March Is Just The Beginning

As we end the month of February let's take a look at the coming month and the race to the playoffs. It's going to be a very intense interesting final 15 days for half of the Maritime division plus 3 Quebec teams and their fans. After tonight's games the bottom 5 teams are separated by only 4 points and are battling for the final 3 playoff spots. The Chicoutimi Sagueneens have not officially clinched a playoff spot but with them and the Sherbrooke Phoenix, who are 15th overall, each having 7 games left the Sags have basically sown it up.

Your Halifax Mooseheads have clinched a chance to repeat as league champions but possibly as third overall this year. The Moose lead the Maritime division by 13 points over provincials rivals Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. The Eagles finished last overall last season but have been quite good this season and are looking to make a run and show that the Saint John Sea Dogs and Mooseheads are not the only Atlantic Canada team that can win championships in the last few years. If Halifax can extend their win streak to seven tomorrow night they will clinch the division title. The Moncton Wildcats are the other Maritime team to have clinched a playoff spot.

After Chicoutimi with 53 points, it`s the Charlottetown Islanders in 14th overall with a record of 19-36-2-4 with 44 points. The Acadie-Bathurst Titan (18-37-4-2) are next at 15th overall two points behind the Islanders and tied with the Shawinigan Cataractes who are 17-36-4-4. Saint John and Sherbrooke are right now in the position to miss the playoffs.

All 6 Maritime teams play each other in the month of March. Halifax plays Cape Breton, Charlottetown and Saint John twice each plus the Wildcats tomorrow.

Good luck to everyone the rest of the season. Here are the standings

as of 11:45pm Friday February 28