The Dr. J.H. Gillis boys hockey team is on home ice in the Northern Nova Scotia High School Hockey League.
They host the Hants East Tigers.
The Royals (3-3-1), winless in their last three regular season games, and Tigers (3-2-0) are tied for second in the five-team with nine points, 10 points behind Northumberland for top spot, and three points ahead of fourth-place North Nova.
It’s the second game in the four-game season series between the teams; Dr. J.H. Gillis won the first 4-2 at home in October.
Puck drop at the Antigonish Arena is 6:30 p.m.
There’s one game in the Cape Breton West High School Hockey League.
The Dalbrae Dragons visit the Eskasoni Warriors.
The Dragons (6-0-2), who have yet to lose in regulation after their first eight regular season games, are in top spot in the five-team league with 19 points, two points up on second-place SAERC; the Warriors (1-6-1), with one win in their first eight, are fourth with four points, 10 points behind Richmond Academy for third, and a point ahead of last-place Inverness-Baddeck Academy.
Game time is 7 p.m.
The province’s two Quebec Major Junior Hockey League teams are on the road to face Maritimes Division opponents.
The Cape Breton Eagles visit Pomquet’s Logan Chisholm and the Acadie-Bathurst Titan.
The Eagles (17-11-2), winners of two of their last three, are fifth in the 10-team Eastern Conference with 36 points, four points behind Charlottetown for fourth, and five points ahead of the two teams tied for sixth; the Titan (4-20-6) are last in the conference- and the entire league- with 14 points.
Chisholm has 14 points (6 goals, 8 assists) in his first 30 games of the season for Acadie-Bathurst.
Cape Breton has won the first two games in the eight-game season series between the teams.
The Halifax Mooseheads travel to PEI to play the Charlottetown Islanders.
The Mooseheads (14-13-3), losers of two of their last three, are tied with Baie-Comeau for sixth in the Eastern Conference with 31 points, five points behind Cape Breton for fifth, and two points ahead of eighth-place Saint John; the Islanders (18-11-4) are fourth with 40 points.
Charlottetown has won three of the first four games in the nine-game season; it’s the first half of a home-and-home series, with the teams meeting again in Halifax Friday night.
Both games get underway at 7 p.m.
