The Riverview Ravens will travel to the Halifax Regional Municipality to compete for the School Sport Nova Scotia Division 1 high school hockey championship, which will be hosted by Halifax West High School at BMO Centre in Bedford. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST

SYDNEY, N.S. — Four Cape Breton hockey teams will hit the ice for School Sport Nova Scotia provincial championship tournaments this weekend. 

In the Division 1 tournament, the Riverview Ravens will travel to the Halifax Regional Municipality to compete for the championship, which will be hosted by Halifax West High School at BMO Centre in Bedford. 

Riverview will be joined in Pool ‘B’ of the tournament by the Horton Griffins of Wolfville, Charles P. Allen Cheetahs of Bedford and the Halifax West Warriors of Halifax. 

Meanwhile, Pool ‘A’ will feature the Citadel Flames, Cobequid Educational Centre Cougars of Truro, Dr. J.H. Gillis Royals of Antigonish, and either Yarmouth or Lockview – the final team was not confirmed at publication time. 

The Ravens will open the event on Friday at 12:15 p.m. against Charles P. Allen, before facing Horton later in the day at 8:15 p.m. They finish the round robin on Saturday at 12:15 p.m. against Halifax West. 

In other provincial hockey action this weekend, the Richmond Academy Hurricanes will host the School Sport Nova Scotia Division 2 boys’ championship at Richmond Arena in Louisdale. 

Along with the Hurricanes, the Strait Area Education Recreation Centre Saints and Inverness/Cape Breton Highlands Academy will also compete in the tournament. SAERC won the Highland title, defeating Inverness/Cape Breton Highlands Academy 5-1 on Tuesday in Inverness.

The teams and schedule for the tournament were not released publicly at publication time, however, a schedule was expected to be announced sometime on Thursday.