I'm not sure if it's just me, but this year's provincials seems tougher than the past 2 years. Competition, schedule and the especially the ice surface.
Peace River lost to Blackfalds 5-2 today in the semi finals, and the Wolverines lost 6-1 to Beaumont in their semi. Blackfalds will take on Beaumont in the gold medal game at 1:30 on Sunday afternoon. Whitecourt will play Peace River at 10:30am for bronze.
Jordan James will be coming down to help me out with the broadcast tomorrow. It will be a fun time, that's for sure. My voice is shot after 4 games in 3 days. It was a pleasure to watch the hockey this weekend. And one thing that I have to point out if I haven't already, is my ever increasing amount of respect for Peace River Coach Darcy Haugan. He is one very, very well spoken individual. A class act and a heck of a post game interview tonight after a tough loss.
What a treat for the Whitecourt and Peace River fans to go head to head for one last time to close out the season. And what a year it was. The hundreds of Whitecourt fans who came out to watch deserve one last hurrah.
Anyway I should get to bed. I have an early morning. We will chat in the am.
