        After a season of competition beginning Saturday, Nov. 1, the Big Six Hockey League has entered into its 2014-15 playoffs.
               The Bienfait Coalers finished the regular season with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses. They were followed closely by the Wawota Flyers who maintained a record of 13 and 5. Finishing the regular season in third were the Carnduff Red Devils (10W-8L), then the Midale Mustangs (9W-7L-2OTL), followed by the Arcola/Kisbey Combines (6W-9L-3OTL), the Redvers Rockets with (5W-11L-2OTL), and the Oxbow Huskies (5W-13L).
               The playoff quarterfinals began on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Teams must earn three wins in a best of five series in order to advance.
               The Bienfait Coalers, having finished first in the regular season, earned a first round bye. Wawota will take on Oxbow first, while Carnduff and Redvers will duke it out to see who will advance, and Midale will battle Arcola.
               The regular season saw Riley Riddell (Flyers) earn 49 points, Justin Lamontagne (Flyers) with 42 points, Brent Struble (Flyers) got 41 points, Brody Haygarth (Huskies) obtained 36 points, Ian McKenzie (Mustangs) earned 33 points as did Brennan Wrigley (Coalers). Jordan Miller (Rockets) was ranked 6th with 31 points, followed by Jon Gaudet (Flyers) and Josiah Anderson (Mustangs) each with 29 points, and Dan Moriarty (Red Devils) with 28 points.
               The top four goaltenders finishing the regular season included Shane Marsh (Mustangs) with a Goals Allowed Average (GAA) of 2.87, closely followed by Jackson Walliser (Coalers) with a GAA of 2.98. Tanner Erickson (Combines) finished third in the regular season with a 3.57 GAA and Adrian Rubeniuk (Red Devils) narrowly came in fourth with a GAA of 3.58.
               Games as of Monday, Feb. 9, were tied at one and one for Oxbow and Wawota, with a third game scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 11. Carnduff is up on Redvers in their series with one win and their second game to be played on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Midale is up on Arcola in the series with two games to zero.
               Not only are teams playing to take the title of Big Six champion this year some are also competing in SHA Provincial finals. Midale is taking on Balgonie in the Senior A Â鶹ÊÓƵ Quarterfinals, while Bienfait is taking on Grenfell in another Senior A Â鶹ÊÓƵ Quarterfinal match.
               Carnduff is battling against Langenburg in the Senior B Â鶹ÊÓƵ Quarterfinal.
               Both Redvers and Wawota are competing in SHA Provincials as well. Redvers lost out to Bredenbury in the Senior C Â鶹ÊÓƵ Quarterfinals, while Wawota is taking on Milestone in another Senior C Â鶹ÊÓƵ Quarterfinal.
