The Kootenay Ice head to Lethbridge tonight for the second-last game of the season. Kootenay sits fourth in the conference at 44-21-1-4 while the Canes are fighting for their playoff lives at 23-34-5-8, four points back of PA for the last playoff spot. The only way for the Canes to get to the dance is to sweep the Ice this weekend and then have the Raiders lose both of their remaining games against Swift Current.
That likelihood is about holds about the same chance that the Calgary Hitmen are going to hold the Tigers to one point over the weekend and the Ice sweep the Canes to tie the Tigers for third and get the spot via more wins.
Anyways, important weekend for the Ice to get the two wins and go into the playoffs on a roll when they kickoff next Friday at the Rec Plex against the Warriors (or Wheaties or Oil Kings, if you like the long-shot)
Having won four of their last five, Kootenay's got some momentum headed into the weekend to build on.
A new development on the Chilliwack situation in which Moray Keith - a minority ownership with Jim Bond (Daryl Porter - GM, Brian Burke and Glen Sather are the majority shareholders in the club) has a connection to superstar slugger Justin Morneau of the Minnesota Twins through his son and reportedly has the backing of the New Westminster ball player to keep the Bruins locally owned and in Chilliwack. The report is here. Sounds like de ja vu all over again with the Tri-Cities situation six years ago when Porter, then the owner of the Ams, tried to move the team to Chilliwack and was forced by the WHL owners to accept an expansion team to Chilliwack and local owners (Bob Tory, Stu Barnes, Ollie Kolzig) bought the Ams to keep them there. Wonder the if the owners would do the same this time with the Victoria market hanging in the balance?
Things will be sporadic this week as I'm off with the kids to the coast in seach of a Peewee Provincial Banner. Back just prior to Playoffs.
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