Do or die day?

From the "master of the obvious" files.....

Seven of the eight series see action tonight and for five teams (and a sixth, to a lesser extent), tonight is a must-win game.

Five of the WHL's eight first round series are currently sitting at 2-0 in favor of one team, and we all know the oft-recited statistic that only one team in WHL history has ever come back from being down 3-0 to win a series. So, for the five teams that are on the bad end of the 0-2 count (that's Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Kelowna, Tri-City, and Victoria), tonight is pretty much a must-win situation if they want to avoid being eliminated in the first round.

Of course it COULD happen that they come back from 0-3. History just tells us that's a lot more difficult to do than it is to talk about doing.

For a sixth team, Swift Current, they trail their series 2-1 and so a loss tonight would put them down 3-1 and heading on the road for game 5. When you lose three of the first four, the odds would seem against you that you can win the next three in a row. Easier than four in a row for sure, but tonight is still a very important win for the Broncos to get.