Another shootout for the Ice tonight and this time on they're on the wrong end of the bonus point, dropping a 4-3 decision to the Spokane Chiefs.
McNabb, with his 21st and team record-setting mark for goals by a defenseman, along with Cody Eakin and Kevin King scored for the Ice. Both McNabb and Eakin notched a goal and an assist while Jesse Ismond chipped in with a couple of apples.
The loss puts the Ice at 43-21-1-4 and still 4th in the conference. Both Red Deer and Medicine Hat won tonight, putting the Rebels completely out of reach and the Tigers on the verge of clinching 3rd. With three games left for all three the Ice need to win all three games and have the Tigers lose all three. With two against the Hitmen, that's not going to happen.
So barring a completely out of character stretch by the Tigers it'll be the Warriors at the Rec Plex come March 25 for Game 1.
The Brandon Wheat Kings clinched a playoff berth but still have to win one more to clinch sixth over the Oil Kings while the Tigers and Rebels, the former two points back, will scrap it out for the right to not to face the upstart Wheaties. Jeez, I can't remember a sixth seed that nobody wants to really wants to play that badly since the Dub went to the Conference format.
Mackenzie Skapski (healthy), Luke Paulsen (shoulder), Brock Montgomery (hip) and Max Reinhart (head) were scratched for the Ice. Strange though, Reinhart apparently suffered the injury from a hit in the first period of Friday night's game and then went on to score the game-winner in the Shootout. More on the weekend's events tomorrow.
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