Twenty-seven teams from across the country will compete in three divisions at the Canadian ringette championships.
The event kicks off today and runs through Saturday.
Teams will compete in junior (ages 14-15), belle (ages 16-18) and the National Ringette League (NRL) division (ages 19 and over).
The junior and belle divisions will see competition among provincial champions, while the NRL division represents the NRL championship tournament and will see the top three Western Conference teams compete against the top six Eastern Conference teams, as well as an Atlantic entry, the Attack.
Games will take place at the MacLauchlan Arena in?Charlottetown and the APM Centre in Cornwall with competition in the junior and belle divisions starting today and competition in the NRL division getting underway Tuesday.
Bronze-medal games are Friday night and finals in all three divisions take place on Saturday with the junior at 10 a.m., belle at noon and NRL at 2 p.m.
All-stars and the NRL annual awards will be announced at the closing award ceremony on Saturday night.
Todays schedule
At MacLauchlan Arena A
9:50 a.m. Ontario vs. Nova Scotia (Jr); 11:10 a.m. Quebec vs. Saskatchewan (Jr); 12:30 p.m. New Brunswick vs. Manitoba (Belle); 1:50 p.m. Quebec vs Saskatchewan (Belle); 3:10 p.m. British Columbia vs. Alberta (Jr); 4:30 p.m. Manitoba vs. Ontario (Jr); 5:50 p.m. New Brunswick v P.E.I. (Jr).
At MacLauchlan Arena B
10:40 a.m. P.E.I. vs. British Columbia (Jr); 12 p.m. - Manitoba vs. New Brunswick (Jr); 1:20 p.m. Ontario vs. Nova Scotia (Belle); 2:40 p.m. British Columbia vs. Alberta (Belle); 4 p.m. Nova Scotia vs. Quebec (Jr); 5:20 p.m. Nova Scotia vs. Quebec (Belle); 6:40 p.m. New Brunswick vs. Ontario (Belle).
Jr- http://www.leaguestat.com/ringettecanada/crc_junior/en/stats/schedule.php
Belle - http://www.leaguestat.com/ringettecanada/crc_bell/en/stats/schedule.php
NRL - http://www.leaguestat.com/ringettecanada/crc_open/en/stats/schedule.php
