The two wild card teams in each league play a one game playoff to advance.
They ultimately decided on a 1 game playoff at a neutral site.
Each played ten games before the top two teams enter the three game playoffs.
Instead, they were forced to play the Astros in a one game playoff - which they lost.
Both teams advanced to the championship final to compete in a single game playoff.
The league's last one game playoff occurred in 1965.
Each team played 16 games before the top two teams entered into a three game playoff.
The home team for this single game playoff is the wild card team with the better of the two regular season records.
This forced a one game playoff to determine the champion between the two rinks.
If two teams are tied at the end of the second half, a one game playoff will determine the winner.