• Nipawin takes on Melville in the quarter-final with Game 1 tonight in Melville. The Hawks finished with 72 points, 16 more than the Millionaires, but Melville gets home-ice advantage by virtue of its first-place division finish. Melville is considered a weak offensive team but allowed 15 fewer goals than the Hawks.
• The Weyburn Red Wings have advanced to the quarter-finals. Depending on the outcome of last night’s Estevan-Battlefords game (played after The Reminder went to press), the Wings will face either the Melfort Mustangs or the Kindersley Klippers. Weyburn will go into the quarter-final as the underdog, having finished the regular season far behind both Melfort and Kindersley.
• Estevan and Battlefords faced off for the fifth and final game of their wild card series last night, after The Reminder went to press. The winner faces either Melfort or Kindersley in the quarter-final. In the regular season, both the Bruins and North Stars finished well behind both the Mustangs and Klippers. Still, it is the playoffs, and anything can happen.
