SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8
National Football League—Week 9 ends:
Chicago Bears at Pittsburgh Steelers—7:15 p.m.
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The Canadian Football League is off until Friday when Week 15 of the season starts with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle until Saturday when they host the Edmonton Elks. Game time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium. The Riders have 8 wins, 4 losses for 16 points…good for 2nd place in the West Division. Edmonton has 2 wins, 9 losses for 4 points…good for 5th place in the West.
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The Prairie Football Conference playoffs are off until Sunday when the championship final game is played, as follows…
Saskatoon Hilltops at Regina Thunder—1 p.m.
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The Canada West University Football Conference regular-season is over with the Hardy Cup semi-finals starting Saturday, including the Saskatchewan Huskies playing host to the U-B-C Thunderbirds. Kick-off time is 1 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium. Saskatchewan finished the regular season with 5 wins, 1 loss for 10 points…good for 1st place. U-B-C ended up with 3 wins, 3 losses for 6 points…good for 4th place.
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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon Girls Volleyball League Semi-Finals
Bishop Mahoney at Holy Cross—6 p.m.
Centennial at St. Joseph—6 p.m.
Saskatoon Boys Volleyball League Semi-Finals
Bethlehem at St. Joseph—7:30 p.m.
Aden Bowman at Centennial—7:30 p.m.
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 3 games, including the Saskatoon Blades hosting the Edmonton Oil Kings. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:30 p.m. with the Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 9 wins, 4 losses, 1 extra time loss for 19 points…tied for 3rd place in the Eastern Conference. Edmonton has 9 wins, 3 losses, 2 extra time losses for 20 points…good for 2nd place in the East.
The Prince Albert Raiders are idle until Wednesday when they are home to Edmonton. First face-off is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser. P-A has 5 wins, 7 losses, 1 extra time loss for 11 points…tied for 8th place in the Eastern Conference.)
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National Hockey League–3 games:
Los Angeles Kings at Toronto Maple Leafs—6:30 p.m.
Florida Panthers at New York Rangers—6 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals—6 p.m.
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The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship continues today and runs through Sunday in Canmore, Alberta. There are 14 provincial and territorial champion teams taking part, split into two pools of seven for preliminary round-robin play before the top eight teams advance to continued round-robin play and playoffs. Saskatchewan is represented by the Dean Grindheim foursome from North Battleford. They have 1 win, 0 losses…tied for 1st place in Pool B. On their schedule today…
1:30 p.m.: Saskatchewan vs New Brunswick
8:30 p.m.: Saskatchewan vs Ontario
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National Basketball Association–8 games:
New York Knicks at Philadelphia 76ers—6 p.m.
Brooklyn Nets at Chicago Bulls—6 p.m.
Minnesota Timberwolves at Memphis Grizzlies—7 p.m.
New Orleans Pelicans at Dallas Mavericks—7:30 p.m.
Miami Heat at Denver Nuggets—8 p.m.
Atlanta Hawks at Golden State Warriors—9 p.m.
Phoenix Suns at Sacramento Kings—9 p.m.
Charlotte Hornets at Los Angeles Lakers—9:30 p.m.
(The Toronto Raptors are off until Wednesday when they visit the Boston Celtics at 6:30 p.m.)
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