Taking Note: WHL playoffs

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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Road to a championship

WHL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
(all series best-of-seven)FIRST ROUND
EASTERN CONFERENCE
BRANDON vs. EDMONTON
(Season series: Brandon, 3-1-0; Edmonton, 1-2-1)
Thursday, March 26: Edmonton 4 at Brandon 1 (3,086)
Friday, March 27: Edmonton 1 at Brandon (4,102)
Sunday, March 29: Brandon 3 at Edmonton 2 (5,957)
Tuesday, March 31: Brandon 3 at Edmonton 2 (5,357)
Wednesday, April 1: Brandon 3 at Edmonton 2 (2OT) (4,253) (J.Quenneville, 8:58 of 2nd OT)
(BRANDON WINS, 4-1)
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REGINA vs. SWIFT CURRENT
(Season series: Regina, 3-5-0; Swift Current, 5-2-1)
Friday, March 27: Swift Current 2 at Regina 4 (5,361)
Saturday, March 28: Swift Current 2 at Regina 3 (5,377)
Tuesday, March 31: Regina 5 at Swift Current 4 (OT) (2,666) (Wagner, 4:25)
Wednesday, April 1: Regina 4 at Swift Current 0 (2,523) (Wapple, 24)
(REGINA WINS, 4-0)
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CALGARY vs. KOOTENAY
(Season series: Calgary, 4-2-1; Kootenay, 3-4-0)
Friday, March 27: Kootenay 4 at Calgary 3 (8,256)
Sunday, March 29: Kootenay 2 at Calgary 3 (OT) (8,560) (Tambellini, 16:36)
Tuesday, March 31: Calgary 8 at Kootenay 7 (OT) (2,126) (Tambellini, 1:12)
Wednesday, April 1: Calgary 7 at Kootenay 2 (2,147)
Friday, April 3: Kootenay 5 at Calgary 4 (OT) (9,121) (Cable, 6:05)
Saturday, April 4: Calgary 2 at Kootenay 4 (2,645)
Monday, April 6: Kootenay 2 at Calgary 6 (7,191)
(CALGARY WINS, 4-3)
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MEDICINE HAT vs. RED DEER
(Season series: Medicine Hat, 4-2-0; Red Deer, 2-3-1)
Saturday, March 28: Red Deer 1 at Medicine Hat 2 (4,006)
Sunday, March 29: Red Deer 0 at Medicine Hat 1 (OT) (4,006) (Cox, 10:05)
Wednesday, April 1: Medicine Hat 1 at Red Deer 2 (5,371)
Thursday, April 2: Medicine Hat 5 at Red Deer 3 (5,946)
Saturday, April 4: Red Deer 3 at Medicine Hat 4 (4,006)
(MEDICINE HAT WINS, 4-1)
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
KELOWNA VS. TRI-CITY
(Season series: Kelowna, 3-1-0; Tri-City, 1-3-0)
Friday, March 27: Tri-City 0 at Kelowna 6 (5,369) (Whistle, 18)
Saturday, March 28: Tri-City 0 at Kelowna 3 (5,639) (Whistle, 30)
Tuesday, March 31: Kelowna 5 at Tri-City 3 (3,257)
Wednesday, April 1: Kelowna 5 at Tri-City 4 (OT) (2,819) (Quinney, 18:32)
(KELOWNA WINS, 4-0)
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VICTORIA vs. PRINCE GEORGE
(Season series: Victoria, 2-2-0; Prince George, 2-2-0)
Friday, March 27: Prince George 3 at Victoria 4 (4,629)
Saturday, March 28: Prince George 4 at Victoria 5 (5,545)
Wednesday, April 1: Victoria 2 at Prince George 4 (4,202)
Thursday, April 2: Victoria 3 at Prince George 0 (4,448) (Vollrath, 24)
Saturday, April 4: Prince George 4 at Victoria 5 (OT) (5,839) (Magee, 1:42)
(VICTORIA WINS, 4-1)
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EVERETT vs. SPOKANE
(Season series: Everett, 4-3-0; Spokane, 3-3-1)
Friday, March 27: Spokane 1 at Everett 5 (3,358)
Saturday, March 28: Spokane 6 at Everett 2 (4,339)
Wednesday, April 1: Everett 3 at Spokane 2 (2OT) (3,624) (Mykitiuk, 2:07)
Friday, April 3: Everett 3 at Spokane 1 (5,130)
Saturday, April 4: Spokane 4 at Everett 3 (OT) (4,249) (Whittingham, 15:25)
Tuesday, April 7: Everett 2 at Spokane 1 (3OT) (3,714) (Low, 3:43)
(EVERETT WINS, 4-2)
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PORTLAND VS. SEATTLE
(Season series: Portland, 5-5-2; Seattle, 7-4-1)
