The Dalbrae Dragons are hosting the NSSAF Div. 2 boys high school hockey regional playoffs at the Al MacInnis Sports Centre in Port Hood.
All five teams from the Cape Breton West High School Hockey League are taking part- the host Dragons, the SAERC Saints, the Richmond Academy Hurricanes, the Inverness-Baddeck Academy Rebels and the Eskasoni Warriors.
Richmond Academy and Eskasoni open the tournament at 4:30 p.m., the game between SAERC and Inverness-Baddeck Academy scheduled for at 6 p.m. has been cancelled, and Dalbrae takes on Eskasoni at 7:30 p.m.
Round robin play resumes Friday, and wraps up Saturday; the top four teams advance to the semi-finals Sunday afternoon, with the championship game Sunday night.
You can find the complete tournament schedule here.
Antigonish’s Landyn Pitts, Kara and Ella MacLean and Team Nova Scotia women’s hockey team will play for a chance to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alberta.
Nova Scotia (0-2-1) takes on the Northwest Territories (2-1-0) in the qualification round.
Game time is 8:30 p.m.
The winner advances to the quarterfinals to face Team Quebec Thursday night.
The Halifax Mooseheads host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
The Mooseheads (44-12-3), winners of seven straight and 11 of the last 12, are third in the 18-team league with 91 points, six points behind Drummondville for second, and four points ahead of fourth-place Baie-Comeau; they’re ranked sixth in the country.
The Titan (7-47-5) are last with 19 points.
It’s the ninth and final game between the Maritimes Division teams; Halifax has won the first eight.
Puck drop at Scotiabank Centre is 7 p.m.
