Sunday night saw Round 1 come to a close with a dramatic Game 6 win for the Wenatchee Wild over Prince George.
The matchups and game dates for Round 2 are now available on the BCHL website via our LEAGUE SCHEDULE PAGE
Alternatively, users can find the matchups on the PLAYOFF BRACKET
The series formats are as follows:
⋅ Penticton-Merritt will be 2-2-1-1-1
⋅ Vernon-Trail will be 2-2-1-1-1
⋅ Wenatchee-Chilliwack will be 2-3-2
⋅ Victoria-Powell River will be 2-2-1-1-1
Some quick facts on the BC Ford Dealers Road to the Fred Page Cup BCHL Playoffs so far:
- The playoff scoring leader so far is Trail Smoke Eaters defenceman Carter Cochrane (2-10-12 in five games)
- The top-two Interior seeds, the No. 1 Penticton Vees and the No. 2 Vernon Vipers, will wade into battle for the first time this postseason after earning byes. Vernon has not played since Feb. 25 and Penticton not since Feb. 24.
- The Mainland showdown features the two clubs with the regular-season’s best records: the Wenatchee Wild and the Chilliwack Chiefs. Wenatchee has home-ice advantage but Chilliwack earned eight of a possible 12 points in the regular-season series.
- Goalies Matthew Galajda of the Victoria Grizzlies, Evan DeBrouwer of the Nanaimo Clippers and Brian Wilson of the Powell River Kings posted the only shutouts in Round 1
- The only upset of Round 1 was also the only sweep. In the Interior, the No. 5-seed Merritt Centennials upended the No. 4 West Kelowna Warriors in four-straight games.
- There were four overtime games in Round 1, including Merritt’s 5-4 triple-OT win on the road in West Kelowna on March 4.
- Stephan Seeger was the OT hero twice for Merritt.
- Powell River’s Jonny Evans and Tristan Mullin had two game-winners each in Round 1, as did Chilliwack’s Kohen Olischefski
The first games of Round 2 will be on Friday, March 17.