The best-of-seven, Sid Rowe Division semi-final between the Strait Pirates and Miners moves to Membertou for game five.
The Miners won game four of the first-round, Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League series in Port Hawkesbury Friday night.
Game time is 7:30 p.m.
The Novas will try to finish off their Nova Scotia Major Bantam Hockey League playoff series against the Dartmouth Whalers on home ice.
They won the opening game in the best-of-three, first-round series 2-1 in Dartmouth Feb. 29.
Puck drop at the Antigonish Arena is 5 p.m.
A win by the Novas, who already have a berth in major bantam provincials in Antigonish March 12-15, ends the series; a Dartmouth win forces a third and deciding game in Antigonish Sunday morning.
Two local teams wrap preliminary round play at the NSSAF boys hockey championships.
The Dr. J.H. Gillis Royals take on Horton at Div. 1 provincials in Westville at 10:40 a.m., while the Dalbrae Dragons play Central Kings in the Div. 2 tournament in Cole Harbour at 1:45 p.m.
Eight teams are divided into two groups for both tournaments; the top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals Saturday night.
The championship games are Sunday afternoon.
The Antigonish Rural League playoffs resume with a pair of games four at the Antigonish Arena.
The St. Croix Angels square off with the County Outlaws at 7 p.m.; St. Croix leads the best-of-seven, first-round series 2-1 after the Outlaws won game three 4-3 Feb. 29.
The Heatherton Warriors play the Pleasantdale Panthers at 8:30 p.m.; the Warriors lead that series 2-1 after a 4-3 win in game three.
The Battle of Nova Scotia resumes in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
The Halifax Mooseheads host the Cape Breton Eagles.
The Mooseheads, coming off Friday night’s home win against Quebec, are second-last in the 10-team Eastern Conference, and the entire league; the Eagles (38-19-3), who have one win their last three, are fourth in the East with 79 points.
Cape Breton has won six of the first seven games in the nine-game season series between the provincial rivals.
Puck drop at Scotiabank Centre is 7 p.m.
It’s the first of back-to-back road games for the Eagles, who travel to New Brunswick to play Pomquet’s Logan Chisholm and Acadie-Bathurst Sunday.
Jane Hergett, a StFX runner, is competing in the 1,500m event at the U Sports track and field championship in Edmonton.
Her race gets underway at 5:45 p.m.
The Saints volleyball team is hosting a weekend tournament in Port Hawkesbury.
Eight teams, including the host Saints and the Stoirm, are competing in the 18UG Tier 2 super series tournament at SAERC and TEC.
Play gets underway Saturday; it wraps up Sunday.
