Sunday . . .

If the playoffs started today:
(x – indicates team has clinched seed)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
x-Calgary (1) vs. Edmonton (8)
Saskatoon (2) vs. Lethbridge (7)
Brandon (3) vs. Kootenay (6)
Swift Current (4) vs. Medicine Hat (5)
Monday: No Games Scheduled.
Tuesday: Red Deer at Medicine Hat; Saskatoon at Moose Jaw.
Wednesday: Swift Current at Brandon; Kootenay at Edmonton; Regina at Prince Albert.
NOTES (games remaining in parentheses): Edmonton (3) is two points ahead of Prince Albert (3). . . . Regina is five points behind Edmonton with three games left. . . . Should two teams tie for eighth, a sudden-death game will be held. . . . Brandon (3) is three points behind Saskatoon (3). . . . Swift Current (3) is three points ahead of Medicine Hat (2), which is one point ahead of Kootenay (3), which is three points ahead of Lethbridge (3).
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
(x – indicates team has clinched seed)
x-Vancouver (1) vs. x-Prince George (8)
x-Tri-City (2) vs. x-Everett (7)
Kelowna (3) vs. Seattle (6)
Spokane (4) vs. Kamloops (5)
Monday: No Games Scheduled.
Tuesday: No Game Scheduled.
Wednesday: Vanncouver at Kamloops; Portland at Kelowna; Prince George at Seattle; Everett at Spokane.
NOTES (games remaining in parentheses): Kelowna (4) holds a one-point lead over Spokane (4). . . . Kamloops (3) is one point ahead of Seattle (4). . . . Everett (4) is eight points behind Seattle and will meet Tri-City in the first round.
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SUNDAY:
In Vancouver, Jon Blum picked up two assists to help the Giants snap a two-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Kamloops Blazers. . . . Vancouver head coach Don Hay moved Blum, one of the WHL’s premier defencemen, onto a line with C Casey Pierro-Zabotel and LW Andrej Kudrna. . . . The two assists give Blum 201 career points. . . . The Blazers had won four in a row. . . . Vancouver F Evander Kane scored his 45th goal, into an empty net. . . . Vancouver was without F Lance Bouma (hand), F Mike Piluso (shoulder) and F Todd Kennedy (knee). Kennedy was injured Saturday in Kelowna and will be out up to four weeks.
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In Cranbrook, the Kootenay Ice dumped the Medicine Hat Tigers, 5-2. . . . It was the Ice’s seventh straight victory over the Tigers, going back to last season’s playoffs. . . . The Tigers lost three games over the weekend. . . . Kootenay captain Andrew Bailey had two third-period goals. . . . Ice F Steele Boomer, in his third game back from a concussion, set up two goals.
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In Moose Jaw, the Regina Pats scored five PP goals and beat the Warriors, 7-2. . . . Regina went 7-1-0-0 against Moose Jaw this season. . . . Since Jan. 1, Regina has won eight of 28 games, with five of those victories coming over the Warriors. . . . C Jordan Weal had two PP goals for Regina.
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In Portland, G Kurtis Mucha stopped 19 shots to lead the Winter Hawks to a 2-0 victory over the Everett Silvertips. . . . The shutout was Mucha’s second of the season — both against Everett — and the seventh of his career. . . . It was the 11th time Everett has been blanked this season, tying it with the Chilliwack Bruins for the WHL lead. . . . C Chris Francis’s 19th goal, at 13:12 of the first period, stood up as the winner. . . . The victory lifted the Winter Hawks one point ahead of the Moose Jaw Warriors and Chilliwack in the race to avoid the WHL basement.
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In Edmonton, Oil Kings captain Brenden Dowd broke a 1-1 tie at 12:52 of the third period for a 2-1 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. . . . The victory lifted the Oil Kings into sole possession of eighth place in the Eastern Conference, two points ahead of the Prince Albert Raiders.