Saturday, March 28: Seattle 4 at Portland 3 (7,072)
Sunday, March 29: Seattle 0 at Portland 3 (9,119) (Hill, 21)
Tuesday, March 31: Portland 2 at Seattle 5 (6,119)
Thursday, April 2: Portland 8 at Seattle 5 (3,021)
Saturday, April 4: Seattle 3 at Portland 5 (7,119)
Tuesday, April 7: Portland 5 at Seattle 4 (OT) (5,088) (Petan, 19:01)
(PORTLAND WINS, 4-2)
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SECOND ROUND
EASTERN CONFERENCE
BRANDON VS. REGINA
(Season series: Brandon, 5-2-1; Regina, 3-5-0)
Friday, April 10: Regina 1 at Brandon 5 (5,130)
Saturday, April 11: Regina 2 at Brandon 5 (4,752)
Tuesday, April 14: Brandon 2 at Regina 3 (5,236)
Wednesday, April 15: Brandon 3 at Regina 2 (OT) (5,161) (Kaspick, 3:36)
Friday, April 17: Regina 2 at Brandon 3 (OT) (4,333) (P.Quenneville, 6:15)
(BRANDON WINS, 4-1)
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CALGARY VS. MEDICINE HAT
(Season series: Calgary, 3-3-0; Medicine Hat, 3-2-1)
Friday, April 10: Calgary 3 at Medicine Hat 1 (4,006)
Sunday, April 12: Medicine Hat 3 at Calgary 2 (OT) (5,846) (Staples, 17:35)
Monday, April 13: Medicine Hat 4 at Calgary 5 (5,297)
Wednesday, April 15: Calgary 2 at Medicine Hat 1 (OT) (3,518) (Stallard, 7:22, last game in Medicine Hat Arena)
Friday, April 17: Medicine Hat 3 at Calgary 4 (2OT) (7,290) (Travis Sanheim, 6:45)
(CALGARY WINS, 4-1)
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WESTERN CONFERENCE 
KELOWNA VS. VICTORIA
(Season series: Kelowna, 5-2-1; Victoria 3-5-0)
Friday, April 10: Victoria 0 at Kelowna 5 (5,481) (Whistle, 20)
Saturday, April 11: Victoria 3 at Kelowna 4 (OT) (5,473) (Baillie, 0:58)
Tuesday, April 14: Kelowna 4 at Victoria 2 (5,517)
Wednesday, April 15: Kelowna 4 at Victoria 5 (OT) (4,909) (Chase, 5:30)
Friday, April 17: Victoria 3 at Kelowna 7 (5,226)
(KELOWNA WINS, 4-1)
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EVERETT VS. PORTLAND
(Season series: Everett, 5-4-1; Portland, 5-3-2)
Friday, April 10: Portland 3 at Everett 5 (3,486)
Saturday, April 11: Portland 4 at Everett 3 (2OT) (4,579) (Bjorkstrand, 0:29)
Thursday, April 16: Everett 3 at Portland 5 (5,518)
Friday, April 17: Everett 1 at Portland 2 (OT) (8,590) (Heinrich, 5:40)
Sunday, April 19: Portland 3 at Everett 2 (3,671)
(PORTLAND WINS, 4-1)
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CONFERENCE FINALS
BRANDON VS. CALGARY
(Season series: Brandon, 3-1-0; Calgary, 1-2-1)
Friday, April 24: Calgary 4 at Brandon 9 (5,028)
Saturday, April 25: Calgary 2 at Brandon 3 (OT) (5,004) (Coulter, 0:51)
Tuesday, April 28: Brandon 1 at Calgary 2 (OT) (5,387) (Tambellini, 3:07)
Wednesday, April 29: Brandon 8 at Calgary 3 (5,672)
Friday, May 1: Calgary 2 at Brandon 8 (5,337)
(BRANDON WINS, 4-1)
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KELOWNA VS. PORTLAND
(Season series: Kelowna, 1-1-2; Portland: 3-1-0)
Friday, April 24: Portland 2 at Kelowna 3 (5,871)
Saturday, April 25: Portland 3 at Kelowna 2 (5,681)
Tuesday, April 28: Kelowna 3 at Portland 7 (8,510)
Wednesday, April 29: Kelowna 3 at Portland 2 (8,629)
Friday, May 1: Portland 1 at Kelowna 2 (6,261) (OT) (Baillie, 14:55)
Sunday, May 3: Kelowna 8 at Portland 4 (8,490)
(KELOWNA WINS, 4-2)
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WHL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
BRANDON VS. KELOWNA
(Season series: Brandon, 0-1-0; Kelowna, 1-0-0)
Friday, May 8: Kelowna 4 at Brandon 3 (5,502)
Saturday, May 9: Kelowna 5 at Brandon 3 (5,502)
Monday, May 11: Brandon 3 at Kelowna 5 (6,271)
Wednesday, May 13: Brandon 0 at Kelowna 3 (6,428) (Whistle, 19)
(KELOWNA WINS, 4-0)

