SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27
The 2020 Senior Joint Provincial Curling Championships continue today and run through Sunday at the Nutana Club in Saskatoon. There are eight senior women’s and eight senior men’s teams taking part. Each gender division is playing a round-robin plus playoffs format. Today’s draws go at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
(results at www.curlsask.ca)
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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon High School Basketball League
Holy Cross at St. Joseph
Aden Bowman at Centennial
Evan Hardy at Bishop Mahoney
E-D Feehan at Mount Royal
(All above match-ups are girls and boys doubleheaders with the girls’ games tipping off at 6:15 and the boys starting at 8 p.m. in all instances.)
Tommy Douglas at Bethlehem–girls only game at 6:15 p.m.
Walter Murray at Bethlehem-boys only game at 8 a.m.
The Saskatoon High School City Wrestling Championships start today and run through tomorrow at Evan Hardy. There are 12 weight classes for girls, 17 for boys. The participating schools will be grappling for the 4-A and 3-A titles in each gender division. Matches begin at 4:30 p.m. and run until 9 p.m.
(results at www.sssad.sk.ca)
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Western Hockey League:
Winnipeg ICE at Calgary Hitmen-Noon
(The Saskatoon Blades and Prince Albert Raiders, both, return to action tomorrow when they open a home-and-home series against one another. The Bridge City Bunch hosts the first contest tomorrow. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. P-A is home for the return match-up on Saturday. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. On both nights, The broadcasts on 98-COOL starts at 6 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Blue and Gold have 30 wins, 22 losses, 5 extra time losses for 65 points…good for 4th place in the East Division. The Raiders have 32 wins, 16 losses, 9 extra time losses for 73 points…good for 1st place in the East Division.)
(results at www.whl.ca)
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
Prince Albert Titans vs Saskatoon Royals-7:30 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
(Best-of-three North Division quarter-final tied 1-1)
(results at www.pjhl.ca)
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Saskatchewan Midget Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs-4 games:
Saskatoon Contacts at Prince Albert Mintos-7 p.m.
(Saskatoon leads the best-of-five quarter-final 1-0)
Notre Dame Hounds at Moose Jaw Warriors-7 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-five quarter-final)
Swift Current Legionnaires at Regina Pat-Canadians-7:45 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-five quarter-final)
Saskatoon Blazers at Tisdale Trojans-8 p.m.
(Tisdale leads the best-of-five quarter-final 1-0)
(results at www.smaaahl.com)
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National Hockey League-10 games:
New York Rangers at Montreal Canadiens-6 p.m.
Toronto Maple Leafs at Florida Panthers-6 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at Ottawa Senators-6:30 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Nashville Predators-7 p.m.
Washington Capitals at Winnipeg Jets-7 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at Tampa Bay Lightning-6 p.m.
Dallas Stars at Boston Bruins-6 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Detroit Red Wings-6:30 p.m.
New York Islanders at St. Louis Blues-7 p.m.
New Jersey Devils at San Jose Sharks-9:30 p.m.
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National Basketball Association-4 games:
The Toronto Raptors are idle.
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The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow when New England visits New York. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday when they host the Toronto Rock. 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 6 wins, 2 losses…good for 1st place in the West Division. Toronto has 6 wins, 3 losses…tied for 2nd place in the North Division.
(results at www.nll.com)
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