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2022 1st Round Playoff Preview

2022 1st round Playoff Preview:

Coming off a COVID interupted playoffs in 19/20 and a shortened COVID season in 20/21 the Wolverines got back to normal with a 60 game regular season in which they produced 0 positive cases, won 29 games and set a franchise record with 6 victories in the shootout (previous high was 4 done twice).  

 

Your Whitecourt Wolverines (6th) 1st round matchup is set as we prepare to kick off the playoffs March 4th against the Bonnyville Pontiacs (3rd). Whitecourt will host games 3 and 4 on March 8th and 9th.

 

The Wolverines and Pontiacs sqaured off 6 times during the regular season splitting the season series 3-3-0. In those 6 contest the Wolverines found the back of the net 12 times but were outscored 17-12.

 

The Wolverines and Pontiacs closed off their regular seasons with back-to-back games with the potential of 9 straight games against one another.  

Sept 24th – 3-2 WW
Sept 25th – 3-2 BP  
Dec 8th – 4-3 WW  
Feb 1st – 5-1 BP
Feb 25th – 4-2 WW
Feb 26th – 2-0 BP
 

In the regular season the line of Tyler Mahan (01), Christiano Aiello (01) and Alex Dominqiue (01) lead the way against the Bonnyville Pontiacs. Aiello would finished the season with 1-5-6 for a point-per-game against the Pontiacs,   Alex Dominique would go 3-3-6 including his first career AJHL hat trick on February 25th and Mahan would pick up 1-4-5.  

 

1st round schedule:

Game 1: March 4th, 7:00 @ Bonnyville
Game 2: March 5th, 7:00 @ Bonnyville
Game 3: March 8th, 7:30 @ Home
Game 4: March 9th, 7:30 @ Home

*Game 5: March 11th, 6:30 @ Bonnyville
*Game 6: March 13th, 7:30 @ Home
*Game 7: March 15th, 7:00 @ Bonnyville

 

Tickets for the first round are available on the Wolverines website here.

 

* Game to be played if necessary.