C.P. Allen Cheetahs players celebrate a goal by Max Baldwin (20) during action against the Riverview Ravens in the School Sport Nova Scotia Division 1 boys' championship game at the HRM 4-Pad in Bedford on Monday. Tim Krochak / The Chronicle Herald

Will Normandeau scored twice and added a pair of assists as the C.P. Allen Cheetahs defeated the Riverview Ravens 6-2 to capture the School Sport Nova Scotia Division 1 boys' hockey championship on Monday in Bedford.

Max Baldwin added a pair in the title win while Evan Amirault and Cooper Hickey had singles.

Matthew Burke and Aiden Stanwick replied for the Ravens.

The Cheetahs advanced to the championship game with a 5-3 victory over the Citadel Phoenix in the morning semifinal. Baldwin and Owen Forsythe each netted a pair in the win, while Amirault had one. AJ Metlej, Finn Merritt and Ethan Legere countered for the Phoenix.

In the other semifinal, Matthew Burke scored twice as the Ravens doubled the Lockview Dragons 4-2. Braedy MacKenzie and Luc Sampson added singles for Riverview, while Bailey Conrad had both Lockview goals.

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. 

GLACE BAY, N.S. - The Glace Bay Panthers will have an opportunity on Monday to punch their ticket to the School Sport Nova Scotia Division 1 boys' hockey provincial championship.

Glace Bay will travel to Antigonish to play the Dr. J.H. Gillis Royals in a provincial qualifying game. Puck drop is slated for 6:30 p.m. at the Antigonish Arena.

The Panthers and Royals each lost their regional final series, setting up the qualifying game. Glace Bay lost to the Riverview Ravens in their league final, while Dr. J.H. Gillis was knocked off by the Cobequid Educational Centre Cougars of Truro.

The provincial championship will take place in Capital Region next weekend.
 

- Jeremy Fraser is the sports reporter for the Cape Breton Post. Follow him on Twitter @CBPost_Jeremy.

Josh Novak of the Riverview Ravens, left, gets tripped on a breakaway by Coady Grace of the Glace Bay Panthers, middle, as goaltender Brandon Cole prepares for the shot during School Sport Nova Scotia Highland Region Division 1 boys' playoff hockey action at the Miners Forum on Tuesday. Novak would be awarded a penalty shot on the play, but failed to score. Riverview won the game 6-4. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST.

GLACE BAY, N.S. - The Riverview Ravens have been crowned the School Sport Nova Scotia Highland Region Division 1 boys hockey champions.

The Ravens defeated the Glace Bay Panthers 6-4 in Game 4 of their best-of-five series at Miners Forum in Glace Bay on Tuesday. Riverview wins the series 3-1.

Royce Balcom and Matthew Burke scored twice, while Keigan Geizer and Gahan Rector chipped in with single markers for the Ravens, who advance to the provincial championship tournament next month.

Kale McNeil, Niklas MacDonald, Brayden MacDonald and Dylin White netted goals for the Panthers.

Riverview's Andrew Burke made 22 saves. Glace Bay's Brandon Cole stopped 23 of 28 shots.

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.