SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) has announced the game schedule for its quarter-final playoff series between the No. 3 Hearst Lumberjacks and No. 6 Espanola Paper Kings.
It will begin Friday in Hearst at 7 p.m. with Game 1 at the Claude Larose Recreation Centre.
The Lumberjacks will also host Game 2, which goes Saturday, also at 7 p.m.
From there, the best-of-seven match-up heads to the Espanola Regional Recreation Complex for Game 3 on Tuesday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Game 4 will then be held there Wednesday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m.
If required, Game 5 goes Friday, March 27 in a 7 p.m. start at Claude Larose.
Should a Game 6 be necessary, it will be played in Espanola on Sunday, March 29, with the action getting underway at 7 p.m.
Then, if Game 7 is needed, it is slated for Tuesday, March 31 at 7 p.m., back in Hearst.
All NOJHL playoff games will be streamed live online, via the league’s official broadcast partner, at FLOHockey.tv.
NOJHL quarter-final
No. 3 Hearst Lumberjacks vs. No. 6 Espanola Paper Kings
Best-of-seven series
Game 1: Friday, March 20 @ Hearst 7 p.m. (Claude Larose Recreation Centre)
Game 2: Saturday, March 21 @ Hearst 7 p.m. (Claude Larose Recreation Centre)
Game 3: Tuesday, March 24 @ Espanola 7:30 p.m. (Regional Recreation Complex)
Game 4: Wednesday, March 25 @ Espanola 7:30 p.m. (Regional Recreation Complex)
Game 5*: Friday, March 27 @ Hearst 7 p.m. (Claude Larose Recreation Centre)
Game 6*: Sunday, March 29 @ Espanola 7 p.m. (Regional Recreation Complex)
Game 7*: Tuesday, March 31 @ Hearst 7 p.m. (Claude Larose Recreation Centre)
*-if necessary
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