SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 10
The Tim Horton’s Brier, Canadian Men’s Curling Championship, continues today and runs through Sunday in Lethbridge. There are 18 teams taking part, 14 provincial and territorial champions plus the defending champion and three wild-card squads. The field is split into two pools of nine teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by playoffs where the top three teams from each pool advance to qualify. Among the 18 teams are foursomes skipped by Saskatchewan champion Colton Flasch of Saskatoon-Nutana and wild card entrant Matt Dunstone of Regina. Both are in Pool A. The Flasch foursome has 5 wins, 2 losses…good for 4th place in Pool A. The Dunstone quartet has 6 wins, 1 loss…tied for 1st place in Pool A. On their schedules today…
2:30 p.m.: Saskatchewan-Flasch vs Wild Card 2-Dunstone
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National Hockey League—13 games:
Winnipeg Jets at New Jersey Devils—6 p.m.
Arizona Coyotes at Toronto Maple Leafs—6 p.m.
Seattle Kraken at Ottawa Senators—6 p.m.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Calgary Flames—8 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Detroit Red Wings—6 p.m.
Philadelphia Flyers at Florida Panthers—6 p.m.
Vegas Golden Knights at Buffalo Sabres—6 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at Boston Bruins—6 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche at Carolina Hurricanes—6 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at New York Islanders—6:30 p.m.
New York Rangers at St. Louis Blues—7 p.m.
Anaheim Ducks at Nashville Predators—7 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Los Angeles Kings—9:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League—2 games at 7:30 p.m.:
Flin Flon Bombers at Melfort Mustangs
Weyburn Red Wings at Yorkton Terriers
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Playoffs—2 games at 7:30 p.m.:
Carrot River Thunder vs Saskatoon Westleys at Rod Hamm Arena
(Best-of-seven North Division semi-final tied 1-1)
Regina Capitals vs Regina Silver Foxes
(The Capitals lead the best-of-seven South Division semi-final 3-0)
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs:
Weyburn Gold Wings at Regina Rebels—8 p.m.
(Regina leads the best-of-five quarter-final 2-0)
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow night with 11 games, including the Saskatoon Blades visiting the Prince Albert Raiders. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser 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 31 wins, 18 losses, 4 extra time losses for 66 points…good for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. P-A has 22 wins, 28 losses, 3 extra time losses for 47 points…tied for 9th place in the Eastern Conference. The same teams meet in the back end of a home-and-home series on Saturday. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
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National Basketball Association–2 games:
Brooklyn Nets at Philadelphia 76ers—6:30 p.m.
Golden State Warriors at Denver Nuggets—9 p.m.
(The Toronto Raptors return to action tomorrow when they visit the Phoenix Suns at 8 p.m.)
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The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow when 3 games are scheduled, including the Saskatchewan Rush visiting the San Diego Seals at 9 p.m. The Rush have 3 wins, 7 losses…good for 5th place in the West Division. San Diego has 7 wins, 2 losses…good for 1st place in the West. Saskatchewan’s next home game is Saturday, March 19th against the Rochester Knighthawks. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
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