In the E-C-H-L playoffs, the Kalamazoo Wings lost 5-to-2 last night at Reading, as the host Royals took a 2-games-to-1 lead over the K-Wings in the best of five first round series. Game four is tomorrow night, again at Reading. Game five, if necessary, will be Monday night, at Reading.

And the college hockey season comes to a close tonight at Ford Field with the title game of the Frozen Four between Wisconsin and Boston College.