Huskies to start NWJHL finals away from home for second consecutive year

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The defending junior hockey league champion will start the finals by doing something they did last year: playing on the road.

The Fort St. John Huskies will go for their sixth Strike Group North West Junior Hockey League (NWJHL) championship in seven seasons beginning on Saturday, March 7th against the La Crete Lumber Barons at the Raymond Knelsen Arena.

Sources close to the team told Energeticcity.ca games one and two will be scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. on the 7th and 8th, respectively.

However, no details have been finalized by the NWJHL as of this writing.

Last season, Fort St. John – despite a league-best regular season record – had to begin the NWJHL finals on the road against the Lumber Barons.

Despite losing the first two games, the Huskies managed to prevail in the series four games to two, advancing to Hockey Alberta Junior ‘B’ Provincials, where they finished fourth.

This year, La Crete earned home ice advantage after winning a league-best 36 out of 40 contests, with three losses and just one draw.

Games three and four will take place in Fort St. John at the North Peace Arena on Friday, March 13th and Saturday, March 14th.

A potential game five will also take place at the North Peace Arena on March 15th before the series wraps up in La Crete.