SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25
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 1 win, 5 losses…tied for 8th place. They also have today off. On today’s schedule…
9 a.m. women’s draw:
2 p.m. men’s draw:
7 p.m. women’s draw:
The New Holland World Juniors Qualifying Event continues 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 5th through 12th 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. The Kleiter team has 2 wins, 2 losses…good for 3rd place in Pool B. The Bernath squad has 2 wins, 1 loss…tied for 2nd place in Pool B. On today’s schedule…
8:30 a.m. – junior men’s: Saskatchewan vs B-C
2 p.m. – junior women’s: Saskatchewan vs Ontario
7:30 p.m. – junior men’s: Saskatchewan vs Newfoundland
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National Football League—Week 12 starts with 3 games:
Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions—11:30 a.m.
Las Vegas Raiders at Dallas Cowboys—3:30 p.m.
Buffalo Bills at New Orleans Saints—7:20 p.m.
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The Canadian Football League playoffs are ready to start Sunday, as follows:
East Division semi-final
Montreal Alouettes at Hamilton Tiger-Cats—Noon
(Winner advances to the East final on December 5th 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 5th 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 headed 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 4th 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 8 games, including the Saskatoon Blades visiting 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. Red Deer has 14 wins, 7 losses, 1 extra time loss for 29 points…good for 3rd place in the East. The Blades’ next home game is Friday, December 10th against the Calgary Hitmen. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
The Prince Albert Raiders are off until Saturday when they go to the Brandon Wheat Kings. P-A has 6 wins, 12 losses, 1 extra time loss for 13 points…good for 11th place in the Eastern Conference. Brandon has 8 wins, 10 losses, 0 extra time losses for 16 points…good for 7th place in the East. The Raiders’ next home game is Friday, December 3rd when they welcome the Regina Pats. First face-off is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League—2 games:
La Ronge Ice Wolves at Humboldt Broncos—7:30 p.m.
Battlefords North Stars at Notre Dame Hounds—8 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League—2 games:
Delisle Chiefs vs Saskatoon Royals—7:15 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
Regina Capitals vs Regina Silver Foxes—7:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Saskatoon Stars at Battleford Sharks—6:15 p.m.
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The National Hockey League is idle today with 13 games scheduled for tomorrow.
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The National Basketball Association is off today with 12 games slated for Friday, including the Toronto Raptors at the Indiana Pacers at 7 p.m.
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