The Reno Ice Adult League Spring 2023 Playoffs continued last night. Last night was the B-League Semifinals. Both of the B-League Semifinals were played. The first B-League Semifinal was between the number one seed and the number four seed. The second B-League Semifinal was between the number two and number three seeds. The B-League Championship is now set.
The Reno Ice Adult League Spring 2023 Playoffs continue tonight with the both of the A-League Semifinal games.
Check out the power rankings here. Check out the standings here. Check out the playoff schedule here.
#1 Swift Institute vs #4 Silver State Wire | B-League Semifinals
In the first Reno Ice Adult League Spring 2023 B-League Semifinal game the number one seed Swift Institute played the number four seed Silver State Wire. Silver State Wire won their only regular season meeting 4-3 in a shootout. The Swift Institute had the better record in the last five games and were on a four game winning streak coming into the playoffs. Silver State Wire finished the regular season with back to back losses. Last season the Swift Institute lost in the Semifinals. Silver State Wire did not make the playoffs last season.
The score was 3-0 Swift Institute after the first period. The score was 6-1 Swift Institute after the second period. The final score was 6-1 Swift Institute. The Swift Institute has advanced to the RIAL Spring 2023 B-League Championship game. This will be their first appearance in the RIAL B-League Championship game. Silver State Wire have been eliminated from the playoffs. Following this game the Swift Institute was going to face either the number two seed Cruz Construction or number three seed Carson City Hyundai in the RIAL Spring 2023 B-League Championship game.
B-League bracket after the first Semifinal game:
#2 Cruz Construction vs #3 Carson City Hyundai | B-League Semifinals
In the second Reno Ice Adult League Spring 2023 B-League Semifinal game the number two seed Cruz Construction played the number three seed Carson City Hyundai. Carson City Hyundai won their only regular season meeting 9-6. Cruz Construction had the better record in their last five games including ending the regular season with a seven game winning streak. Carson City Hyundai finished the regular season with back to back wins. Cruz Construction were the defending RIAL B-League Champions coming into this game. They have won four out of a possible five RIAL B-League Championships including the last three coming into these playoffs. I believe they have been in all five previous RIAL B-League Championship games. Carson City Hyundai missed out on the last two B-League Playoffs.
The score was 3-2 Cruz Construction after the first period. The score was 4-3 Cruz Construction after the second period. The Final score was 6-5 Cruz Construction. Cruz Construction have advanced to the RIAL Spring 2023 B-League Championship game. I believe this will be their sixth appearance in the RIAL B-League Championship game. They have appeared in all of the RIAL B-League Championship games ever.Carson City Hyundai have been eliminated from the playoffs. Cruz Construction will play the number one seed Swift Institute in the RIAL Spring 2023 D-League Championship game.
Current B-League bracket:
#1 Doughboy’s Donuts! vs #4 Whiskey Dekes | A-League Semifinals
In the first Reno Ice Adult League Spring 2023 A-League Semifinal game the number one seed Doughboy’s Donuts! will take on the number four seed Whiskey Dekes. They played three times during the regular season. The Doughboy’s Donuts! won the first two games 8-4 and 5-3. Whiskey Dekes won the third game 8-7. The Doughboy’s Donuts! have won two fo their last five games. They finished the regular season with a loss to Whiskey Dekes. Whiskey Dekes have won two of their last five games as well. They finished the regular season with a win over the Doughboy’s Donuts!. The Doughboy’s Donuts! are the defending RIAL A-League Champions. They were eliminated in the RIAL Fall 2022 A-League Semifinals. Whiskey Dekes missed the playoffs the last two seasons.
The Doughboy’s Donuts! scored 65 goals during the regular season. That is 6.5 goals per game. They came in second for goals scored in the A-League. They allowed 51 goals during the regular season. That is 5.1 goals per game. They allowed the least goals in the A-League. Whiskey Dekes scored 60 goals during the regular season. That is 6 goals per game. They tied for third most goals scored in the A-League. They allowed 66 goals during the regular season. That is 6.6 goals per game. That was the second most goals allowed in the A-League.
Regular season comparison:
| GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | GD | PTS | |
| #1 Doughboy’s Donuts! | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 51 | 14 | 14 |
| #4 Whiskey Dekes | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 66 | -6 | 10 |
Head to head comparison:
| GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | GD | PTS | |
| #1 Doughboy’s Donuts! | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 |
| #4 Whiskey Dekes | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 2 |
This game is set to start at 8:45pm PST at Reno Ice. The winner will advance to the RIAL Spring 2023 A-League Championship game. They winner will play either the number two seed Mustangs or the number three seed Reno Gamblers. The RIAL Spring 2023 A-League Championship game will be on Sunday, June 4th, 2023 at 6:30pm PST. That game is part of Championship Sunday.
