With both the B.C. and Alberta playoffs now complete, the teams and schedule for the Rocky Mountain Challenge series are now set.
The year-end event features the champions from each side, the Surrey Eagles and the Brooks Bandits, facing off in a best-of-three competition this weekend with all games taking place at Centennial Regional Arena in Brooks, Alta.
Schedule:
Game 1: Friday, May 31 – Surrey at Brooks – 7 p.m. MT
Game 2: Saturday, June 1 – Brooks at Surrey – 7 p.m. MT
Game 3: Sunday, June 2 – Surrey at Brooks – 5 p.m. MT*
*If necessary
Tickets for the event are now on sale and you can purchase them here.
The Eagles defeated the Penticton Vees in Game 6 of the BCHL Finals on Sunday to capture their fifth Fred Page Cup championship and first since 2013, while the Bandits captured the first-ever Alberta Cup by defeating the Sherwood Park Crusaders in five games of the Alberta final.
Surrey and Brooks have not met since 2013 when they played each other three times, twice at the Western Canada Cup in Nanaimo, B.C. and once at the national championship tournament in Summerside, P.E.I. Brooks held a 2-1 advantage in those contests.
