NPHL releases its 2018 playoff schedule
Posted on January 4th, 2018
Brady Ratzlaff, EnergeticCity.ca/MooseFM Sports
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – The North Peace Hockey League’s 2018 playoff schedule was released on Tuesday.
All western division teams including the Fort St. John Flyers will make the playoffs. They will be part of a three-team round-robin series with each team playing eight games, with the top team advancing to the NPHL final.
A win is worth two points and an overtime loss is one point. If the top two teams are tied the tiebreaker goes to the team with the most points in the regular season and will be awarded home ice advantage in a one-game sudden death final. If all three teams are tied then regular season standings are implemented. The third place team faces the second place team, with the winner playing the first place team. The winner of both games advances to the final.
Whereas in the Eastern Division the top four teams make it to the playoffs with the higher seeds facing the lower seeds, for example, 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd with the winners meeting in the Eastern Division final. The winner of the series advances to the NPHL final. All eastern division series’ and the finals will be best-of-seven style format.
The complete schedule can be found below:
West Division Playoff Schedule
Date Game
Tue., Jan. 30 Grande Prairie Dawson Creek
Thu., Feb. 1 Fort St. John at Grande Prairie
Sat., Feb. 3 Dawson Creek at Fort St. John
Tue., Feb. 6 Grande Prairie at Fort St. John
Thu., Feb. 8 Fort St. John at Dawson Creek
Sat., Feb. 10 Dawson Creek at Grande Prairie
Tue., Feb. 13 Dawson Creek at Fort St. John
Thu., Feb. 15 Fort St. John at Grande Prairie
Sat., Feb. 17 Grande Prairie at Dawson Creek
Tue., Feb. 20 Dawson Creek at Grande Prairie
Thu., Feb. 22 Grande Prairie at Fort St. John
Sat., Feb. 24 Fort St. John at Dawson Creek
Tue., Feb. 27 3rd Place at 2nd Place [if necessary]
Thu., March 1 Winner of Feb. 27 Game at 1st [if necessary]
[In the event two teams are tied, the tiebreaker would be played Tue., Feb. 27, with Thu., March 1 as a back up if ice is not available.]
East Division Playoff Schedule
East Division Semi-Finals
Tuesday, Jan. 30 – Game 1
4th Place at 1st Place
3rd Place at 2nd Place
Thursday, Feb. 1 – Game 2
1st Place at 4th Place
2nd Place at 3rd Place
Saturday, Feb. 3 – Game 3
4th Place at 1st Place
3rd Place at 2nd Place
Tuesday, Feb. 6 – Game 4
1st Place at 4th Place
2nd Place at 3rd Place
Thursday, Feb. 8 – Game 5 [if necessary]
4th Place at 1st Place
3rd Place at 2nd Place
Saturday, Feb. 10 – Game 6 [if necessary]
1st Place at 4th Place
2nd Place at 3rd Place
Tuesday, Feb. 13 – Game 7 [if necessary]
4th Place at 1st Place
3rd Place at 2nd Place
East Division Final
Thursday, Feb. 15 – Game 1 – Lower Seed at Higher Seed
Saturday, Feb. 17 – Game 2 – Higher Seed at Lower Seed
Tuesday, Feb. 20 – Game 3 – Lower Seed at Higher Seed
Thursday, Feb. 22 – Game 4 – Higher Seed at Lower Seed
*Saturday, Feb. 24 – Game 5 – Lower Seed at Higher Seed
*Tuesday, Feb. 27 – Game 6 – Higher Seed at Lower Seed
*Thursday, March 1 – Game 7 – Lower Seed at Higher Seed
(*) if necessary
NPHL Finals Schedule
Saturday, March 3 – Game 1 – East Champ at West Champ
Tuesday, March 6 – Game 2 – West Champ at East Champ
Thursday, March 8 – Game 3 – East Champ at West Champ
Saturday, March 10 – Game 4 – West Champ at East Champ
*Tuesday, March 13 – Game 5 – East Champ at West Champ
*Thursday, March 15 – Game 6 – West Champ at East Champ
* Saturday, March 17 – Game 7 – East Champ at West Champ
(*) if necessary
