It will be an all-Battlefords area matchup for the title in the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League in 2020.
The defending champion Battlefords Beaver Blues take on the Meota Combines in a battle between the teams located on opposite sides of the North Saskatchewan River. The Blues play out of Battleford Arena while the Combines, who identify as 鈥淢eota鈥�, nevertheless play all their home games in North Battleford at the Civic Centre.
The two teams punched their tickets to the finals last week. On Thursday, the Blues beat the Radisson Wheatkings 7-1 at Battleford Arena to sweep the series in three games. Cody Danberg had two goals and two assists to lead the way for the Blues.
On Friday, Meota went to Turtleford and beat the Tigers 8-2, winning that series three games to one. In that game Riley Albert, Bo Gervais and Vince Sauvie each had two goals for Meota.
Game times have been set for the first three games of the best-of-five finals. Game one goes Friday, March 6 in Battleford at 8:30 p.m., while the series shifts to North Battleford for game two at 5:30 p.m Sunday, March 8. Game three is March 13 at 8:30 p.m. back in Battleford.
