WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR PLAY-OFFS (CALGARY & MOOSE JAW) PLUS BRANDON & SWIFT CURRENT

Taken from CKRM Regina Pats Broadcaster; Rod Pedersen's.blog

The Monday Morning Goalie


The Moose Jaw-Calgary series: in which the Warriors shocked the WHL by taking Games 1 and 2 at the Saddledome (by scores of 4-2 and 4-1) to grab a 2-0 lead coming home for Game 3 tonight in the Crushed Can.

"I don't know if it's quite sunken in yet," Warriors forward Jason Bast told Country 100.7 FM in Moose Jaw. "We had a great weekend here and put it behind us and look to Game 3.

"If the Warriors had any problems selling tickets, they likely won't after their early-series success."Everyone's very excited," Moose Jaw defenceman Kevin Smith said. "We know that we have an opportunity to take out one of the league's top teams. We're not going to change our game plan. We're going to keep on doing the same stuff and our coaches have laid it out real well."

Calgary likely wasn't too rattled after losing Game 1 but they HAVE to be now that they lost Game 2 as well. However this series is FAR from over. Yes I'd love to see Moose Jaw take down Calgary but there's enough veteran experience in that Hitmen organization with GM Kelly Kisio and coach Brent Williamson that they'll have their boys ready to go. As always, Game 3 is the most pivotal in the series.

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We must also turn our attention to the Swift Current-Brandon series which the Wheat Kings lead 2-0.Games 3 and 4 will be played in Regina and it appears they could play the contests at the new Cooperators Centre at Evraz Place (capacity 1500). That's because Brandt Centre officials informed me Sunday, that only 500 tickets per game have been sold.