Ice Bat Daniel Veenema slugs it out with an opponent earlier this season Credit: Photo by Shelley Hiam

For the first time since the 2002-’03 season, the Ice Bats will be participating in the Central Hockey League playoffs – and they did it on a night off. Amarillo lost to the Odessa Jackalopes Tuesday night, excluding the Gorillas from the playoff picture and handing the Bats an invitation to the postseason.

Austin’s season got off to a slow start – to put it nicely – but they’ve come alive in the second half, sporting a record of 22-10-1 since January 1. Their playoff opponent won’t be known until the completion of the regular season this Saturday. The Bats’ final regular-season home game is this Saturday vs. the Texas Brahmas. The puck drops at 7:35pm.

This article appears in March 14 • 2008.

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