Horns to face T-Birds in playoffs

trevor.kenney — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:41:27 +0000

The dates had already been set and now the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns men's hockey team knows who it will host in the first round of the Canada West playoffs.

UBC Thunderbirds will fly into town for the Mar. 6-8 best-of-three opening round series after they swept ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Calgary Dinos this past weekend. The T-Birds opened the weekend out of the playoffs but went on the road to sweep the Dinos, not only clinching a post-season berth but leapfrogging ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Regina Cougars and grabbing the fifth seed.

The Pronghorns played what was essentially a tune-up series against top-seeded ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta Golden Bears. Both teams were minus players attending the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Games in China and both clubs had their playoff positions cemented entering weekend play. The Bears earned a sweep with a pair of one-goal victories (5-4 in a shootout on Friday and 2-1 Saturday night).

Now, the fourth-seeded Horns (14-13-1) face a T-Birds (11-14-3) squad that is not only on a roll but that owned the Pronghorns in the season series. UBC took the series 3-1, winning the last three games after the Horns won the opener 7-2 back in October.

The Canada West playoff series is Mar. 6-8 at Nicholas Sheran Arena with games at 7 p.m. all three nights.

Winter Universiade

Canada continued to roll at the 2009 Winter Universiade, running its record to 3-0 in men's ice hockey preliminaries with a pair of weekend victories.

Pronghorns defenceman Ryan Pottruff and forward Dustin Moore helped Canada to an 11-2 win over Great Britain and a 3-1 triumph over the Czech Republic. The club is back in action Tuesday when it meets Kazakhstan.

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Horns to face T-Birds in playoffs

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