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Birds versus Barons in opening round best-of-five playoff series

Galen Hartviksen
By Galen Hartviksen

The Innisfail Eagles start their North Central Hockey League playoff run tonight.

The Birds finished up the regular season with a 4-3 home loss to the Lacombe Generals on Saturday, January 31st in Innisfail.

As a result, the Eagles wound up in second place in the league with a 12 and 4 record this season. They finished 2 points back of the first place Camrose Bruins.

The puck drops to start the postseason for Innisfail on Friday, February 6th at 8:30pm when they host Game 1 of a best-of-five series with the seventh place Devon Barons.

The Birds are trying to defend the Vanberg Cup title they won last season.

Listen to 96.5 The Ranch’s Community Hotline conversation with Ryan Dodd.

Galen Hartviksen
Galen Hartviksen
Straight outta northwestern Ontario, Galen moved from his hometown of Thunder Bay to Alberta in 1998. After graduating from the broadcasting program at Mount Royal College (Class of 2003), it was off to the Town of Olds for the launch of the independent radio station (CAB-K Broadcasting). A fan of all seasons, Galen has been News Director & the voice of the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Olds Grizzlys on 96.5 CKFM/ROCK 104.5 for two decades and in 2024 he was excited to have the opportunity to join the team at Vista Radio and My Mountain View Now.

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