NEWS

KENNEWICK, WA - The Tri-City Outlaws will face the Regular Season League Champion Bellingham Blazers in the first round of the NPHL Playoffs.

On Tuesday and Wednesday the Outlaws will be in Bellingham to take on the Blazers and try to upset the #1 seed.  The Outlaws will need leadership from the top line of Mayton, Aaron Questad and O'Neill to stack up with the lethal offensive weapons of Cody Rich, Micky Turner and Mason Wade.  On the defensive side veterans Travis Questad and Chace Epler will have to lead the defensive core in shutting down the attack of the Blazers. 

Also, the goaltending of Stephen Hunter and Colby Bennett will need to be at their best.  Bennett and Hunter have kept the Outlaws in a lot of games with plenty of amazing saves so that will need to continue.  The Outlaws will not get a lot of chances against the Blazers to score but the key here is the ones that they do get is to capitalize on them.  The Blazers won the season series 9-1 but most games were within 1-2 goals.  Here is the schedule for the upcoming series:

Tuesday, February 25th @ 7:35pm in Bellingham

Wednesday, February 26th @ 7:35pm in Bellingham

Friday, February 28th @ 7:30pm in Tri-Cities

Saturday, March 1st @ 7:30pm in Tri-Cities

Sunday, March 2nd @ 4:00pm in Bellingham

Tickets for the Friday and Saturday games are avaialble at the Toyota Center Box Office or at the Toyota Arena when doors open at 6:30pm.