SYDNEY — The School Sport Nova Scotia Highland Region Division 1 hockey championship series between the Glace Bay Panthers and Riverview Ravens will begin on Friday night. 

Game 1 of the best-of-five series will take place at the Cape Breton County Recreation Centre in Coxheath with puck drop slated for 8 p.m. Game 2 will be played on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Coxheath venue. 

Meanwhile, Game 3 of the series is scheduled to take place on Sunday at 7 p.m. at Miners Forum in Glace Bay. The location, dates and times for Games 4 and 5 will be announced at a later date. 

As for Glace Bay, the team finished in second place in the high school league with a 9-6-1-0 record and advanced to the league final after knocking off the Memorial Marauders in two games in their semifinal series earlier this week.

The winner of the series will advance directly to the SSNS provincial championship tournament next month. The loser will play a qualifying game with a berth in the tournament on the line. A date for that game will be confirmed at a later date.