That last spot in the East is between Swift Current and Prince Albert now.
Calgary beats Kootenay, moving them closer to securing first in the East and first overall. Three wins in their last four games will clinch both, regardless of what anybody else does.
Saskatoon managed to avoid an embarrassing loss to Edmonton - they went down 3-0 after the first period but came back to win 6-4. A loss would have severely hurt their hopes for #1.
Medicine Hat beat Red Deer in a shootout. That result, combined with Kootenay's loss, means those three teams are now separated by 2 points in the race for 4th-5th-6th spots in the East. 4th place and home ice - which looked like a slightly lost cause for Medicine Hat earlier - now looks a lot better for them. The Rebels and Ice play each other twice more this season which means one of those teams is going to fail to get two points each night. The Tigers can gain ground on that team each night by winning their own games.
Everett beat Prince George, while Portland beat Tri-City and Spokane beat Seattle. Net result of all that is that Everett has now clinched home ice for the first round, and are also now tied with Tri-City atop the Western conference. The Ams have an extra win, so they are still #1 if the season ended today, but it should be a very interesting finish there.
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If Everett and Tri-City are tied in pionts, do they become co US Division Champs? or do they give the Banner to Tri-City?
No, it goes by wins then. If they have the same number of wins, then I believe it is goals/goal differential.
I think the WHL uses the same tie-breakers as the NHL. The NHL tie-breakers:
1 - Number of wins
2 - Number of points earned in games between the two tied clubs
3 - Goal differential for the entire season
If they are tied in points and wins, Tri-City wins tie-breaker #2. TC went 5-2-0-1 for 11 points while Everett was 3-4-0-1 for 7 points in the season series.
For playoffs that is true, but would Everett and Tri-Citys be Co-US Champs
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