SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
The Canadian Under-21 Junior Women’s and Junior Men’s Curling Championships continue today and run through Sunday in Stratford, Ontario. In both gender divisions, there are 18 teams taking part, split into two pools of nine for preliminary round-robin play. The top three from each pool advance to the playoffs. On the Junior Women’s side, Saskatchewan is represented by the Madison Kleiter foursome from Saskatoon-Sutherland. They have 4 wins, 2 losses…tied for 3rd place in Pool B. On their schedule today…
Noon – Saskatchewan vs Ontario #1
Thursday 7 a.m. – Saskatchewan vs B-C
In the Junior Men’s division, Saskatchewan has two teams taking part…the Daymond Bernath quartet from Saskatoon-Sutherland is Saskatchewan #1 while the Nathan Pomedli squad from Saskatoon-Nutana is Saskatchewan #2. Saskatchewan #1 has 6 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place in Pool A. Saskatchewan #2 has 4 wins, 2 losses…tied for 3rd place in Pool B. On their schedules today…
5 p.m. – Saskatchewan #1 vs Manitoba #2
Saskatchewan #2 vs Manitoba #1
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Western Hockey League—5 games:
Saskatoon Blades at Regina Pats
(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 34 wins, 23 losses, 4 extra time losses for 72 points…good for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. Regina has 23 wins, 31 losses, 5 extra time losses for 51 points…good for 11th place in the East. The Blue and Gold’s next home game is Friday against Moose Jaw. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
Prince Albert Raiders vs Brandon Wheat Kings
(Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 24 wins, 32 losses, 5 extra time losses for 53 points…good for 9th place in the Eastern Conference. Brandon has 30 wins, 24 losses, 5 extra time losses for 65 points…good for 6th place in the East.)
Swift Current Broncos at Lethbridge Hurricanes—7 p.m.
Medicine Hat Tigers at Calgary Hitmen—7 p.m.
Prince George Cougars at Kamloops Blazers—8 p.m.’
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
Pilot Butte Storm at Regina Capitals—7:45 p.m.
(Best-of-seven quarter-final tied 3-3)
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs:
Saskatoon Blazers at Warman Wildcats—7:30 p.m.
(Saskatoon leads the best-of-five semi-final 1-0)
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National Hockey League—6 games:
Winnipeg Jets at Buffalo Sabres—5 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers—7 p.m.
St. Louis Blues at Vancouver Canucks—8 p.m.
New York Rangers at Detroit Red Wings—5:30 p.m.
Vegas Golden Knights at Seattle Kraken—8 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Arizona Coyotes—8 p.m.
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Major League Baseball—14 exhibition games, including:
Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees—4:35 p.m. at Tampa, Fla.
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National Basketball Association—11 games:
Toronto Raptors vs Minnesota Timberwolves–5:30 p.m. at Toronto
Orlando Magic at Washington Wizards—5 p.m.
Denver Nuggets at Indiana Pacers—5 p.m.
Dallas Mavericks at Cleveland Cavaliers—5 p.m.
Charlotte Hornets at New York Knicks—5:30 p.m.
Miami Heat at Boston Celtics—5:30 p.m.
Atlanta Hawks at Oklahoma City Thunder—6 p.m.
Sacramento Kings at Houston Rockets—6 p.m.
Memphis Grizzlies at San Antonio Spurs—6:30 p.m.
Phoenix Suns at Golden State Warriors—8 p.m.
New Orleans Pelicans at Portland Trailblazers—8 p.m.
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The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow when Buffalo visits Philadelphia. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday, April 9th when they host the Vancouver Warriors. Game time is 8 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Rush have 4 wins, 10 losses…good for 6th place in the West Division.
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