Final night scenario…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
It comes down to one last night. One last game will decide whether or not Oklahoma City begins its playoff run Wednesday night at home vs. Rocky Mountain or if the Blazers will play Mississippi.
Oklahoma City is 38-18-7 while Bossier-Shreveport is 39-19-5. The Blazers host Wichita at 7:10 Saturday while Bossier hosts Corpus Christi.
Corpus Christi will need to win or earn a point to try to earn the fifth seed in the Southern Conference. The IceRays blew a chance Friday vs. Rio Grande Valley and have put the Arizona/New Mexico winner back in the hunt.
Edit at 10:30 a.m.: Entering tonight, Corpus Christi leads Arizona by one point, 60-59. Both have 27 wins and CC has head-to-head advantage. Arizona plays New Mexico one final time. The IceRays are going to leave it all out on the ice tonight, which may help Oklahoma City.
How Oklahoma City can become the third seed:
- With a win and a Bossier-Shreveport loss either in regulation or overtime/shootout
- With a loss in overtime/shootout and a Bossier loss in regulation
- That’s it (unless I have some fuzzy math)
How Bossier-Shreveport can become the third seed:
- With a win of any kind
- With a loss in overtime/shootout and a Blazers loss in regulation or overtime/shootout (doesn’t matter as long as Blazers don’t get two points)
- With a loss in regulation and a Blazers loss in regulation
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The first tie-breaker is team wins, and that’s why Bossier has it wrapped up if it takes care of business. The Mudbugs would have 40 wins, so it wouldn’t matter what Oklahoma City does Saturday night.
Or to put it another way. Simply put: Bossier has to equal whatever Oklahoma City does Saturday, and it will be the third seed.
How quickly things change. Midway through the second period vs. Rapid City, it was the Blazers up 3-0 and Mississippi up 4-2 on Bossier.
Since, Bossier has beaten Mississippi twice and Oklahoma City has lost to Odessa after shutting out Rapid City.
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Comments
The crowd needs to lift the boys up a little bit I’d agree. There will be a big night attendance wise tonight I’m pretty sure, and bring the energy to the ice!
The mudbugs are the team that can’t get it done in the playoffs as we have all seen in the recent past. Neither one of us will be hitting the golf course after tonight, we both are already in the playoffs. So how are the Mudbugs gonna leave us on the golf course? We would both have to win the series to see each other. Do you know anything?
Levi, the mudbugs scare me to death. I fear this team more that the Eagles or the Riverkings. They have what it takes to win in the playoffs and that is a great golie who has done it before. I don’t care what happened last year.
Levi – I think you shoulod explain to Christy Sarah how important it is to play at home (excitement, energy, etc) because she doesn’t get it!
Fred – I love to play golf, but go home!
Mark, Don’t think I’m taking the Bugs lightly, they’re a heck of a team. Carrol is a good goalie no doubt, I think the 28 or 29 shutouts he has that goes without saying. The bugs are always a hard working team so any serious will be tough with them. I was just stating to Fred that the Bugs have not faired well in playoffs so he shouldn’t be talking this smack. Christy as Ben said tonight playing at home I think does give you pretty much a goal a game.
Rock the Ford tonight!