The SAERC Saints host the Inverness-Baddeck Academy Rebels in the Cape Breton West High School Hockey League.
The Rebels (8-3-0) are tied with Richmond Academy for top spot in the five-team league with 23 points, three points up on the third-place Saints (7-3-1), who are eight points up on fourth-place Dalbrae.
Inverness-Baddeck Academy has won two of the first three games in the four-game season series between the teams.
Puck drop at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre is 7 p.m.
The StFX women’s hockey team is on home ice for AUS action.
They take on the Dalhousie Tigers.
The X-Women (16-5-3), winners of five straight, are second in the eight-team conference with 35 points, four points behind St. Thomas for top spot, and four points ahead of third-place Saint Mary’s; they’ve already clinched a playoff spot, and are ranked sixth in the country.
The Tigers (8-14-2) are seventh in the conference with 18 points.
It’s the fourth and final regular season game between the teams; StFX has won two of the first three.
Puck drop at the Keating Centre in Antigonish is 7 p.m.
St. Andrews’ Declan Smith and the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles host the Sherbrooke Phoenix in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
The Screaming Eagles (30-15-3), who have won four straight and seven of the last eight, are sixth in the 18-team league with 63 points, four points behind Rimouski for fifth, and four points ahead of Charlottetown and Chicoutimi, the two teams tied for seventh; the Phoenix (27-18-2) are 10th with 56 points.
It’s the first of two regular season games between the teams, who meet again in Sherbrooke Feb. 17.
Puck drop at Centre 200 in Sydney is 7 p.m.
