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The St. Albert Steel are counting down the days until the puck drops Feb. 25 in the Alberta Junior Hockey League playoffs. “Everyone is real anxious.

In a rematch of the Mac’s tournament final, the Calgary Flyers edged out the St. Albert Slash 1-0 Sunday at Performance Arena. The Flyers scored 39 seconds into the contest on a scramble behind the net.

School was in session Sunday for Jessica Monk’s rink at the St. Albert ladies bonspiel.

The St. Albert Steel resume play after the all-star break in the Alberta Junior Hockey League with home games this weekend against north division teams.

Paul Kane was feeling the Showdown blues in its worst loss of the season Monday in premier men’s basketball. After underachieving as the fourth-place finishers at the 20th annual St.

The St. Albert Skyhawks lived up their advance billing as the team to fear at the 20th annual Optimist Showdown in St. Albert.

Second best is still not good enough for the St. Albert Skyhawks. The number-two ranked 3A varsity women’s basketball team in Alberta is determined to finish on top when provincial honours are at stake.

The Paul Kane Blues survived a brief scare in Thursday’s tournament opener at the 20th annual Optimist Showdown in St. Albert.

The St. Albert Slash returned home from Grande Prairie with three points for their efforts last weekend against a team lower than them in the standings. The visitors notched a 6-1 win and settled for a 4-4 tie against the Storm (5-17-6).

It’s do or die for the St. Albert Merchants if they want to finish ahead of the West Edmonton Wild for the last playoff spot in the west division of the Capital Junior B Hockey League.