ASSINIBOIA — The latest on playoff quests include Assiniboia area minor hockey team provincial playoffs.
Three teams have now concluded their provincial runs with valiant efforts by all.
U13C HockeySask provincial quest by Gravelbourg had the team facing off against Wawota in the quarter-final series. Gravelbourg dropped game one and tied game two, with Wawota leading in points scored, earning them the berth to the semifinals, thus eliminating the Gravelbourg team
Female U13B Wood River Ice Cats (Lafleche) dropped game one to Balcarres and played game two on the road Feb. 28, with a game three, if necessary, to see who advances to semifinal. While the Ice Cats were able to keep the games close, they were unable to advance from this series, thus ending their provincial quest.
U15B Assiniboia Rebels advanced out of the first round with Fort Knox to take on Lumsden Lions in quarter-finals. Game one of the series resulted in a tie, and game two did not go in the Rebels' favour, thus ending their provincial quest.
To clarify this game series, the Assiniboia Times was advised, “It's a best-of-three series. They play two full games, and if it's a tie, they play a 10-minute mini game. If it's still tied, it goes into sudden-death overtime. In our case, Lumsden came here and tied, which counts as a ‘win’ for each team. So, when we went back, whoever won the second game, claimed the series.”
The lone Assiniboia area team left in provincial playoffs are the U18D Wood River Lafleche Flyers who have advanced. The team captured game one of provincial quarter-finals against Meunster, playing game two on March 2, earning the win on that one too sending them to the HockeySask provincial semifinals against the Redvers Rockets.
The Redvers semifinal series will start at home for game one on March 10 and game two will take place in Redvers on March 14. A mini game will take place for third and deciding game, if necessary. The semifinal winner will advance to provincial final against north winners of either Macklin or Kerrobert.
AMHA teams league playoffs
Two Assiniboia teams were part of the Southwest Sask. Hockey League playoffs, however neither team was able to advance.
U15 Assiniboia Rebels forced a game three against Eastend in league playoffs. Assiniboia incurred a one goal loss in a hard-fought battle in game one however, they returned to Eastend on March 3. The U15 Rebels doubled Eastend by a score of 6-3 forcing a deciding game three in Assiniboia on March 5. The U15 Rebels were unable to defeat a strong Eastend team, thus ending their season.
Assiniboia Rebels - Southwest Saskatchewan Hockey League : Website by RAMP InterActive
For the U18 Assiniboia Rebels, Mossbank proved too much for them as they were defeated in both games in their league playoffs by a score of 4-3.
