It’s do or die for the Lloydminster Bandits.
Playing out of the North Eastern Alberta Jr. B Hockey League (NEAJBHL), the Bandits find themselves down 3-2 in a championship series with the Wainwright Bisons.
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The boys in black and red took the first two games in the best-of-seven series with 3-2 and 4-2 wins. The Bisons, however, came alive after that 4-2 loss in Wainwright on March 16.
Game 3, played at the Centennial Civic Centre on March 19, saw a 5-2 Bisons win before a 3-0 shutout win on March 21 to even the series.
The series went back to the Wainwright Peace Memorial Multiplex on March 22 for Game 5. The Bisons once again capitalized with a 5-3 win.
Game 6 will be played at the Civic Centre on Thursday, March 27 at 8 p.m. If the Bandits win Thursday’s game the series returns to Wainwright on March 29 for Game 7 at 7:30 p.m.
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