Ice will be looking to tame Tigers in WHL playoff opener
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This article was published 26/03/2023 (896 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Winnipeg Ice will play the Medicine Hat Tigers in the opening round of the Western Hockey League playoffs.
Game 1 of the best-of-seven series is set for Friday at Wayne Fleming Arena, with a 7:05 p.m. puck drop. The second game goes Saturday at 6:05 p.m.
The series then moves to the Alberta city for games 3 and 4.
Winnipeg Ice centre Conor Geekie (28) had a five-point night in the Ice’s final regular-season game Saturday. (Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press files)
The Ice enjoyed a record-breaking season, with franchise bests in wins (57) and points (115), to finish as the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Division with a 57-10-1-0 record.
Winnipeg ended the regular season as the top team in the entire WHL to earn the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for a second consecutive year.
The squad closed out its schedule on Saturday with a 5-3 win over the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings. Conor Geekie, a first-overall NHL pick (11th overall) of the Arizona Coyotes last summer, factored in on all five tallies. He supplied a hat-trick and a pair of assist.
After winning only 11 games a season ago, Medicine Hat improved to 30-29-8-1, and begins the postseason as the eighth seed.
The Ice won three of the four meetings between the clubs this year.
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Updated on Sunday, March 26, 2023 2:39 PM CDT: updates headline