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St. Albert figure skater Cole VanDerVelden is jumping for joy over qualifying for the Canada Winter Games in pre-novice pairs. “It’s an amazing opportunity, only once every four years that this comes along.

This weekend the St. Albert Steel forge ahead with three games in a row in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. On Friday the Steel (19-11-0-2) host the Sherwood Park Crusaders (18-15-0-4) at 7 p.m. at Performance Arena.

Starting today at 10 a.m., single draw tickets go on sale for the 2011 World Financial Group Continental Cup, Jan. 13 to 16 at Servus Credit Union Place.

The St. Albert Merchants banked their ninth win in 12 games in Sunday’s 4-3 come-from-behind decision against the Spruce Grove Regals at Akinsdale Arena.

For a team that has become accustomed to winning, the experience the St. Albert Raiders felt after leaving Calgary with only one point in two games was foreign to the midget AAA north division leaders.

In the first half of Wednesday’s home opener the Paul Kane Blues looked like a team that had never played basketball before.

The 2011 World Financial Group Continental Cup is hosting a unique jam can curling event on Dec. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Sturgeon River behind St. Albert Place.

While beating the top teams in the league might be considered difficult, the St. Albert Merchants seem to have a knack for it.

The St. Albert Steel performed like contenders instead of pretenders while humbling the host team for the 2011 Royal Bank Cup.

Back-to-back wins against teams in the bottom half of the standings lifted the St. Albert Flyers to within one point of the north conference leaders in the Alberta Minor Midget Hockey League.