The Division I playoff run begins!

Going into the January 26 Division I event, teams already had clinched playoff berths in the WCRHL.  Cal Poly SLO, UC Irvine and Long Beach State all will make the playoffs; where they stand and what round robin pool they play in at Regionals is still to be determined.  UC Irvine and Long Beach State sat idle this weekend, while Cal Poly SLO opened up their lead on Division I opponents, and competed with UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, Chico State, UC Berkeley and Division III Evergreen Valley College at the Davis Indoor Sports Center.  Cal Poly SLO won 3 games and tied 1, and now sit 1 point ahead of UC Irvine and 4 points ahead of Long Beach State (both teams have 4 more games remaining than SLO).  UC Santa Barbara finished 1-1-1 on the day, now sitting in 4th place in the division.  One more win by UCSB will clinch a playoff spot for them as well.  UC Davis really gained some ground, with 2 wins and 2 ties, and with 6 games remaining on the season.  California and Chico State both finished 1-2 on the day.  Chico State could make a playoff run out of it, should they win their final 4 regular season games and teams like UCSB, UNLV or UC Davis falter.  Evergreen Valley College was the lone DIII team at the event, finishing 0-3 on the day.

 

All teams in all WCRHL divisions will play on February 9th at the All Star Weekend.  Several DI and all DII/B teams will play in the final event of the season on February 16th at both Coast 2 Coast Hockey in Huntington Beach, CA and Davis Indoor Sports Center, CA.  Chances are most playoff spots will be locked up after the February 9th event, but a few of them should still be up for grabs on the 16th.  Come out and see how it unfolds!!!