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The Seattle Thunderbirds take on I-5 rival Everett in an opening-round, best-of-seven Western Hockey League Western Conference playoff series.
Games 1 is 7:05 p.m. Saturday at the ShoWare Center. Game 2 shifts to the Comcast Arena at 4:05 p.m. Sunday.
Seattle (41-25-2-4) and Everett (39-23-7-3) each had 88 points in the playoff standings, but the T-Birds earned the No. 4 seed by taking the first tie-breaker, total number of wins.
This will be the first time the T-Birds and Silvertips have met in a playoff series since Everett joined the WHL as an expansion team in the 2003-04 season.
WHL playoffs
First-round schedule
Game 1 – Everett at Seattle, Saturday, March 22, 7:05 p.m.
Game 2 – Seattle at Everett, Sunday, March 23, 4:05 p.m.
Game 3 – Everett at Seattle, Tuesday, March 25, 7:05 p.m.
Game 4 – Seattle at Everett, Friday, March 28, 7:35 p.m.
Game 5 – Everett at Seattle, Saturday, March 29, 7:05 p.m.*
Game 6 – Seattle at Everett, Monday, March 31, 7:05 p.m.*
Game 7 – Everett at Seattle, Wednesday, April 2, 7:05 p.m.*
* if necessary
Tickets on sale at tickets.seattlethunderbirds.com and at the ShoWare Center box office. The box office is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday game days at 10 a.m. and Sunday game days at noon.
Playoff ticket packages and single-game tickets are available by calling the Everett Silvertips office at 425-252-5100 or online at comcastarenaeverett.com.
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