SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 20
The Canadian Junior Curling Championships continue today and run through Sunday in Langley, B-C. Both the Junior Women and Junior Men’s titles are up for grabs with 14 teams in each gender division, split into two pools for preliminary round-robin play. After that is complete, the 14 teams will be split into championship and seeding pools for more round-robin play after which the playoffs will be held based on the final standings in the championship pool. On the women’s side, Saskatchewan is represented by the Ashley Thevenot foursome from the Saskatoon-Sutherland club. They have 3 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place in Pool A. On their schedule today…
11 a.m. – Saskatchewan vs Northwest Territories
In the men’s division, Saskatchewan is represented by the Rylan Kleiter quartet from the Saskatoon-Sutherland club. They have 2 wins, 1 loss…tied for 3rd place in Pool A. On their schedule today…
4 p.m. – Saskatchewan vs B-C
(results at www.curling.ca)
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National Hockey League-2 games:
Detroit Red Wings at Colorado Avalanche-2 p.m.
Florida Panthers at Minnesota Wild-7 p.m.
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The Western Hockey League is off until Wednesday when 3 games are scheduled. The Saskatoon Blades are idle until Friday when they host the Medicine Hat Tigers. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The broadcast on 98-COOL starts at 6 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 22 wins, 18 losses, 3 extra time losses for 47 points…good for 4th place in the East Division. Medicine Hat has 29 wins, 13 losses, 2 extra time losses for 60 points…good for 2nd place in the Central Division.
The Prince Albert Raiders return to action Friday when they are home to the Edmonton Oil Kings. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 23 wins, 14 losses, 8 extra time losses for 54 points…good for 2nd place in the East Division. Edmonton has 30 wins, 7 losses, 9 extra time losses for 69 points…good for 1st place in the Central Division.
(results at www.whl.ca)
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National Basketball Association-14 games, including:
Toronto Raptors vs Atlanta Hawks-1:30 p.m.
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Friday when New York visits Philadelphia. The Saskatchewan Rush return to action on Saturday, February 8th when they welcome the Colorado Mammoth. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The broadcast on 92-9, THE BULL begins at 6:30 p.m. with pre-game coverage and the play-by-play at 7:30 p.m. Saskatchewan has 3 wins, 2 losses…tied for 1st place in the West Division.)
(results at www.nll.com)
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