Home ice advantage secured by U Sask. Huskies hockey teams ahead of conference playoffs – Saskatoon [Video]

On the eve of Canada West playoffs, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey team is ready to skate into battle.

It’s something they’ve done extensively over the past two weeks, thanks to make-up games and a tightly-packed schedule.

“We played like six games in nine days or something like that,” said leading scorer Chantz Petruic. “We’re a little bit worn down from that, but this week we’re fine-tuning some things and we’ll be ready to go for the weekend.”

The Huskies secured the fourth seed in the Canada West post-season, finishing with a 20-6-1-1 record, and will match up in the opening round of playoffs this upcoming weekend against the University of Alberta Golden Bears in a best-of-three series.

They’re an opponent who have dominated Canada West play over the last decade, but finished an uncharacteristic fifth in the conference standings.

Through four regular season games, the Huskies and Golden Bears split the …