#2 Mustangs vs #3 Reno Gamblers | A-League Semifinals
In the second Reno Ice Adult League Spring 2023 A-League Semifinal game the number two seed Mustangs will take on the number three seed Reno Gamblers. They played each other three times this season. The Mustangs won all three games. They won game one 4-3, game two 12-9, and game three 9-4. The Mustangs won three of their last five games. They finished the regular season with a win over the Reno Gamblers. The Reno Gamblers won two of their last five games. They finished the regular season with back to back losses. The Mustangs have made it to the last two RIAL A-League Championship games. They won the RIAL Fall 2022 A-League Championship. They lost the RIAL Winter 2022/23 A-League Championship game. The Reno Gamblers lost in the Semifinals last season. They made it to the RIAL A-League Championship game during the RIAL Fall 2022 A-League playoffs. This is the third season in a row that the Mustangs have faced the Reno Gamblers in the playoffs. They faced each other in the RIAL Fall 2022 A-League Championship game and in last seasons semifinals. The Mustangs won both of those games.
The Mustangs scored 60 goals during the regular season. That is 6 goals per game. They tied for third most goals scored in the A-League. They allowed 56 goals during the regular season. that is 5.6 goals per game. They allowed the second least goals in the A-League. The Reno Gamblers scored 71 goals during the regular season. That is 7.1 goals per game. They scored the most goals in the A-League. They allowed 62 goals during the regular season. That is 6.2 goals against per game. They allowed the third least goals in the A-League.
Regular season comparison:
| GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | GD | PTS | |
| #2 Mustangs | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 56 | 4 | 14 |
| #3 Reno Gamblers | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 62 | 9 | 10 |
Head to head comparison:
4-3, game two 12-9, and game three 9-4
| GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | GD | PTS | |
| #2 Mustangs | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 6 |
| #3 Reno Gamblers | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 25 | -9 | 0 |
This game is set to start at 10:15pm PST at Reno Ice. The winner will advance to the RIAL Spring 2023 A-League Championship game. They winner will play either the number one seed Doughboy’s Donuts! or the number four seed Whiskey Dekes. The RIAL Spring 2023 A-League Championship game will be on Sunday, June 4th, 2023 at 6:30pm PST. That game is part of Championship Sunday.
In the A-League, the Doughboy’s Donuts!, the Mustangs, and the Whiskey Dekes have secured playoff spots. The GBB Tooth Fairies have been eliminated from playoff contention.
The number one seed Doughboy’s Donuts! will play the number four seed Whiskey Dekes in the semifinals. The other semifinal matchup will be the number two seed Mustangs and the number three seed Reno Gamblers. Both RIAL Spring 2023 A-League Semifinal games will be tonight.
Doughboy’s Donuts! have won the RIAL Spring 2023 A-League Regular season title. They had the best record in the A-League this season. They went 7-3-0 with 12 points which did end in a tie with the Mustangs but Doughboy’s Donuts! won on tie breakers. This is their first regular season title since changing their name going into this season.
Secured playoff spot: Doughboy’s Donuts!, Mustangs, Reno Gamblers, Whiskey Dekes
Eliminated from playoff contention: GBB Tooth Fairies
Final standings:
*top 4 teams make the playoffs
In the B-League, the Swift Institute, Cruz Construction, Silver State Wire, and Carson City Hyundai have secured playoff spots. In the B-League, 4 Seasons, the Murder Hornets, the Tahoe Storm, and the Reno Fire Hosers B have been have been eliminated from playoff contention. The B-League regular season is now over.
The number one seed Swift Institute beat the number four seed Silver State Wire 6-1. The number two seed Cruz Construction beat the number three seed Carson City Hyundai 6-5. The number one seed Swift Institute and the number two seed Cruz Construction will play in the RIAL Spring 2023 B-League Championship game. Silver State Wire and Carson City Hyundai have been eliminated from the playoffs.
The Swift Institute has won the RIAL Spring 2023 B-League regular season title. They did that with a record of 8-1-1 and 17 points. This is their first regular season title. This is the first time that Cruz Construction has not won the RIAL B-League regular season title.
Secured playoff spot: Swift Institute, Cruz Construction, Silver State Wire, Carson City Hyundai.
Eliminated from playoff contention: 4 Seasons, Murder Hornets, Tahoe Storm, Reno Fire Hosers B
In B-League Championship: Swift Institute, Cruz Construction
Eliminated from playoffs: Silver State Wire (semifinals), Carson City Hyundai (semifinals)
Final standings:
*top 4 teams make the playoffs
In the C-League, the Slappy Gilmores, Blue Moon, United Skates, and Black Ox have secured playoff spots. The Pale Ales and the Desert Dogs have been eliminated from playoff contention.
