Monday Schedule

SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22

On the pebbled ice:

The Tim Horton’s Canadian Olympic Curling Trials continue today and run through Sunday at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon. Nine women’s teams and nine men’s teams from across the country are taking part in respective preliminary round-robin plus playoff formats. The eventual winners will represent Canada in four-person team curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China in February. Among the nine men’s teams taking part is the Matt Dunstone foursome from Regina. They have 0 wins, 2 losses…tied for 8^th place. On today’s schedule…

2 p.m. men’s draw:

Matt Dunstone, Regina vs Kevin Koe, Calgary

7 p.m. women’s draw:

The New Holland World Juniors Qualifying Event starts today and runs through Saturday at the Granite Curling Club in Saskatoon. There are 12 junior women’s and 12 junior men’s teams from across the country taking part, each split into two pools of six teams for preliminary round-robin play, followed by playoffs. The eventual gender champions will represent Canada at the World Junior Championships, March 5^th through 12^th in Sweden. There is a Saskatchewan team taking part in both gender divisions…the Madison Kleiter foursome from Saskatoon’s Sutherland Curling Club in the junior women’s group and the Daymond Bernath quartet from Saskatoon’s Sutherland Curling Club in the junior men’s division. On today’s schedule…

7 p.m. – junior women’s: Saskatchewan vs Alberta

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National Football League—Week 11 ends:

New York Giants at Tampa Bay Buccaneers–7:15 p.m.

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The Canadian Football League regular-season is over with the playoffs starting Sunday, as follows:

East Division semi-final

Montreal Alouettes at Hamilton Tiger-Cats—Noon

(Winner advance to the East final on December 5^th at Toronto)

West Division semi-final

Saskatchewan Roughriders vs Calgary Stampeders

(Kick-off time is 3:30 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium. The winner advances to the West final on December 5^th at Winnipeg. The Riders finished the regular season with 9 wins, 5 losses for 18 points…good for 2nd place while Calgary ended up with 8 wins, 6 losses for 16 points…good for 3rd place.)

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The Canada West University Football Conference-champion Saskatchewan Huskies are on to the U Sports semi-finals. The Dogs will visit the Montreal Carabins in the Uteck Bowl on Saturday. The winner will advance to the Vanier Cup on December 4^th against the winner of the Mitchell Bowl between the St. Francis Xavier X-Men at the Western Ontario Mustangs in London, Ontario.

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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 2 games. The Saskatoon Blades are off until Friday when they visit the Red Deer Rebels. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 7:30 p.m. with the Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 8 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 11 wins, 7 losses, 1 extra time loss for 23 points…good for 4th place in the Eastern Conference. The Blades’ next home game is Friday, December 10^th against the Calgary Hitmen. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.

The Prince Albert Raiders are idle until Wednesday when they host the Moose Jaw Warriors. First face-off is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 6 wins, 11 losses, 1 extra time loss for 13 points…good for 11th place in the Eastern Conference. Moose Jaw has 7 wins, 10 losses, 1 extra time loss for 15 points…tied for 5th place in the East.

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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League:

Melville Millionaires at Notre Dame Hounds—7 p.m.

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National Hockey League–6 games:

Pittsburgh Penguins at Winnipeg Jets—7:30 p.m.

Ottawa Senators at Colorado Avalanche—7:30 p.m.

Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres—6 p.m.

Vegas Golden Knights at St. Louis Blues—7 p.m.

Anaheim Ducks at Nashville Predators—7 p.m.

Carolina Hurricanes at San Jose Sharks—9:30 p.m.

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