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Sunday, March 22, 2015

WHL playoff schedule

WHL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
(all times local)
(all series best-of-seven; x — if necessary)

(Season series: Brandon, 3-1-0; Edmonton, 1-2-1)

(Season series: Regina, 3-5-0; Swift Current, 5-2-1)

(Season series: Calgary, 4-2-1; Kootenay, 3-4-0)

(Season series: Medicine Hat, 4-2-0; Red Deer, 2-3-1)

(Season series: Kelowna, 3-1-0; Tri-City, 1-3-0)

(Season series: Everett, 4-3-0; Spokane, 3-3-1)

(Season series: Victoria, 2-2-0; Prince George, 2-2-0)

(Season series: Portland, 5-5-2; Seattle, 7-4-1)

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Saturday, May 14, 2011

After Friday's game . . .

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
(for the Ed Chynoweth Cup)
May 6 — Kootenay 3 at Portland 4 (OT) (7,595) (Rattie, 0:55)
May 7 — Kootenay 7 at Portland 5 (10,947)
May 10 — Portland 2 at Kootenay 3 (OT) (3,402) (Antilla, 6:12)
May 11 — Portland 4 at Kootenay 5 (OT) (3,593) (Fraser, 13:08)
May 13 — Kootenay 4 at Portland 1 (10,947)

Thursday, May 12, 2011

After Wednesday's game . . .

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
(for the Ed Chynoweth Cup)
(all times local)
May 6 — Kootenay 3 at Portland 4 (OT) (7,595) (Rattie, 0:55)
May 7 — Kootenay 7 at Portland 5 (10,947)
May 10 — Portland 2 at Kootenay 3 (OT) (3,402) (Antilla, 6:12)
May 11 — Portland 4 at Kootenay 5 (OT) (3,593) (Fraser, 13:08)
May 13 — Kootenay at Portland, 7:30 p.m.
x-May 15 — Portland at Kootenay, 6 p.m.
x-May 16 — Kootenay at Portland, 7 p.m.

x — if necessary.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Tuesday . . .

THE MacBETH REPORT:
D Dwayne Newman (Brandon, Victoria Cougars, 1987-92) signed a one-year contract with the Chelmsford Chieftans (England National League). He had one goal and 10 assists in 54 games with the Peterborough Phantoms (England Premier League) this season. Chieftains head coach Garry Clarke already has named Newman team captain for next season, his 16th season in England.
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ON THE ICE TUESDAY:

JOE ANTILLA

In Cranbrook, F Joe Antilla scored at 6:12 of OT to give the host Kootenay Ice a 3-2 victory over the Portland Winterhawks. . . . The Ice holds a 2-1 lead in the WHL final, with Game 4 in Cranbrook tonight. . . . Game 5 will be played Friday in Portland. . . . Antilla, who had 21 goals in 72 regular-season games, has nine goals in 17 games in these playoffs. Antilla scored the winner from the left faceoff circle. Antilla turned 20 on Jan. 17. He is from Madeira Park, B.C. . . . F Kevin King gave the Ice a 1-0 lead at 17:53 of the first period, with his fourth goal of the series. . . . The Winterhawks replied 61 seconds later when F Ty Rattie scored. . . . The Winterhawks took the lead at 3:54 of the third when F Sven Bartschi scored his 10th goal of the playoffs and fifth of this series. He is on a

five-game goal-scoring streak. . . . Ice F Drew Czerwonka forced OT with his second goal of these playoffs at 13:58. . . . Ice G Nathan Lieuwen stopped 34 shots, four fewer than Portland’s Mac Carruth. . . . The Ice was 0-for-3 on the PP; the Winterhawks were 0-for-1. . . . Referees were Devin Klein and Nathan Wieler. . . . Ice D James Martin is perhaps looking at a suspension after taking a charging major and game misconduct for a hit on Portland D Troy Rutkowski at 14:16 of the third. . . . Portland F Ryan Johansen took a roughing minor at the same time. In the end, the Winterhawks weren’t able to do anything on the three-minute power play. . . . Attendance was 3,402. . . . The Winterhawks played without two suspended players. F Tayler Jordan has served his one-game sentence and will return for Game 4. F Brad Ross remains under a ‘tbd’ suspension. . . . Ice F Matt Fraser, who was helped off the ice and appeared unable to put weight on his left leg after the collision with Ross, was back in the lineup for Game 3. . . . After the game, Ice head coach Kris Knoblauch compared the hit by Martin on Rutkowski to a hit by Portland F Riley Boychuk on Ice D Hayden Rintoul in Game 2. That hit drew an elbowing major and game misconduct, but no suspension.
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From the WHL school of marketing . . .

