The Seattle Thunderbirds are aiming to capture a Western Hockey League playoff berth with three regular season games remaining, including a showdown against Everett on Saturday night at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Seattle is in ninth place in the Western Conference playoff standings with a record of 24-43-1-1, which is good for 50 points. The T-Birds are two points behind the eighth-place Everett Silvertips (21-39-2-8) and three points behind the seventh-place Victoria Royals (23-41-3-4).
Everett has two games left and Victoria one.
The T-Birds play Friday night at Spokane, which will be televised at 7 p.m. on Root Sports. Seattle finishes the regular season Sunday at the Portland Winterhawks.
There is the possibility of a tie for the last playoff spot which would mean a tie-breaker game on Tuesday, March 20, hosted by the team with the most regular season wins.
Teams receive two points for a win and one point for a tie.
Western Hockey League race for seventh and eighth playoff spots:
Place Team GP W L OTL SL PTS
7 Victoria Royals 71 23 41 3 4 53
8 Everett Silvertips 70 21 39 2 8 52
9 Seattle Thunderbirds 69 24 43 1 1 50
10 Prince George Cougars 70 23 45 0 2 48
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