South Delta Minor Hockey will welcome a pair of teams from the Calgary area as part of its Third Annual Pee Wee A1 Winter Showcase which gets underway on Friday.
Blackfoot AA and Springbank AA are among the eight participating teams for the three-day tournament that will see games played at the Ladner Leisure Centre, South Delta Recreation Centre and the Richmond Ice Centre.
The host Storm are in a group with North Delta A1, Juan de Fuca A1 and Blackfoot. Rounding out the entries are North Vancouver A1, Seattle No Kings A1 and Surrey A1.
Round-robin play will conclude Saturday afternoon and all eight teams will advance to the quarter-finals with 4:45 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. game slots in Ladner and South Delta.
The semi-finals take place at 7 a.m. on Sunday in the same rinks. The gold medal game is scheduled for 12:15 p.m. on Sunday in Ladner.
South Delta opens play at 9 a.m. Friday against cross-city rival North Delta in Tsawwassen, then face Blackfoot at 4 p.m. at the LLC. A meeting with Juan de Fuca on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in Ladner concludes its round-robin schedule.
The Storm are having a tough regular season but is the lone tournament entry competing in Pacific Coast Amateur’s top flight that includes powerhouses Semiahmoo, Burnaby Winter Club and North Shore Winter Club.
