ASSINIBOIA — The second half of hockey season will include teams working towards league playoffs in the near future, once regular season action wraps up. Hockey Sask. has announced provincial matchups that includes Assiniboia and area teams.
In a six-team bracket of Female Under -13U teams, Lafleche will play Lumsden in the first round of their provincial playoffs.
In a multi-team division of Under-13D provincial playoffs, Lafleche is matched up against Avonlea.
A multi-team draw is set up for the Under 13-B provincial playoffs and includes Rockglen/Glentworth Thunderhawks facing off against the Vibank Rebels in opening round, starting in Vibank Feb. 5 and returning to Rockglen for game two of a best of three series on Feb. 13.
Lafleche opens their Under-15D provincial quest against Davidson.
Assiniboia only has one team competing for a provincial title. In the Under18-A division, Assiniboia will be playing Esterhazy.
A spokesperson for Assiniboia Minor Hockey said, “In the U15 division, there is no Assiniboia provincial team and no players in this age division joining other teams. There is no Assiniboia provincial team for the U13 division however some players have joined the Rockglen provincial team.”
Steph VanDeSype, Assiniboia’s Recreation & Community Wellness Manager says the best way to keep track of games on tap at the Southland Coop Centre is to visit the website assiniboiarecreation.com and click on the ice schedule to see upcoming games. You can also follow the recreation Facebook page for all the latest updates.
You can find all the provincial matchups and their progress on the website https://hockeysask.ca/events/provincials/provincial-brackets
The Assiniboia Richardson Pioneer Southern Junior B Rebels last regular season games are Feb. 13 at Southland Co-op arena, being their last home game ,and Feb. 17 being the junior Rebels final regular season game in Fort Qu’Appelle playing Fort Knox.
The Rebels are trailing in the Bill Johnston Division standings for the Prairie Junior League meaning their season may not advance past regular season games.
While the Assiniboia Senior Rebels do not show in the provincial brackets on Hockey Sask., they are part of the Notekeu senior hockey league and currently sit second in the Wood River Division.
Playoffs for this senior men’s hockey league goes like this: Top 4 teams in each division make the playoffs, with a best of five series throughout the playoffs in the first round, first place will play fourth place while second and third place teams in each division face off against each other. You can find the remaining playoff news on the senior league website.
