Local Sports

The Paul Kane Blues and St. Albert Skyhawks are slotted on the same side of the women’s’ draw at the 35th annual REB Invitational, starting Thursday at Jasper Place High School. Tipoff times are 4 p.m.

The St. Albert Merchants skate into the Christmas break with two games in three days this week in the Capital Junior B Hockey League. The Merchants (13-9-3) play the Stony Plain Flyers (10-11-3) at 8:30 p.m.

The pride of St. Albert achieved another milestone in a Hall of Fame career.

The undefeated St. Albert Flyers pitched their eighth shutout in the Alberta Minor Midget AAA Hockey League. Evan Fradette's fifth goose egg was Sunday's 15-save outing against the CAC (6-8-3) at Akinsdale Arena.

The St. Albert Gregg Distributors Sabres took their first loss in league play to heart.

The Bellerose Bulldogs are competing in the men’s and women’s divisions at the Rise Up tournament today at Sturgeon Composite High School. In the men’s bracket, the consolation final is 12:30 p.m., the third-place game is 2:15 p.m.

Christmas came early for the St. Albert Tire Warehouse Raiders. The midget AAA Raiders unwrapped their fourth win in five games as the first team to beat the Foothills Bisons of Strathmore this season. "It's a big confidence booster for our club.

The St. Albert Flyers streak into the weekend with 17 wins and no losses in the Alberta Minor Midget AAA Hockey League. The midget 15 Flyers have home games on tap against the SSAC Bulldogs (10-5-2) today at 4:15 p.m.

The midget AAA St. Albert Slash and Edmonton Pandas play a home-and-home series this weekend in the Alberta Female Hockey League. Game times are 2:15 p.m. today at Go Auto Arena and 4:45 p.m. Sunday at Bill Hunter Arena.

Aaron “The Boss” Bosiak has a score to settle.