Both StFX hockey teams are on the ice for AUS action.
The men’s team is in Wolfville to take on Acadia.
The X-Men (4-3-1), with one win in their last five, are fourth in the seven-team conference with nine points, a point behind Saint Mary’s for third, and a point ahead of fourth-place Moncton; the Axemen (8-1-0) lead the conference with 16 points.
StFX is ranked sixth in the country; Acadia is fourth.
The teams have met once so far; the Axemen won 5-4 in overtime at home in October.
The women’s team hosts Dalhousie at the Keating Centre in Antigonish.
The X-Women (4-3-1). who have lost four in a row after four straight wins to open the 2019-20 season, are fourth in their eight-team conference with nine points, a point behind UNB for third, and a point ahead of fifth-place St. Thomas; the Tigers (3-6-0) are sixth with six points.
StFX leads the four-game season series 1-0 after a 4-1 win at home in October.
Both games get underway at 7 p.m.
The two local teams in the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League are home.
The Strait Pirates meet the Miners at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre.
The Pirates (7-2-1), winners of back-to-back games and three of their last four, are third in the six-team Sid Rowe Division with 15 points, a point behind Antigonish for second, and 10 points ahead of Pictou Co. and Eskasoni, the two teams tied for fifth; the Miners (8-1-1) lead the division with 17 points.
It’s the second game in the four-game season series; the Pirates won the season opener between the teams in Membertou 4-3 in September.
The Antigonish Bulldogs host the Eskasoni Eagles at the Antigonish Arena.
The Bulldogs (8-2-0), who have won four straight and eight of their last nine, are second in the division with 16 points, a point behind the Miners for top spot, and a point ahead of third-place Pirates; the Eagles (2-6-1) are tied with Pictou Co. for fourth with five points.
It’s the second game in the four-game season series; the Bulldogs won the first 4-3 in Eskasoni in September.
Both games get underway at 7:30 p.m.
The Pirates and Bulldogs face off in Port Hawkesbury Saturday night.
There’s one game in the Cape Breton West High School Hockey League.
The Dalbrae Dragons host the Richmond Academy Hurricanes.
The Dragons (1-0-1) are second in the five-team league with four points, a point behind SAERC for top spot, and two points ahead of the Hurricanes (1-1-0).
It’s the first game in the four-game season series between the teams.
Puck drop at the Al MacInnis Sport Centre in Port Hood is 7:15 p.m.
The Halifax Mooseheads visits Pomquet’s Logan Chisholm and the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
The Mooseheads (7-8-1), losers of five straight, are seventh in the 10-team Eastern Conference with 15 points, five points behind Quebec for sixth, and two points ahead of eighth-place Baie-Comeau; the Titan (0-10-5), winless in their first 15 games of the season, are last in the conference- and the entire league- with five points.
The teams have met once so far in their nine-game season series; Halifax won 2-1 at home in September.
Game time is 7 p.m.
It’s the first of back-to-back games for the Mooseheads, who return home to square off with Saint John Saturday night.
The StFX men’s soccer team plays the UPEI Panthers in the 2019 AUS championship semi-finals in Sydney.
The X-Men (9-2-1), who had a bye through the quarterfinals, finished the regular season second in the 10-team conference with 28 points; the Panthers (5-5-2), who beat UNB in the quarterfinals Thursday, finished with 17 points.
The teams met once during the regular season- StFX shutout UPEI 2-0 at home in the season opener for both teams in September.
Game time is 7 p.m.
The winner advances to the conference final Sunday afternoon; the loser is eliminated.
The StFX women’s rugby team starts play in the consolation bracket of the 2019 U Sports Women’s Rugby Championship in Ottawa.
The X-Women, who lost to Guelph in the quarterfinals Wednesday afternoon, take on the UBC Thunderbirds, who lost to Laval in their quarterfinal.
The X-Women defeated the Thunderbirds 26-24
That means they’ll play in Sunday’s fifth-place game.
