The 2021-22 Regular Season has come to an end and while they stumbled down the home stretch, the Terrace River Kings did reach the finish line in first place; compiling a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 1 tie making them the top Seed for the Playoff season which starts Friday evening.
The River Kings who up until this past weekend had yet to lose a game, struggled during their Cariboo road trip dropping a 6-3 decision to Quesnel on Friday and then taking 5-3 loss to Williams Lake Saturday.
The River Kings will look to move forward towards a Championship when they take on the Hazelton Wolverines with the first of the three game series set for a 7:30 puck drop in Hazelton. The series resumes Saturday and Sunday in Terrace.
For Prince Rupert Rampage fans, the second season features a showdown with the Kitimat Ice Demons, with the Rhinos on the road for Game One on Friday, followed by Game Two on Saturday at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre at 7PM.
A game three if required would go Sunday the 20th at 1PM
Williams Lake and Nechako round out the third and final series the ice breaker to their three game series taking place in Fort St. James, with the remainder of the series destined for Williams Lake.
The way of the CIHL Playoffs this year, will see Winner of that series will go on to play the Quensel Kangaroos who will be resting while the other members of the lodge battle it out over the weekend.
Quensel's Jordan Draper probably won't mind the break, his weekend of work just completed propelled him to the top of the CIHL Scoring race claiming the league scoring title by one point over Colin Bell in Terrace.
As the Rampage had completed their season one week previous, Hunter Johnson found his placement in the standings drop to third place finishing the season with 12 goals and 11 assists for 23 points.
A lost game against the Hazelton Wolverines earlier in the season that was never made up on the schedule perhaps the difference between the title and third place.
Judd Repole also claimed a top ten spot in the CIHL scoring race for 2021-22
The full list of scoring for 2021-22 is available here.
When it came to keeping the puck out of the net, the success of the River Kings rested on the pads of Tyran Hunter, who tops the league with a 9 and 1 record and Goals Against Average of 2.52, he allowed 28 goals on the year, turning aside 220 shots for a Save Average of .887
The Rampage had strong results from Kieran Sharp who won five of the six games he played in, he had a GAA of 3.46 and allowed 45 goals, turning aside 274 shots for a Save Average of .859.
His season's work placed the Rampage goal tender in fourth spot overall.
The Goaltending stats package can be examined here.
As the Rampage prepare for the start of the playoffs on Friday you can follow the latest news from the Rampage Room from their Facebook page.
More notes on the CIHL can be reviewed from our archive page.
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