The playoff round at the U12B Ringette Alberta championship starts today at 3 p.m. at Servus Credit Union Place.
Sunday's semifinals are 7 and 8:15 a.m. and the 12:30 p.m. third-place game and the 2:15 p.m. final will be played at Go Auto Arena.
The St. Albert Ringette Association is hosting the 16-team draw.
The teams are divided into the following pools.
Pool A: Calgary Northwest LMN8, Leduc Jaguars, Lacombe Edge, Calgary Northwest Fury.
Pool B: St. Albert Legit, South Calgary Flash, Red Deer Riot, Airdrie Sting.
Pool C: St. Albert Surge, Edmonton Chaos, Calgary Northwest Voltage, Rockyford Ringers.
The last pool games for the St. Albert teams before today's crossover playoffs are 8:45 a.m. for Surge against Chaos and 10 a.m. for Legit against Flash at Mark Messier Arena.
Friday's scores for Surge and Legit were unavailable at press time.
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The midget AAA St. Albert Slash host POE Academy in Sunday's exhibition at Go Auto Arena.
Game time is 10 a.m.
The Slash (27-2-1, 119 GF/44 GA) finished first overall in the inaugural season of the Alberta Female Hockey League for a berth at provincials, starting Thursday in Okotoks.
The winner advances to the pacific regional playoff series, March 31 to April 2, to determine the representative for the Esso Cup national championship, April 23 to 29 in Morden, Man.
The Alberta Female Hockey League playoffs start this weekend for the midget elite St. Albert Sharks.
Game times against the Lloydminster Steelers are 7:45 p.m. tonight at Go Auto Arena and 3:45 p.m. Sunday at Akinsdale Arena.
The Sharks (9-16-1, 40 GF/72 GA) and Steelers (6-19-1, 35 GF/100 GA) placed fourth and fifth, respectively, in the six-team north division.
The next playoff game for the bantam elite St. Albert Raiders is Sunday against the Edmonton Pandas in the Alberta Female Hockey League.
Puck drop is 1:45 p.m. at Mark Messier Arena.
The round two playoff series started Friday in St. Albert but the score was unavailable at press time.
The Raiders (21-4-1, 72 GF/30 GA) were the top team in the north division and the Pandas (14-10-2, 55 GF/59 GA) finished fourth.
The south division was led by Calgary Fire White (21-2-3, 101 GF/32 GA).
