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University of Alberta hockey team's bus involved in collision on Highway 2

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Two Pandas players suffered minor injuries after team bus clipped a semi-trailer

Saturday's Pandas hockey game at the Clare Drake Arena was cancelled after the team bus was involved in a collision. (Scott Neufeld/CBC)

Two members of the University of Alberta Pandas hockey team suffered minor injuries after their bus was involved in a collision on Highway 2 early Saturday morning.

The team was on its way back to Edmonton from a game in Calgary when its bus clipped a semi-trailer parked on the side of the highway. The collision happened at about 1:30 a.m. just south of Leduc, RCMP said.

The impact broke some glass, but both vehicles remained upright and did not leave the road, police said.

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Two Pandas players suffered minor injuries, Cpl. Lee Drinkwater said. Both were taken to hospital and later released.

Players' family members were alerted to the collision and came to the accident scene to take the remaining players home, said Connor Hood, spokesperson for the U of A athletics department.

Saturday night's game against the University of Calgary Dinos has been postponed.

The decision to postpone the game was made because players were "a little shaken" following the collision, Hood said.

"We are very thankful there were no serious injuries to our student-athletes or team staff, and we will ensure the well-being and health of our student-athletes before a make up game is confirmed," the team said in an online statement.

Weather and road conditions aren't believed to be factors in the collision, RCMP said.

Police do not anticipate charges will be laid.