The StFX men’s hockey team hosts the Dalhousie Tigers in AUS action.
The X-Men (8-11-3), who have one win in their last five, are tied with UPEI for fifth with 19 points, four points behind Moncton for fourth, and seven points up on the last-place Tigers (5-15-2).
StFX has won the first three games in the five-game season series.
Puck drop at the Keating Centre is 7 p.m.
There are three high school hockey games on the local sports schedule.
Two are in the Cape Breton West High School Hockey League; both get underway at 7 p.m.
The SAERC Saints host the Richmond Academy Hurricanes at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre.
The Saints (8-1-0), with one loss through their first nine regular season games, are second in the five-team league with 23 points, five points behind Dalbrae for top spot, and nine points ahead of the third-place Hurricanes (5-3-1), who have lost once in their last five league games.
SAERC has won the first two games in the four-game season series between the teams.
The Dalbrae Dragons visit the Eskasoni Warriors.
The Dragons (9-0-2), who have yet to lose in regulation in league play, are in top spot with 28 points, five points up on second-place SAERC; the Warriors (1-7-1), with one win through their first nine league games, are fourth, 10 points behind Richmond Academy for third, and a point ahead of last-place Inverness-Baddeck Academy.
Dalbrae has won the first two games in the four-game season series.
The Doctor J.H. Gillis Royals host the Northumberland Nighthawks in the Northern Nova Scotia High School Hockey League.
The Royals (3-5-2), winless in six straight regular season games, are fourth in the five-team league with 10 points, four points behind Hants East for third, and a point ahead of last-place North Nova; the Nighthawks (6-3-2) are in top spot with 23 points.
It’s the fourth and final regular season game between the teams; Northumberland has two wins and a tie through the first three games.
Puck drop at the Antigonish Arena is 6:30 p.m.
