All points in the table are valuable at this time of year in hockey.
The Victoria Grizzlies continue tracking home-ice advantage for the first round of the B.C. Hockey League playoffs when they play two Lower Mainland teams this weekend at The Q Centre.
The fifth-place Grizzlies (26-22-2) are two points behind the Nanaimo Clippers (26-20-4), who hold down fourth place and final post-season home-ice advantage berth in the Coastal Conference. Both teams have four regular-season games remaining.
The defending conference-champion Alberni Valley Bulldogs (29-20-1) are in third place, also with four games remaining, and are three points ahead of Nanaimo and five points ahead of Victoria.
The defensive-minded Grizzlies, with NCAA Division 1 Cornell Big Red-bound forward Anderson Chase Pirtle leading in points with 46, play the sixth-place Coquitlam Express (21-25-4) tonight at the Q Centre and the second-place Chilliwack Chiefs (29-16-5) on Saturday night in the home double dip in Colwood.
The Chiefs have clinched second place in the Coastal Conference behind the Surrey Eagles (41-7-2), who have secured the conference regular-season championship, and are on track for the league regular-season title.
