SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 24
The World Women’s Curling Championship continues today and runs through Sunday in Prince George, B-C. Thirteen national champions are taking part in the round-robin plus playoffs format. Canada is represented by the Kerri Einarson squad from Gimli, Manitoba. They have 6 wins, 2 losses…tied for 3rd place. On their schedule today…
10 a.m. draw: Canada vs United States
8 p.m. draw: Canada vs Korea
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National Hockey League—10 games:
Florida Panthers at Montreal Canadiens—5 p.m.
Ottawa Senators at Winnipeg Jets—6 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at Minnesota Wild—6 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Edmonton Oilers—7 p.m.
Dallas Stars at Carolina Hurricanes—5 p.m.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Boston Bruins—5 p.m.
Detroit Red Wings at New York Islanders—5:30 p.m.
Philadelphia Flyers at St. Louis Blues—6 p.m.
Nashville Predators at Vegas Golden Knights—8 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at Los Angeles Kings—8 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
Estevan Bruins at Notre Dame Hounds—7:30 p.m.
(Estevan leads the best-of-seven quarter-final 2-1)
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
S’toon Quakers vs S’toon Westleys—7:30 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
(The Quakers lead the best-of-seven North Division final 3-0)
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs:
Swift Current Wildcats at Regina Rebels—8 p.m.
(Best-of-five semi-final tied 1-1)
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 9 games scheduled, including the Saskatoon Blades at home to the Regina Pats. 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 33 wins, 22 losses, 4 extra time losses for 70 points…good for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. Regina has 23 wins, 29 losses, 5 extra time losses for 51 points…good for 10th place in the East.
The Prince Albert Raiders are idle until tomorrow when they visit the Brandon Wheat Kings. P-A has 24 wins, 29 losses, 5 extra time losses for 53 points…good for 9th place in the Eastern Conference. Brandon has 28 wins, 24 losses, 5 extra time losses for 61 points…good for 6th place in the East. The Raiders’ next home game is Wednesday against Brandon. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
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Major League Baseball—14 exhibition games, including:
Toronto Blue Jays vs Atlanta Braves—11:07 a.m. at Dunedin, Fla.
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National Basketball Association—5 games:
Toronto Raptors vs Cleveland Cavaliers–5:30 p.m. at Toronto
Chicago Bulls at New Orleans Pelicans—6 p.m.
Washington Wizards at Milwaukee Bucks—6 p.m.
Indiana Pacers at Memphis Grizzlies—6 p.m.
Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets—7 p.m.
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The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow when San Diego visits Vancouver. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday when they entertain the Calgary Roughnecks. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Rush have 4 wins, 9 losses…good for 6th place in the West Division. Calgary has 4 wins, 7 losses…good for 5th place in the West.
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