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The second season is only six games away for the No. 1 team in the Capital Junior B Hockey League. And they are must-win games for the St. Albert Merchants before the playoffs. "We want to come at it hard.

The St. Albert Slash petite U12B team celebrated its third gold medal in four tournaments at the 29th annual Esso Golden Ring in Calgary last weekend. The Slash defeated Calgary Bow View BAM! 4-1 in the final to finish 5-1 in the 16-team draw.

It’s a race to the finish line for the St. Albert Raiders with five games left to win the north division pennant.

As of Tuesday, 26 rinks had registered for the Solo Liquor Stores Mixed Bonspiel. The draw will be finalized today for the annual spiel, starting Thursday at the St. Albert Curling Club.

This year’s recipients of the John Reid Memorial Scholarship share the same characteristics as the individual it’s named after.

The St. Albert Gregg Distributors Sabres have their teammate's back in the biggest fight of his life. The bantam AAA hockey team has dedicated the rest of its season to Noah Fayad after the 14-year-old Sabre was diagnosed with leukemia two weeks ago.

Sunday the first-place St. Albert Merchants host the Stony Plain Flyers in the Capital Junior B Hockey League. Puck drop is 8 p.m. at Akinsdale Arena.

The next best thing to playing in the NHL for Adam Foote and Stu Barnes is coaching the next generation of stars.

The hometown Blues hit all the right notes in Saturday’s final as winners of the Paul Kane Classic. “It was a good team win.

It’s a bounce-back game tonight for the first-place St. Albert Merchants in the Capital Junior B Hockey League.