Junior B game
Sunday the St. Albert Merchants host the Beaumont Chiefs in the Capital Junior B Hockey League.
Faceoff is 8 p.m. at Jarome Iginla Arena.
The pregame ceremony will feature a cheque presentation from Larry and Diane Spagnolo to seven-year-old Aven Martin Ochoa of Onoway, who is receiving treatments for Medulloblastoma, an aggresive and malignant form of brain cancer. The Merchants have been active in various fundrasing initatives in support of the 102.3 Now! Radio's Empties for Angels campaign for the team's Mini Merch, including a hot tub raffle. The winners of the draw were the Spagnolos and they donated the prize and the proceeds from its sale back to Aven and her family to assist with the treatment process as a form of Pay it Forward act of kindness.
Entering the weekend schedule, Beaumont (6-2-1) was first in the east division and the Merchants (4-4) stood fourth in the west standings.
The Merchants were winners of two in a row before playing the Stony Plain Flyers (6-3) and Friday’s score was unavailable at press time.
After eight games, Ryan Cooper ranked among the CJHL scoring leaders with seven goals and 18 points.
SAPEC volleyball
The St. Albert Physical Education Council junior high volleyball regular season ends next week with match play for the boys and girls on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The playoffs start Oct. 29 for the girls and 31 for the boys.
The semifinals are Nov. 4 (girls) and 5 (boys) and the city finals are Nov. 7 at Bellerose Composite High School.
The defending SAPEC Tier I champions are the Lorne Akins Gators for the boys and Sir George Simpson Voyageurs as the three-peat winners for the girls.
The division leader for the boys are the Richard S. Fowler Falcons (5-0, 15 GW/1 GL) and Simpson (5-0, 15 GW/1 GL) is the top team for the girls.
Chargers hockey
Tonight marks the season opener for the bantam elite St. Albert Chargers in the Alberta Female Hockey League.
Game time is 7:45 p.m. against the Sherwood Park Royals at Go Auto Arena.
Sunday the Chargers faceoff against the North Central Impact at 4 p.m. in Leduc.
St. Albert’s bantam elite AFHL team was known as the Raiders the last three years before rebranded as the Chargers.
