In mid-September, after the Winnipeg Rifles had stumbled to a 2-3 record following their third straight loss — a streak that would reach four in a row later that week — an unprompted head coach Geordie Wilson voiced how confident he was that his team would not only reach the Prairie Conference playoffs, but that there isn’t a team that would want to play his squad in an elimination game.

Fast forward to Sunday at 2 p.m., and the 3-4 Rifles could make that a reality. A win over the Edmonton Huskies (3-4) at Jasper Place Bowl will clinch the program’s first playoff berth since 2022.

“When you’re around them all the time, you kind of sense that there’s some confidence there, like they are believing in themselves,” Wilson told the Free Press Friday. “When I look at our roster, when I compa

See Full Page