The North Peace Navigators and Grande Prairie Wheat Kings will be one of the quarterfinal matchups in the NWJHL playoffs.
The Kings are the number 3 seed after 28-10-4 record for 60 points in the regular season. The Navs are the 6 seed after going 17-20-5 for 39 points. The two teams split their six meetings during the regular season, but haven’t played each other since December 22. If the Navs lose this series, they would have a layoff of over a month before beginning the Junior B provincials in Peace River.
Series Schedule
Game 1 – Friday in Grande Prairie
Game 2 – February 20 in Grande Prairie
Game 3 – February 22 in Peace River
Game 4 – February 24 in Peace River *
Game 5 – February 28 in Grande Prairie *
* – if necessary
Kings Leading Scorers
Denon Bamber – 14G, 46A, 60 points
Ethan Boutcher – 16G, 38A, 54 points
Jaydon Gordey – 24G, 28A, 52 points
Keenan Moberly – 21G, 18A, 39 points
Mason Kyllo – 22G, 16A, 38 points
Navs Leading Scorers
Cory Isaac – 26G, 20A, 46 points
Deklan Lafferty – 17G, 16A, 33 points
Jayden Rothwell – 10G, 22A, 32 points
Carter Coen – 9G, 23A, 32 points
Jaxen Gauchier – 16G, 12A, 28 points
Special Teams
Power Play
Grande Prairie 1st – 32.4%
North Peace 5th – 16.0%
Penalty Kill
Grande Prairie 2nd – 86.0%
North Peace 6th – 80.9%
– Kyle Moore, Trending 55 Newsroom
