The Lethbridge Hurricanes are all geared up for the post-season.
The Western Hockey League team is set to face the Brandon Wheat Kings in the first round of the 2025 playoffs and hold home ice advantage.
The Lethbridge club wrapped up the 2024-25 regular season this weekend with a 4-2 win against Edmonton Friday night, and a 10-1 to Medicine Hat on Saturday.
Despite the loss to cap off the regular season, the playoffs mark a fresh start, and that is where the focus lies.
Game one against the Brandon Wheat Kings is at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 28 at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena.
The full first round best-of-seven series schedule is available here.
In four previous playoff series meetings between the clubs, the ‘Canes have posted a record of 2-2. The two teams faced each other in the post-season in 1994, 1998, 2008 and 2018. The last time they met, in 2018, Lethbridge eliminated Brandon in game five to move on to the eastern conference championship series.
Lethbridge had a record of 3-0-0-1 in four regular season games this year against the Wheat Kings. The ‘Canes finished the regular season with 89 points and a record of 42-21-3-2 to put them in fourth in the WHL eastern conference. Meanwhile, Brandon finished in fifth-place in the east, with 83 points and a record of 38-23-4-3.
