For simplicity sake, the Christmas break signals the half-way point of a W-H-L regular-season.

However, in actual fact, the first half ends Friday night in Prince Albert with Game 34 for, both, the Saskatoon Blades and the Raiders with the second half beginning Saturday with the return match-up at SaskTel Centre.

P.A. comes out of the 12-day holiday in first place in the East Division with a 20-9-4 record…five points ahead of Winnipeg. The Bridge City Bunch are 15-15-3…tied for third in the East with Brandon, six points back of the ICE.

Game time is 7 o’clock for both ends of the home-and-home series and the broadcasts starting at 6 with the Sardinia Family Restaurant pre-game show.