Local Sports

Tour stop The second annual Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour, presented by Scotiabank and Dodge, is a celebration of all things hockey March 5-6 in St. Albert. St.

Rexall Place – The third full NHL season for Nick Holden is the best of the bunch. The Colorado Avalanche defenceman from St. Albert has played in all 62 games and is plus-two with five more points than last year’s total in 78 games.

Rexall Place – The pride of St. Albert is walking on sunshine during a glorious Hall of Fame career spanning 19 seasons, 606 goals and 1,262 points in the National Hockey League.

The St. Albert Soccer Association kicks off its Ombrelle Active Start Soccer Festival today at 8:30 a.m. at Servus Credit Union Place. The indoor season windup for the U4, U5, U6 and U8 players consists of 25-minute games in the field houses.

The St. Albert Merchants are back in business in the junior B playoffs after Cam Mazur deposited the biggest goal of his career in Wednesday’s series clincher.

A hockey stick relay will culminate with the opening face-off for the Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour stop in St. Albert. The relay, featuring a specially made red hockey stick for the event, will start at Akinsdale Arena and end at St.

Sydney De La Mare of the St. Albert Rugby Football Club is among 24 athletes selected to play for Canada’s U18 women’s team during a tour of England in April.

The season ended earlier than expected for the St. Albert Gregg Distributors Sabres in the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League.

The St. Albert Skyhawks are 9-1 in league play and 21-6 overall in high school women’s basketball, when they play the host Ross Sheppard Thunderbirds today at 5 p.m.

Tamara Oudenaarden of St. Albert announced her retirement from long track speedskating last week. Oudenaarden, 28, decided to hang up her skates after devoting 21 years to the sport, starting at age seven with the Edmonton Speed Skating Club.