The post-season for the NWJHL will begin tonight as the Sexsmith Vipers and Fairview Flyers play a best-of-three play-in series.
The two teams finished seventh and eighth respectively in the regular season standings. The Vipers won five of the six meetings with the Flyers in the regular season.
The winner of this series will face the #2 seed La Crete Lumber Barons in the quarterfinals.
Series Schedule
Game 1 – Monday at Sexsmith
Game 2 – Wednesday at Fairview
Game 3 – Thursday at Sexsmith *
* – if necessary
Vipers Leading Scorers
Lucas Schuett – 18G, 32A, 50 points
Devin Johnson – 10G, 17A, 27 points
Billy Barbarich – 10G, 17A, 27 points
KC McKinney – 10G, 13A, 23 points
Ty Cousins – 10G, 13A, 23 points
Flyers Leading Scorers
Rylan Norton – 12G, 21A, 33 points
Trystin Bain – 13G, 8A, 21 points
Jake Klassen – 4G, 13A, 17 points
Braden Kamphius – 8G, 6A, 14 points
Bo Terriff – 5G, 7A, 12 points
Special Teams
Power Play
Sexsmith 7th – 13.8%
Fairview 8th – 11.2%
Penalty Kill
Sexsmith 5th – 83.2%
Fairview 8th – 65.2%
– Kyle Moore, Trending 55 Newsroom
