Soo Eagles Playoff Information
Published on March 19, 2015 under North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Soo Eagles News Release
With their victory on Saturday night, the Soo Eagles have officially clinched a spot in the North Division playoffs. We will have specific information after the regular season on opponents and dates, along with ticket information. Here is some information on how the playoff format is this season.
Division Semifinals: The Club seeded first in each division will compete in a best-of-five series with the fourth seeded Club in the same division. The Club seeded second in each division will compete in a best-of-five-series against the Club seeded third in the same division.
Janesville is the top seed in the North, and will have home ice throughout the playoffs, will host the fourth seed. The Soo Eagles can finish anywhere from second to fourth place, but control their own destiny and their magic number to clinch second place, and how ice in the first round, is seven.
The Division Semi-Finals may begin no earlier than Thursday, April 2, 2015 and must conclude no later than Monday, April 19, 2015. Clubs shall cooperate to schedule division semifinal series competition. The Club seeded higher in each division semifinal series has the right to host up to three games in Round 1, and the Club seeded lower in each division semifinal series must be able to host at least two games.
The first Club to win three games in a division semifinal series will be declared the winner of the series and advance to the next round of playoff competition. The first Club to lose three games in a division semifinal series shall be eliminated from further playoff competition.
Division Finals: The two Clubs in each division that won a division semifinal series shall compete in a best-of-five series against each other.
The Division finals may begin no earlier than Thursday, April 23, 2015 and conclude no later than Monday, May 4, 2015.
Clubs shall cooperate to schedule division final series competition. The higher seeded Club will have the right to host up to three games. The lower seeded Club must be able to host a minimum of two games.
The first Club to win three games in a division final series will be declared the winner of the series and advance to the Robertson Cup Semi-Final round. The first Club to lose three games in a division final series will be eliminated from further playoff competition.
Robertson Cup Semi-Finals: The four remaining teams shall be seeded 1-4 based upon their finish in the NAHL regular-season standings. If necessary, the tie-breaking policy adopted in the NAHL Rules and Regulations will be applied to determine the final order of finish. The Club seeded first will compete in a best-of-three series with the fourth seeded Club. The Club seeded second will compete in a best-of-three-series against the Club seeded third.
The Robertson Cup Semi-Finals may begin no earlier than Thursday, May 7, 2015 and shall conclude no later than Monday, May 11, 2015.
The higher seeded team will host all three games. The first club to win two games in the Robertson Cup Semi-Final series will be declared the winner and advance to the Robertson Cup Finals. The first club to lose two games in the Robertson Cup Semi-Final series will be eliminated from further playoff competition.
Robertson Cup Finals: The two winners of the Robertson Cup Semi-Final series will advance to the Robertson Cup Finals and will be seeded #1 or #2 based upon their finish in the NAHL regular-season standings. If necessary, the tie-breaking policy adopted in the NAHL Rules and Regulations will be applied to determine the final order of finish.
The Robertson Cup Finals may begin no earlier than Thursday, May 14, 2015 and shall conclude no later than Monday, May 18, 2015.
The higher seeded team will host all three games.
The first Club to win two games in a Robertson Cup Finals will be declared the winner of the Robertson Cup National Championship.
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