The High River Flyers find themselves in a hole after game one of their opening round Heritage Junior "B" Hockey League playoff series Wednesday night in Coaldale.

They dropped the opener in their best of three series 5-1 to the Copperheads.

They'll head to High River for game two Friday night.

The other series saw the Strathmore Wheatland Kings hand the Banff Academy Bears a 7-5 loss to take a 1-0 lead in their best-of-three series heading into game two Friday night in Strathmore.