It took the final game of the season to decide the final standings and the scoring champion in the North Central Hockey League.
The Miniota-Elkhorn C-Hawks edged the Foxwarren Falcons 6-5 in a shootout on Wednesday, Feb. 10 in Foxwarren.
While the game meant nothing to the C-Hawks, the single point for the Falcons was enough to move them into a tie with the Shoal Lake Eagles for fifth place. However, because the Falcons defeated the Eagles in two out of three games this season, they were awarded fifth place.
Curtis Gardham picked up a goal and two assists to win the league scoring title. Gardham finished with 54 points, one point ahead of Oak Lake-Brandon Icemen forward Ryan Halliday. Halliday missed his team's final regular season game against Roblin on Tuesday night.
The playoff matchups will see the regular season champion Grandview Comets take on the Kenton Cougars, Oak Lake-Brandon face the Roblin Northstars, Miniota-Elkhorn up against Shoal Lake, and the Reston Rockets playing Foxwarren. All series are best of five affairs

Miniota-Elkhorn 6 Foxwarren 5 (SO)
Mike Huberdeau scored the game winning goal in a  shootout as the C-Hawks picked up the two points in Foxwarren.
Jamie Sheane, Jordan Mitchell, Luke Lelond, Kyle Lougheed and Curtis Gardham scored in regulation time for the visitors, who trailed 3-1 and 4-3 at the intermissions.
Cory Hodgson and Nick Prescott each scored twice for the Falcons, while Jay Derkach added a single.

Oak Lake-Brandon 5 Roblin 3
The Icemen outscored the Northstars 3-1 in the third period to claim a 5-3 victory in Oak Lake on Tuesday, Feb. 9.
Dustin Hildebrand scored twice for the hosts, who trailed 2-1 after the first period. Single markers came off the sticks of Richard Didluck, Jordan Zenk and Scott Langston.
Jarrett Newton scored twice for the Northstars, with Jeff Latimer picking up a single.

Shoal Lake 4 Kenton 1
The Eagles scored three unanswered goals in the second and third periods to score a 4-1 win over the Cougars in Kenton on Saturday, Feb. 6.
Nathan Holovach, Bryce Cowling, Jay Thiesen and Joel Yanick scored for the Eagles, who led 3-1 after the second period.
Joel Strachan replied for the Cougars.

Oak Lake-Brandon 11 Virden 3
Jaye Judd and Ryan Halliday each scored twice to pace the Icemen to an 11-3 drubbing of the Oil Kings in Virden on Saturday, Feb. 6.
Adding singles for the Icemen were Jeremy Champagne, Adam Hetherington, Grant Bastone, Jordan Zenk, Justin Waters, Landon Desjardins and Riley Day.
Danny Cochrane scored twice for the Oil Kings, who trailed 5-2 and 8-3 by periods. Mark McDonald had the other Virden goal.

Grandview 7 Foxwarren 1
The Comets got goals from seven different players enroute to a 7-1 win over the Falcons in Grandview on Friday, Feb. 5.
Luke Stokotelny, Chris Porter, Mike Pittman, Kyle Lopez, Steegan Stoski, Kaine Morran and Dave Elder were the Comets' marksmen.
Steven Chipelski replied for the Falcons, who trailed 4-0 and 5-1 at the intermissions.

Reston 5 Shoal Lake 4 (OT)
Derek Elliott's third goal of the game 1:41 into overtime gave the Rockets a 5-4 win over the Eagles in Shoal Lake on Friday, Feb. 5.
Landon Brockman and Jason Roblin also scored for the visitors, who led 1-0 and 3-1 by periods.
Keith Spencer and Jeff Neufeld scored two goals each for the Eagles.

Roblin 9 Virden 4
Jarrett Newton scored three goals and added four assists as the Northstars dumped the Oil Kings 9-4 in Virden on Thursday, Feb. 4.
Devron Jakeman and Lloyd McKinney added two goals each for the Northstars, who led 6-3 and 8-3 at the intermissions. Single markers were added by Willie Bulbuck and Brock Jersak.
Robyn Cantelo, Mark McDonald, Warren Hunter and Colin Skoleski replied for Virden.

Miniota-Elkhorn 9 Kenton 1
Sean McKean and Nat Howard each scored twice to lead the C-Hawks to a 9-1 win over the Cougars in Kenton on Wednesday, Feb. 3.
Curtis Gardham, Justin Huberdeau, Tyler Mitchell, Jason Corbett and Gabriel Huberdeau added singles for the visitors, who led 3-1 after the second period. The teams were scoreless through the first 20 minutes.
Andrew Johnson had the lone Cougars' goal.