After several tough seasons in the , 性视界传媒 Knights are in the playoffs for a second straight year.
The Knights earned a trip to the post-season Sunday night (Feb. 11) with , in a do-or-die final regular-season game.
Those two teams will now play a best-of-three Survivor series starting Tuesday (Feb. 13) in Mission, followed by games Thursday night (Feb. 15) in North 性视界传媒 and, if necessary, Saturday back in Mission.
Sunday鈥檚 crucial win was earned at the 性视界传媒 Sport & Leisure rink in Fleetwood, in a game rescheduled from a few weeks ago due to a snow storm.
性视界传媒 needed a win or tie to edge Abbotsford Pilots in the standings for a trip to the playoffs.
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Parkor Sarai and Wendell Adriano led the Knights with two goals each, with additional markers from Kirit Sran and team captain Jacob Thompson. In net, Ayodele Ogini stopped 34 of 38 shots.
The Knights needed at least a point Sunday to make the playoffs after losing to Ridge Meadows Flames on Friday night, coupled with a Pilots victory over Langley Trappers.
The PJHL playoff format sees teams in fourth and fifth place meet in Survivor series as 鈥渨ild card鈥� teams. Winners of the two matchups, in each conference, will meet the first-place teams.
Ridge Meadows finished first in the Harold Brittain Conference, which includes 性视界传媒, while the league-leading Richmond Sockeyes are tops in the Tom Shaw Conference.
性视界传媒 finished the regular season with 15 wins in 48 games, good for fifth place.
Last year, for the first time since moving to 性视界传媒 from Langley seven years previous, the Knights earned a trip to the PJHL playoffs, but lost in two straight games to Chilliwack in their Survivor series.
In playoffs this month, Ridge Meadows will face the winner of the 性视界传媒/Mission series, while Richmond will battle either White Rock Whalers or Grandview Steelers after their Survivor series fight.
In other playoff action, Chilliwack will take on Langley in the first round of Brittain conference games, and Delta Ice Hawks will face North Vancouver Wolf Pack in the Tom Shaw division.
