Female hockey
Today’s female hockey exhibition game between the bantam A St. Albert Blades and a team from Harbin, China, starts at 12:30 p.m. at Edmonton Garrison Arena.Harbin also has a game scheduled against the bantam elite St. Albert Raiders of the Alberta Female Hockey League on Dec. 16 at 8:45 p.m. at Troy Murray Arena.
The Blades are 2-0-1 in round two after going 2-1-1 in the opening round of the Hockey Edmonton regular season.
Sunday the Blades play the Blackout at 8 p.m. at Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre.
Junior B action
Sunday the St. Albert Merchants face off against the Spruce Grove Eagles in the Capital Junior B Hockey League.Puck drop is 8 p.m. at Akinsdale Arena and the Merchants are 4-3-1 on home ice.
The Merchants (5-9-3) and Eagles (4-15) are the bottom two teams in the west division.
The Merchants are 1-1-3 in five games after last weekend’s 6-2 loss to the Morinville Jets (8-7-1) at Ray McDonald Sports Centre.
Flyers play CAC
The next game for the St. Albert Flyers is Monday in the Alberta Minor Midget AAA Hockey League.Start time is 8 p.m. against CAC United Cycle (4-8-1) at Callingwood Arena.
The midget 15 Flyers were winners of five in a row before Friday’s affair with the KC Centennials (0-12) at Castledowns Arena. The score was unavailable at press time.
Entering the weekend, the Flyers (11-2-1), PAC Saints (11-1-1) and Leduc Oil Kings (11-2-2) were the top teams in the north standings.
Midget AA games
The St. Albert Blues skate Sunday against CAC Butchers & Packers in the Northern Alberta Hockey League.Faceoff is 5:30 p.m. at Millwoods Arena.
The Blues (3-4-3) are seventh in the Besa division and the CAC (5-5) is second in the Anderson division.
The Blues are coming off a 1-1 draw with the St. Albert Source for Sports Crusaders last weekend.
The Crusaders (9-2-2) ranked first in the Besa standing before Friday’s home game against Beaumont Braves (8-3) of the CanAccom division. The score was unavailable at press time.
In the 2018 NAHL final, the Crusaders eliminated Beaumont in game four of the best-of-five series.
Tuesday the Crusaders take on the Anderson division SSAC Canadian Brewhouse (3-8-1) at 8:30 p.m. at Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre.
