Albertas Spruce Grove Saints prepare for first full season in BCHL – Edmonton [Video]

The Spruce Grove Saints are preparing for their first full season in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) after being exiled from the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) partway through last season.

The Saints were among five Alberta teams punished by the AJHL in January of this year after rumours began to swirl that the teams were looking to join the BCHL at the end of the season.

The Saints had been part of the AJHL for 60 years. The team’s head coach is preparing the club for a new chapter in the franchise’s long history.

“It’s a very competitive training camp that we’ve had, some real good players,” Ryan Marsh said. “We’ve done a really good job of bringing in some real solid new additions to the team and we’ve got some real healthy competition right now, which makes my job tough, but that’s what we want.”

One of the appealing aspects …