raiders & Oil Kings both losing. They fell behind the Ice into the #7 spot though with the Ice's win.
All in all, an eventful night....
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