Five teams from the Alberta Junior A Hockey League — the Brooks Bandits, Okotoks Oilers, Sherwood Park Crusaders, Spruce Grove Saints and Blackfalds Bulldogs — are leaving the league at the end of this season to join the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL)
The news means that the BCHL will grow from 17 teams to 22 while the AJHL will be reduced from 16 to 11.
In a response, the AJHL explained the league had learned of the pending move through the BCHL announcement because “no official notice has been provided to the AJHL from the respective teams.” The league added that it was “assessing next steps and schedule implications”
Two AJHL games (Olds vs. Blackfalds, Brooks vs. Drayton Valley) on Saturday and two games Sunday (Spruce Grove vs. Calgary, Whitecourt vs. Brooks) were cancelled by the league.
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