For US$25, you can get your Hockey’s Most Wanted t-shirt from the Portland Winterhawks. Yes, each t-shirt features a ‘wanted poster’ on which are mug shots of F Brad Ross, F Tayler Jordan and F Riley Boychuk. Ross and Jordan missed Game 3 of the WHL final with suspensions, while Boychuk escaped suspension after being hit with an elbowing major and game misconduct in Game 2. . . . Hey, at least they didn't use mugshots of referees!
If you’re interested, you are able to order a shirt right here.
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In the OHL, the host Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors dropped the Owen Sound Attack 7-3 to take a 3-2 lead in the championship final. . . . They’ll play Game 6 in Owen Sound on Thursday.
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F Sven Bartschi of the Portland Winterhawks is the CHL’s player of the week. He had seven points, including five goals, in three games last week. . . . The Winterhawks have signed G Jarrod Schamerhorn, who played this season with the major midget Kootenay Ice. Schamerhorn, a 16-year-old from Kelowna, attended the Winterhawks’ training camp prior to this season and was then added to their list. He has worked with Portland goaltending coach Tyler Love for a while now. The 6-foot-1, 183-pound Schamerhorn was 4-14-3 with a 4.69 GAA for an Ice team that finished 8-25-7. . . . The Swift Current Broncos have released F Brandon Bruce and D Ryan Aasman. . . . Bruce, from Cranbrook, had one assist and four penalty minutes in 34 games. He’ll turn 18 on May 28. . . . Aasman, from Medicine Hat, was acquired from the Seattle Thunderbirds early in the season. He had two assists and four penalty minutes in 33 games with the Broncos. The Prince Albert Raiders selected Aasman with the eighth ovreall pick in the 2007 bantam draft. In 161 regular-season games, Aasman, 19, has one goal and 11 assists.
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THE COACHING GAME: The OHL’s Sarnia Sting has named Jacques Beaulieu as its new general manager and head coach. He was GM/head coach of the QMJHL’s Saint John Sea Dogs (2006-09) and, according to a Sting news release, “was responsible for drafting or trading for 12 players on the current Sea Dogs roster.” The Sea Dogs were the CHL’s top-ranked team for much of the season and now are in the QMJHL’s final. Beaulieu spent the last two seasons as an associate coach with the OHL’s London Knights. . . . The Kamloops-based Thompson Rivers University WolPack is looking for a head coach following the resignation of Lorne Cumming. The WolfPack won the B.C. Intercollegiate league’s regular-season title with a 19-4-1 record and reached the championship final, where it lost to Simon Fraser University. Cumming was honoured as the BCIHL’s coach of the year.
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In case you missed this, I lifted it off Alan Caldwell’s blog (Small Thoughts At Large — the link is over there on the right). He put this together after the bantam draft last week. It has to do with birth months and this, I think, is one of the more intriguing stories in the world of sports today. After you check it out, go and find a copy of Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers, and enjoy the essay on the subject of the relationship between success and birth dates.

From Small Thoughts At Large:

One more stat category I missed in that review of the draft picks (below): what month were the most players born in? I think we already know the answer to this, but here's the math:

232 players picked. Of those, the numbers by birth month:

January: 41 (17.7%)
February: 36 (15.5%)
March: 32 (13.8%)
April: 34 (14.7%)
May: 25 (10.8%)
June: 13 (5.6%)
July: 13 (5.6%)
August: 14 (6.0%)
September: 5 (2.2%)
October: 10 (4.3%)
November: 4 (1.7%)
December: 5 (2.2%)

Overall, 62% of draft picks were born in the first four months (33%) of 1996. Assuming that births of baby boys were evenly spread over the 12 months of the year, you can see what a disadvantage the boys born in the last third of the year (10.3% of picks) had against the bigger, older boys from the early months.

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Taking Note on Twitter

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

After Tuesday's game . . .

