The Metro conference division leaders in the Edmonton Rural Bantam AA Hockey League face-off Thursday at Akinsdale Arena.
Game time is 7 p.m. between the St. Albert Elite Sportswear Blues and St. Albert Comets.
The Blues (20-5-3, 143 GF/70 GA) were one point ahead of the St. Albert Bears (21-6, 153 GF/70 GA) in the Red division before the Bears played SSAC Anderson Hockey (3-19-4) Tuesday in St. Albert. The score was unavailable at press time.
The Comets (18-5-6, 130 GF/75 GA) are the top team in the Blue division.
The White division Sturgeon Sting (25-3-1, 154 GF/85 GA) in the Rural conference are first overall in the 29-team ERBHL circuit.
February results between the St. Albert teams were 3-2 Blues over Bears and 4-3 Comets over the Bears.
The Bears and Sting hook up March 5 at 8 p.m. Mark Messier Arena as league play wraps up next weekend.
The puck drops Friday for the St. Albert Royals in the Rural & Edmonton Midget 15 AA Hockey League playoffs.
The best-of-three REM quarter-final series against the PAC Saints starts at 8 p.m. at Go Auto Arena.
Game two is 3:45 p.m. Saturday at Grant Fuhr Arena and game three, if needed is 6:45 p.m. Monday at Akinsdale Arena.
The Royals (18-6-4, 116 GF/51 GA) finished third and the Saints (11-15-2, 88 GF/112 GA) placed sixth in the eight-team standing.
The last game before the playoffs for the Royals was the 4-0 decision against the Saints in Spruce Grove.
Connor Kroetsch tallied twice and Haydon Laporte and Andrew Nowell notched singles.
Josh Ironside (11-1-2, 1.64 GAA) stopped 26 shots for his league-high fourth shutout and the team’s seventh.
Ironside also assisted on Kroetsch’s second goal of the night.
Caleb Caines led the Royals in scoring in league play with 19 goals and 30 points and Laporte ranked second with 29 points.
The St. Albert Soccer Association hosts its Ombrelle Active Start Soccer Festival this weekend at Servus Credit Union Place.
The season windup for the U4, U5, U6, U8 and U12 SASA indoor players is Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Sunday’s U10 event runs from noon to 6:30 p.m.
Games and activities are scheduled as SASA expects a crowd of more than 2,000 over the two days.
