The Seattle Thunderbirds are aiming to capture a Western Hockey League playoff berth with three regular season games remaining, including a showdown against Everett on Saturday night at the ShoWare Center in Kent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Seattle is in ninth place in the Western Conference playoff standings with a record of 24-43-1-1, which is good for 50 points. The T-Birds are two points behind the eighth-place Everett Silvertips (21-39-2-8) and three points behind the seventh-place Victoria Royals (23-41-3-4).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Everett has two games left and Victoria one.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The T-Birds play Friday night at Spokane, which will be televised at 7 p.m. on Root Sports. Seattle finishes the regular season Sunday at the Portland Winterhawks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
There is the possibility of a tie for the last playoff spot which would mean a tie-breaker game on Tuesday, March 20, hosted by the team with the most regular season wins.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Teams receive two points for a win and one point for a tie.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Western Hockey League race for seventh and eighth playoff spots:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Victoria Royals\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 71\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 41\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 53<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Everett Silvertips\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 70\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 39\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 52<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Seattle Thunderbirds\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 69\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 24\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 43\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 50<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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