Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, playoff experience numbers aren’t massive for any teams, unless you were with Winnipeg, Seattle and Kamloops last season and made it to the Conference finals.

When it comes to the Big City Saskatchewan rivalry, Saskatoon has 18 players with a total of 125 games of post-season experience while Regina has only five players with 55 total games of playoff background. Meanwhile Thursday, Bridge City Bunch head coach Brennan Sonne wouldn’t reveal his Game 1 goaltender for Friday night against Connor Bedard and the Pats. More than 10,000 tickets have been sold for Friday night’s series opener at 7 o’clock at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:45. Seven other sets start Friday.