SHAWNEE, OKLA — Two of TBL’s top teams all season will meet in the regional finals for the right to play for the TBL National Championship. The Potawatomi Fire (21-3 regular season) will meet the Seattle SuperHawks (22-4) in a best-of-three series beginning Friday night in Seattle.
Game one will be Friday, June 16 in Seattle, Wash., at the Royal Brougham Pavilion on the campus of Seattle Pacific University. Tip-off will be at 9 p.m. Central (7 p.m. Pacific). Game two will be Monday, June 19 at 7 p.m. Central (5 p.m. Pacific) from FireLake Arena in Shawnee, Okla. Game three if necessary would be Tuesday, June 20 also at 7 p.m. Central from FireLake Arena.
Tickets for game two (and three if needed) will be available soon from potawatomifire.com/tickets or StubWire.com. All seats are just $10 and kids 12 and under get in free.
The Central Conference champion Fire advanced to this round by sweeping both the Enid Outlaws and the defending TBL champion Shreveport Mavericks. The West Conference champion SuperHawks advanced by defeating the Salem Capitals and the Long Beach Blue Waves. Both teams were the number one seeds in their respective conferences and received first round byes in the TBL Playoffs. The other side of the bracket matches East Conference champion Albany Patroons (coached by former Fire head coach Derrick Rowland) and Midwest Conference champion St. Louis Griffins. There are just four teams remaining in TBL, and just four wins are needed by any of those clubs to claim the TBL Championship.
More details on the upcoming series between the Fire and SuperHawks will be coming later this week.
