SYDNEY, N.S. — Championship season will resume for local minor hockey teams as six Cape Breton Cup championship tournaments are scheduled to take place this weekend. 

The under-18 ‘C’ and under-11 ‘AA’ tournaments will be hosted by the Glace Bay Minor Hockey Association at both the Miners Forum in Glace Bay and the Dominion and District Community Centre. 

The under-18 ‘C’ tournament will kick off on Thursday with the Cape Breton County Islanders playing the Sydney Steelers at 6 p.m. in Glace Bay. Action continues on Friday with New Waterford and Cape Breton County at 6 p.m. and the two Glace Bay teams playing at 7:30 p.m., both in Glace Bay.

The event will continue on Saturday in both Glace Bay and Dominion. The semifinal is Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and the championship game is later in the day at 1 p.m., both at Miners Forum. 

As for the under-11 ‘AA’ event, the two-day tournament will kick off on Saturday with Glace Bay hosting Cape Breton West at 11 a.m. The Miners will also play at 4:30 p.m. against Cape Breton County. 

The semifinal will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. followed by the championship game at 2:30 p.m. Both are scheduled for Miners Forum. 

Meanwhile, the under-18 ‘AA’ tournament will be hosted by the Cape Breton County Minor Hockey Association and will be held at the Cape Breton County Recreation Centre in Coxheath.  

The tournament begins on Friday with Glace Bay and Northside at 2:15 p.m. followed by the host Cape Breton County and New Waterford at 3:45 p.m., Sydney and Northside at 5:15 p.m., New Waterford and Glace Bay at 6:45 p.m. and Cape Breton County against Sydney at 8:15 p.m. 

Games will continue on Saturday, running from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. The semifinal game is Sunday at 10:15 a.m. followed by the championship at 1:30 p.m. 

The Glace Bay U-13 AAA Miners opened up their playoff series on Sunday with a 4-1 loss to Chebucto. 

After a scoreless first period Alex Brown would make it 1-0 for the Chebucto Atlantics at the 2:26 mark. The Atlantics would add to their lead at 6:47 off the stick of Lokua Calvert. The score was 2-0 after 40 minutes. 

The Atlantics would add two more goals in the third. Cole Simmons had the lone marker for the miners. 

The best 2 of 3 series now shifts to the mainland for game 2 and possibly game 3 if needed. 

GLACE BAY, N.S. – The Glace Bay Miners and Northside Vikings battled to a 2-2 tie to open the under-13 ‘A’ Cape Breton Cup hockey tournament at the Miners Forum in Glace Bay on Thursday.

Michael Smeltzer and Travis Smith-MacNeil netted goals for the Miners (0-0-1)

Colby Viva had both goals for the Vikings (0-0-1).

Jesse Walsh was between the pipes for Glace Bay, while Linden Howley was in the crease for Northside.

The tournament will continue on Friday with the Northside facing the Cape Breton County Islanders at 6 p.m. at the Miners Forum.

Glace Bay’s next game will be Saturday at 9 a.m. against Cape Breton County. The team will also play later in the day at 2 p.m. against the Vikings.

The tournament’s championship game, featuring the top two teams, will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.

All games will be streamed online through Glace Bay Miners Streaming Facebook Account and the Glace Bay Miners special events page. 

Schedule is below:

Are you ready for Miners Mega Hockey Fest? 

It all kicks off on February 24th with the U13-A Cape Breton Cup (All games at Miners Forum)

Hockey season might be in the home stretch, but it's the busiest time of the year for our players and they need your support! So get out and watch some games and cheer them on!