PRESS RELEASE
February 15th, 2010
With two convincing wins at home this weekend, the Alberni Valley Bulldogs have secured a position in the BCHL’s Fred Page Cup playoffs.
This season’s playoff format will see the top team in the BCHL’s Coastal Conference receive a first round bye, while the 8th place team at the end of regular season will miss the playoffs.
The Fred Page Cup playoffs are set to have the first round begin on Friday February 25th, 2011. The first round matchups are based on the regular seasons final standings. The first round will see the 2nd seed vs 7th seed, 3rd seed vs 6th seed, and the 4th seeded team facing off against the 5th seed. All series in the Fred Page Cup playoffs are the best of seven. The top seeded teams in each series will have home ice advantage during Games 1,2,5*,7* (*if necessary) in each round. Teams will then be reseeded for round two, with the first placed team entering in as the top seed. The Bulldogs first two games at the Multiplex will be February 28th and March 1st.
Round 1 start dates:
Game 1 Friday February 25th, 2011Opponent is Home
Game 2 Saturday February 26th, 2011 Opponent is Home
Game 3 Monday February 28th, 2011 at Alberni Valley
Game 4 Tuesday March 1st, 2011 at Alberni Valley
Game 5ThursdayMarch 3rd, 2011 Opponent is Home (if necessary)
Game 6 Friday March 4th, 2011 at Alberni Valley (if necessary) Game 7
Saturday March 5th, 2011 Opponent is Home (if necessary)
2011 Alberni Valley Bulldog playoff ticket prices are as follows:
Adult $14.00 (all tickets include HST) Senior $12.00 Student $ 8.00 Child $ 6.00
Playoff Tickets go on sale February 15, 2011 at 10:00am at the Bulldogs Office. Playoff tickets will be available for purchase online at www.albernivalleybulldogs.ca or thequb.com after 4:00pm PST on February 22, 2011.
All non reserved tickets (currently not held by a season ticket holder) will be on sale beginning Tuesday February 15, 2011 at the Bulldogs office.
Season ticket holders will have until February 22, 2011 at 4:00pm PST to purchase their seats for the first two home playoff games. To purchase your seats season ticket holders must have your season ticket card number available to reserve your seat, this can be done by stopping in at the Bulldogs office, calling or emailing your season ticket card number to npelk@albernivalleybulldogs.ca.
Beginning February 22, 2011 after 4:00pm PST tickets not secured by season ticket holders will be opened up to the general public for purchase.
AND - the Bulldogs Year End Awards Banquet also goes this Sunday in the upper lounge of the Multiplex, tickets are available at the Bulldogs Office for $15.00
MIDGET BULLDOGS ADVANCE TO ISLAND SEMI
The Van Isle Ford Midget Bulldogs locked up first place in the North Island division of their play-off series by defeating the Tyees 5-3 on Saturday February 12 in Campbell River. The Bulldogs will now move on to the Vancouver Island semi-final with home ice advantage against Peninsula Eagles. Oceanside will travel to Bear Mountain to meet Juan de Fuca in the other semi.
Saturday’s tilt was a grinder game with neither side able to gain the upper hand early. Several Bulldogs were battling flu as well the Tyees. Campbell River connected first with an outside shot at 4:26 of the first period. Port Alberni evened it up with a power play goal to open the second period. Brady Janzen hit a post, then Colby Lim picked up the loose puck behind the goalie and finished it off.
The Tyees went ahead again on their first power play a minute later. There were not a lot of penalties in this game, but the teams made the most of them. Campbell River scored on the first two of their five opportunities and Port Alberni three out of seven times with a man advantage. The Bulldogs evened the score again on their next power play. Carson McCulloch deflected the puck nicely from the half-boards past two Tyees defencemen to give Brett Williscroft open ice in front of the net at 16:20. Alberni finally got ahead with a buzzer beater to end the second period. Jesse York redirected a point shot from Cory Beecroft to score. But the Tyees came right back with their second power play making it 3-3 at 18:13 of the third period.
The Bulldogs edged ahead again at 13:25 when Lim found a loose puck in the slot, faked a shot and then scored five hole before the goalie could recover. Eleven more long minutes went by without a goal, although there were several missed chances at both ends. The final goal came with 2:20 left and Brandon Antonichuk and Beau Wilson racing in on the net. The goalie knocked it off its mooring, but the referee ruled that the puck was in first and awarded the goal to Wilson for a 5-3 final. The Bulldogs were outshot 37-30, but their greater defensive energy in the third period made the difference. They killed three penalties and kept Campbell River off the board for the last 18 minutes. Andrew Cusson was between the pipes for the win.
The semi-final game will be at Weyerhaeuser Arena at 4PM on Sunday February 20. The Midget A Bulldogs will face off against Peninsula Eagles. Although the Bulldogs won against a short handed Peninsula team in their only exhibition match up this season, anything is possible in a play-off. This is a single game knock out, so come out and make some noise for your Alberni Valley team.
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