Stettler minor hockey teams are busy on the provincial trail:
Midget A — Stettler received a bye in the first round, so the midget A Blues advanced to the next round against Sherwood Park.
Game 1 is scheduled for Monday at 6 p.m. in Sherwood Park. Game 2 is Thursday, Feb. 20, at 6:30 p.m. in Stettler.
The zone champion travels to Slave Lake for the provincials March 20-23.
Bantam A — Stettler, the 2013 provincial champion, has completed the first round of playdowns to represent Zone 7 at the provincials March 13-16 in Grande Prairie.
Stettler beat Camrose 19-0 in Round 1.
Last night, the Storm was scheduled to host Sherwood Park. The return game will be played in Sherwood Park on Sunday, at 5:15 p.m.
Peewee A — Stettler is in the second and final qualifying round. The Storm meet Wainwright on the weekend of Feb. 22. Stettler beat out Strathcona in a tough battle durning Round 1.
The peewee A provincials are set for Red Deer on March 20-23.
Bantam B — The Storm are in the second round of the provincial playoffs. In the first round, Stettler beat New Sarepta 14-3.
Round 2 is against Strathcona.
The bantam B Storm played at home on Feb. 5 and won 5-3.
Stettler heads to Strathcona on Monday to play Game 2 at 4:30 p.m.
The winner advances to the provincials in Westlock from March 13 to 16.
Atom A — Stettler beat out Strathcona in the first round, winning both games 8-4.
The Storm face Wainwright for the right to play in the provincials at Devon from March 13 to 16.
The first game is at home on Saturday at 5:15 p.m., followed by a game in Wainwright on Sunday.
Bantam girls — Stettler faced Camrose in Round 1, losing in overtime in Game 2.
The first game was in Stettler, where Camrose won 5-3. Scoring for Stettler were Krysta Froese, Rachel Morbeck and Jamie-Lee Spady. In the second game, the girls needed a two-goal win to force a tie. Gracie Morbeck scored all four of Stettler’s goals in a 4-2 win.
That forced overtime — and Camrose scored about four minutes into extra time.
Stettler went to Vermilion the next weekend and won that tournament for the second year in a row.
Midget girls — Last Wednesday, Sherwood Park beat Stettler 3-1 in Game 2 to take the Zone 7 banner and qualify for the provincials at Okotoks. Geri Slemp scored the lone goal for Stettler.
Among the teams from Stettler that haven’t qualified for the provincials are the midget B, midget C and atom C clubs.