NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The Berkshire Battalion kept its playoff hopes alive by winning two of three games this weekend in the Federal Hockey League.

 

With 17 games left in the team's inaugural season, Berkshire is in fifth place in the six-team league, nine points behind fourth-place Danville.

 

The Battalion has two games left against the Dashers, a Valentine's Day weekend set in Illinois that could decide Berkshire's postseason fate.

 

So far this season, the Battalion is 2-4 against Danville, which has won the last two in the season series.

 

On Sunday afternoon at the the Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Rink, the Battalion knocked off first-place Watertown, 8-4, for the team's third win in four games.

 

Tom Tracy and Tyler Prendergast each had two goals and an assist for Berkshire in the win.

 

Robert Morton set up three goals, and the Battalon got tallies from Martin Uhnak, Michael Kaselouskas, Vladyslav Gavrik and Dimitry Antipin.

 

Louie George stopped 40 shots in the victory to add to his league-leading total of 1,053 saves on the year.

 

The Battalion play their next three games at home, starting with a Friday-Saturday series this weekend against Watertown. The puck drops both nights at 7:35.