The number one seed Blue Moon and the number two seed Slappy Gilmores will play in the RIAL Spring 2023 C-League Championship game. Black Ox and the United Skates have been eliminated from the playoffs.
Blue Moon have won the RIAL Spring 2023 C-League regular season title. They did that with a record of 7-2-1 and 15 points. This is their first regular season title. They finished in second place during the RIAL Summer 2022 C-League season and they missed the playoffs last season.
Secured playoff spot: Slappy Gilmores, Blue Moon, United Skates, Black Ox
Eliminated from playoff contention: Pale Ales, Desert Dogs
In C-League Championship: Slappy Gilmores, Blue Moon
Eliminated from playoffs: United Skates (semifinals), Black Ox (semifinals)
Final standings:
*top 4 teams make the playoffs
In the D-League , Reno Pond Hockey, The Guardians, Mid-Ice Crisis and the Jurassic Pucks secured playoff spots. Q & D Construction, the Nevada Police Foundation, the Grrrowlers, and the Reno Fire Hosers D have were eliminated from playoff contention.
The number one seed Reno Pond Hockey and the number three seed The Guardians will play in the RIAL Spring 2023 D-League Championship game. The Jurassic Pucks and Mid-Ice Crisis have been eliminated from the playoffs.
Reno Pond Hockey won the Reno Ice Adult League Spring 2023 regular season title. They did that after having an undefeated season going 10-0-0 with 20 points. They have not lost a game since December of 2022. This is also back to back D-League regular season titles as they also won the RIAL Winter 2022/23 D-League regular season title.
Secured playoff spot: Reno Pond Hockey, The Guardians, Mid-Ice Crisis, Jurassic Pucks
Eliminated from playoff contention: Q & D Construction, Nevada Police Foundation, Grrrowlers, Reno Fire Hosers D
In D-League Championship: Reno Pond Hockey, The Guardians
Eliminated from playoffs: Jurassic Pucks (semifinals), Mid-Ice Crisis (semifinals)
Final standings:
*top 4 teams make the playoffs
In the E-League, Bangarang, the Trash Pandas, Long Drink, and Satan’s Gatekeepers secured playoff spots. The Holy Pucks, and Battle Born have been eliminated from playoff contention. In the E-League there is one game remaining.
The number one seed Trash Pandas and the number two seed Bangarang will play in the RIAL Spring 2023 E-League Championship game. Satan’s Gatekeepers and Long Drink have been eliminated from the playoffs.
The Trash Pandas won the Reno Ice Adult League Spring 2023 E-League regular season title. They won the title with a record of 9-1-0 and 18 points. This is their second regular season title. They have now won back to back regular season titles. Their last regular season title was the RIAL Fall 2022 regular season title. The Trash Pandas have appeared in both of the prevues E-League Championship games but have not won either.
Secured playoff spot: Bangarang, Trash Pandas, Long Drink, Satan’s Gatekeepers
Eliminated from playoff contention: Holy Pucks, Battle Born
In E-League Championship: Trash Pandas, Bangarang
Eliminated from playoffs: Satan’s Gatekeepers (semifinals), Long Drink (semifinals)
Final standings:
*top 4 teams make the playoffs
Friday, Jun. 2, 2023
8:45PM | #1 Doughboy’s Donuts! vs #4 Whiskey Dekes | A-League Playoffs
-Semifinal match
-The winner will advance to the RIAL A-League Championship game
-The winner will play the Mustangs or the Reno Gamblers
10:30PM | #2 Mustangs vs #3 Reno Gamblers | A-League Playoffs
-Semifinal match
-The winner will advance to the RIAL B-League Championship game
-The winner will play Doughboy’s Donuts! or Whiskey Dekes
Saturday, Jun. 3, 2023 (Championship Saturday)
12:00PM | #1 Trash Pandas vs #2 Bangarang | E-League Championship
-Championship game
-Winners of the E-League Semifinals
1:30PM | #1 Reno Pond Hockey vs #3 The Guardians | D-League Championship
-Championship game
-Winners of the D-League Semifinals
3:00PM | #1 Blue Moon vs #2 Slappy Gilmores | C-League Championship
-Championship game
-Winners of the C-League Semifinals
Sunday, Jun. 4, 2023 (Championship Sunday)
5:00PM | Swift Institute vs Cruz Construction | B-League Championship
-Championship game
-Winners of the B-League Semifinals
6:30PM | TBD vs TBD | A-League Championship
-Championship game
-Winners of the A-League Semifinals
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