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Hockey Alberta merger could spell the end of SEAC Tigers

Mar 14, 2017 | 5:09 PM

 

MEDICINE HAT, AB — A decision from Hockey Alberta on Wednesday could spell the end of elite hockey development in Medicine Hat.

Hockey Alberta is meeting in Taber to determine whether or not to keep the Southeast Athletic Club (SEAC) Tigers operating on its own, or eliminate them from play completely.

The organization is proposing merging the SEAC Tigers with Lethbridge Minor Hockey. The two organizations each have a midget AAA team, a midget 15 team and a bantam AAA team.

Kris Schultz, president of the Medicine Hat Minor Hockey Association, will travel to the meeting Wednesday evening to express his concerns with Hockey Alberta. Schultz says if the merge goes through, it could be the end of SEAC.

The merge would cause both organizations to cut half of their players and staff. Information about the plan, including where the new teams would practice and play out of, has not yet been finalized.

We’ll have more on this story as it unfolds later this week.