The Blackfalds Wranglers start the second round of the HJHL playoffs against the Airdrie Thunder tonight (Feb 21st).

Airdrie holds home-ice advantage in the best-of-five series.

“It’s going to be an absolute war. They’ve got a lot of firepower, they’re hard to beat in their own rink. We’ve got to do it at least once if we’re going to move on. They got a lot of guys we need to shut down, simple as that,” said Wranglers head coach Sean Neumeier.

“You don’t want to get into a shootout but we if do, we have some firepower too. Either way, I don’t know how she’s going to go but it’s going to be fun.”

The two teams split their regular season series with two wins apiece.

The schedule is as follows:

Game 1: Wednesday, Feb. 21 - 7:30 p.m. at Ron Ebbesen Arena

Game 2: Friday, Feb. 23 - 8:15 p.m. at Ron Ebbesen Arena

Game 3: Sunday, Feb. 25 - 3:30 p.m. at Blackfalds Multi-Plex

Game 4: Tuesday, Feb. 27 - 7:30 p.m. at Blackfalds Multi-Plex

Game 5: Friday, March 2 - 8 p.m. at Ron Ebbesen Arena (if necessary)