The Northern Illinois Hockey League has clarified the location of the Mite Silver B second- and third-round games. They will be played at Rocket Ice in Bolingbrook the weekend of March 3 and 4.
Originally, it was announced the Sabres would be hosting the playoff weekend competition, but when the bracket was first released, it indicated the games were to be played at Arctic Ice in Orland Park, which is the host site for the Mite Silver A playoffs. A revised version of the bracket sheet posted on http://www.nihl.info/ now reflects the Bolingbrook location.
Prior to play in the second and third rounds, teams finishing third through sixth in the White Tier and second through seventh in the Red Tier will play first round games on the home ice of the higher-seeded team. The top two teams in White and the regular season winner in Red will receive byes and advance automatically to weekend play.
In the White Tier, the top-seeded team will play at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, against the winner of the first-round game between the fourth and fifth seeded teams. The actual seeds are not yet set, but that first-round game will be between the Midwest Maniax and the Chicago Bruins, who can still switch places in the standings but are locked into the fourth and fifth seeds.
At 4:40 p.m. that day, the second-seeded White Tier team will play the winner of the first-round game between the third and sixth seeds. While the top three seeds are still up for grabs, the Sabres are already locked into the sixth seed for the playoffs. See earlier posts on jaguarhockeydad.blogspot.com for a discussion of how the top threes seeds may shake out.
Winners of the second-round games will play at 12:40 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4, for the right to advance to the Wolves Cup Championship against the Red Tier winner. That championship game will take place on the Jaguars home ice at Inwood in Joliet at 9 a.m. Sunday, March 11. The losers of the two third-round games will play in a consolation game for third place at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at the Ice House in Crystal Lake.
Red Tier games in the second and third rounds are set for 3:20 and 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3, with the top-seeded team automatically advancing to play in the 3:20 p.m. game. The Leafs have already guaranteed themselves the top-seed and the bye.
Winners of the second-round games will play at 1:50 p.m. Sunday for the right to advance to the championship game against the White Tier winner. The loser will play in the third-place game.
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