Three more Lloydminster hockey teams will seek provincial glory this Easter weekend, April 1-5.
At home, the Lloydminster Junior B Bandits will host Alberta teams at the Cenovus Energy Hub for Junior B Provincials.
The Bandits are this year’s Northeast Alberta Junior B Hockey League champions.
The five teams in the championship include Sherwood Park Knights and La Crete Lumber Barons, who will open the action at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1.
Also, Vermilion Tigers, CNHA Black, and Medicine Hat Cubs, who will play the Lloydminster Bandits in the home team’s first game at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
The Bandits play La Crete on Thursday at 8:00 p.m. Then CNHA Black on Friday at 7:00 p.m.
The gold medal game will be on Sunday, April 5 at 2:00 p.m.
U16AA Blazers
The second Lloydminster team in provincial action will be the Lloydminster U16AA Boys Blazers. They head to the Ken Nichol Regional Recreation Centre in Beaumont from April 2-5 for their provincial match-ups.
The schedule is Thursday, April 2- SSAC (Southside Athletic Club from Edmonton) at 10:00 a.m. April 3 the Blazers face Red Deer Collegiate Sports Medicine Chiefs at 9:30 a.m. Then Lloydminster plays the home team Beaumont at 5:00 p.m.
The final game of the round robin for the Blazers is at 4:00 p.m on Saturday versus Calgary Northstars. The top two teams will play in the final on Sunday.
Lloydminster U17 AAA Rohan Lancers
The third Border City team heads to Spruce Grove for provincial action. The Lloydminster U17 AAA Rohan Lancers will face competition from Calgary Royals, Calgary Northstars, Edmonton Canadians (CAC), and Parkland Athletic Club (PAC) Saints.
The schedule for Rohan Lancers:
- Thursday, April 2 at 3:30 p.m. versus CAC
- Friday versus home team, PAC at noon
- Saturday versus Calgary Northstars at 9:00 a.m.
- Saturday versus Calgary Royals at 3:00 p.m.
The U17 AAA finals will be on Sunday.
All games will be livestreamed on FloHockey.
