UNB Red Blazers’ head coach Andrew Lavoie, left, explains a drill to players, second from left: Katelyn Fitzherbert, Whitney Eastwood, Melinda Forster and Kristen Doucet, during a recent practice. The Red Blazers women’s hockey team operates as a ‘club’ team out of UNB. Beginning Friday at the Aitken Centre, the Blazers host the first of five tournaments making up the Maritime Intercollegiate Women’s Hockey Challenge Cup. Four other teams will make the trek here for the two-day tournament.