On the pebbled ice…
The 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canadian Women’s Curling Championship continues today and runs through Sunday, February 23rd in Moose Jaw. Sixteen teams are taking part, split into two pools of eight teams for preliminary round-robin play. After that, the 16 are divided into championship and seeding pools to complete round-robin play before the top four teams from the championship pool move on to the Page Playoffs. Saskatchewan is represented by the Robyn Silvernagle foursome from North Battleford. They have 1 win, 0 losses…tied for 1st place in Pool A. On their schedule today…
1:30 p.m. draw – Saskatchewan 6 vs Team Canada 9
6:30 p.m. draw – Saskatchewan 11 vs Nunavut 8
The Masters Men’s Regional Playdowns continue and wind up today. The Northerns are being held in Spiritwood and the Southerns in Whitewood. There are 11 teams competing for seven spots into the Provincial championship in the Northerns while eight teams will contest five berths into the Provincials from the Southern regional. Today’s draws go at 10 a.m. at the Northerns along with 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Southerns.
Northerns
Desjarlais 7 vs Thompson 4
Gartner 4 vs Baranieski 9
Southerns
Walter 7 vs Weppler 6
Franko 2 vs Schmeichel 7
Schneider 8 vs Weppler 2
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League:
Battlefords North Stars 3 at Nipawin Hawks 1
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Prairie Junior Hockey League-3 games:
Delisle Chiefs 6 vs West Central Rage 0
Pilot Butte Storm 9 at Assiniboia Southern Rebels 2
Regina Silver Foxes 3 vs Saskatoon Royals 5
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Saskatchewan Midget Triple-A Hockey League-3 games:
Battlefords Stars 6 at Yorkton Maulers 2
Beardy’s Blackhawks 3 at Tisdale Trojans 9
Notre Dame Hounds 1 vs Saskatoon Blazers 7
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Saskatchewan Female Midget Triple-A Hockey League-2 games:
Saskatoon Stars 4 at Battlefords Sharks 3
Prince Albert Bears 1 at Notre Dame Hounds 2
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National Hockey League-9 games:
Pittsburgh 5 Detroit 1
Boston 3 N.Y. Rangers 1
Edmonton 4 Carolina 3 (OT)
Anaheim 5 Vancouver 1
Nashville 2 St. Louis 1
Ottawa 4 Dallas 3 (OT)
New Jersey 4 Columbus 3 (SO)
Buffalo 5 Toronto 2
Winnipeg 3 Chicago 2
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Western Hockey League:
Moose Jaw Warriors 2 at Portland Winterhawks 11
(The Saskatoon Blades are off until Friday when they visit the Regina Pats. The broadcast on 98-COOL starts at 6 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 28 wins, 22 losses, 5 extra time losses for 61 points…good for 4th place in the East Division. The Blue and Gold’s next home game is Saturday against the Swift Current Broncos. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
The Prince Albert Raiders are idle until Tuesday when they host Regina. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 30 wins, 16 losses, 9 extra time losses for 69 points…good for 1st place in the East Division.)
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National Lacrosse League:
Philadelphia Wings 15 at New England Black Wolves 11
(The Saskatchewan Rush off until Saturday when they host the Philadelphia Wings. 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 5 wins, 2 losses…good for 1st place in the West Division.)
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The National Basketball Association holds its annual All-Star Game today in Chicago. The All-Star break continues until Thursday when the regular-season resumes.
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