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
(for the Ed Chynoweth Cup)
(all times local)
May 6 — Kootenay 3 at Portland 4 (OT) (7,595) (Rattie, 0:55)
May 7 — Kootenay 7 at Portland 5 (10,947)
May 10 — Portland 2 at Kootenay 3 (OT) (3,402) (Antilla, 6:12)
May 11 — Portland at Kootenay, 7 p.m.
May 13 — Kootenay at Portland, 7:30 p.m.
x-May 15 — Portland at Kootenay, 6 p.m.
x-May 16 — Kootenay at Portland, 7 p.m.

x — if necessary.

Monday . . .

It’s game night in the WHL, with Game 3 of the championship final scheduled for Cranbrook.
The series is tied 1-1, with the Portland Winterhawks having opened with a 4-3 OT victory on home ice. The visiting Kootenay Ice won the second game, 7-5, after opening up a 6-1 lead.

The Winterhawks, of course, ran into some penalty problems in that game and now will be without two veteran forwards tonight.
F Tayler Jordan has been suspended for one game after taking a checking-from-behind major for a hit on Ice F Steele Boomer in Game 2.
F Brad Ross drew one of those ‘tbd’ suspensions under supplemental discipline, following a collision with Ice F Matt Fraser. Fraser needed help getting off the ice and was unable to put any weight on his left leg.
If you haven’t seen them already, the Jordan-Boomer hit is right here, with the Ross-Fraser collision right there.
It seems the league has decided not to suspend Portland F Riley Boychuk, who drew an elbowing major and game misconduct for a hit on Ice D Hayden Rintoul. That check is right here.
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Condolences to the family of former WHL D Clayton Stoner (Tri-City, 2002-05), whose brother Luke, 30, was killed Friday morning in a logging accident near Mahatta River on Vancouver Island. . . . According to a press release issued by the Port Alice RCMP, the death is being attributed to a workplace incident. . . . The Stoners are from Port McNeill. . . . Teresa Bird of the North Island Gazette has more right here. . . . Clayton Stoner, 26, spent this season with the NHL's Minnesota Wild.
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D Jared Cowen left the Spokane Chiefs when their season ended and joined the Binghamton Senators, the AHL affiliate of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators. . . . He played for Binghamton on Friday night and earned an assist on the first shift of his

professional career. Binghamton went on to beat the Portland, Me., Pirates, 3-0, to win a playoff series 4-2. . . . Binghamton will meet the Charlotte Checkers in the Eastern Conference final. . . . Former Seattle Thunderbirds C Jim O’Brien scored one of the Senators’ goals in that victory.
In an AHL game on Monday night, F Dustin Boyd (Moose Jaw, 2002-06) scored six seconds into the third OT period to give the host Hamilton Bulldogs a 2-1 victory over the Manitoba Moose. It was Game 7 of a Western Conference semifinal. Boyd won the period-opening faceoff, dumped the puck off the end boards, beat a defender to it and whacked it past G Eddie Lack for the winner. Hamilton F Nigel Dawes (Kootenay, 2001-05) forced the OT with a goal at 6:24 of the third period. . . . Boyd and Dawes both are from Winnipeg.
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F Sven Bartschi of the Portland Winterhawks is the WHL’s player of the week. He had seven points, including five goals, in three games last week. . . . All signs point to the BCHL’s Quesnel Millionaires being sold and on the move to Chilliwack where they will be rebranded as the Chiefs. Tyler Olsen of the Chilliwack Times has that story right here.
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Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun has an interesting piece right here on the OHL draft that was held on Saturday.
“The changing face of hockey in this province made startling history on Saturday,” Simmons writes, “when three of the first six selections — four of the first 12 players picked — in the Ontario Hockey League priority draft were players of colour.”
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In the QMJHL final, G Jacob DeSerres stopped 17 shots to help the visiting Saint John Sea Dogs to a 5-0 victory over the Gatineau Olympiques in front of 4,000 fans. . . . Saint John, which has won eight straight road games in these playoffs, leads the series 2-1 with Game 4 in Gatineau on Wednesday night. . . . DeSerres (Seattle, Brandon, 2005-10) is 10-2 in the playoffs.

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Taking Note on Twitter

Sunday, May 8, 2011

After Saturday's game . . .

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
(for the Ed Chynoweth Cup)
(all times local)
May 6 — Kootenay 3 at Portland 4 (OT) (7,595) (Rattie, 0:55)
May 7 — Kootenay 7 at Portland 5 (10,947)
May 10 — Portland at Kootenay, 7 p.m.
May 11 — Portland at Kootenay, 7 p.m.
May 13 — Kootenay at Portland, 7:30 p.m.
x-May 15 — Portland at Kootenay, 6 p.m.
x-May 16 — Kootenay at Portland, 7 p.m.

x — if necessary.