Coyotes get rematch with Tigers to open playoffs

Potter-Dix will meet up with Paxton for the second time of the 2014 season on Thursday. This time, however, one team will advance and one will go home.

The Coyotes (5-3) travel for a 6 p.m. MDT contest Thursday to open the first round of the playoffs. The teams met during the regular season, with the Tigers (4-4) winning 55-32 in Potter.

Potter-Dix coach Dale Frerichs said seeing an opponent for the second time helps in a variety of ways.

“It always helps to have a film that shows how a team wants to attack you specifically,” he said. “Sometimes teams have specific game plans for oth...