SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 31
The Canadian Under-21 Junior Women’s and Junior Men’s Curling Championships continue today and run through tomorrow in Stratford, Ontario. In both gender divisions, preliminary round-robin play is done with 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 finished the round-robin with 5 wins, 3 losses…good for 4th place in Pool B, but didn’t qualify for the playoffs.
In the Junior Men’s division, Saskatchewan had 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 finished the round-robin with 7 wins, 1 loss…good for 1st place in Pool A and advanced to the playoffs with a bye to tomorrow morning’s semi-finals. Saskatchewan #2 ended up with 5 wins, 3 losses…good for 4th place in Pool B, but didn’t qualify for the playoffs.
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National Hockey League—9 games:
Winnipeg Jets at Toronto Maple Leafs—5 p.m.
Montreal Canadiens at Carolina Hurricanes—5 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Calgary Flames—8 p.m.
New Jersey Devils at Boston Bruins—5 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at Florida Panthers—5 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at New York Islanders—5 p.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild—6 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Colorado Avalanche—7 p.m.
Dallas Stars at Anaheim Ducks—8 p.m.
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 9 games, including the Saskatoon Blades at home to the Moose Jaw Warriors. 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 34 wins, 24 losses, 4 extra time losses for 72 points…good for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. Moose Jaw has 35 wins, 22 losses, 5 extra time losses for 75 points…good for 4th place in the East.
The Prince Albert Raiders are off until tomorrow when they host the Brandon Wheat Kings. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 25 wins, 32 losses, 5 extra time losses for 55 points…good for 9th place in the Eastern Conference. Brandon has 30 wins, 25 losses, 5 extra time losses for 65 points…good for 6th place in the East.
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Major League Baseball—14 exhibition games, including:
Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers—11:07 a.m. at Dunedin, Fla.
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On campus:
The U Sports Track and Field national championships start today and run through Saturday in Saint John, New Brunswick. Members of the Saskatchewan Huskies women’s and men’s teams are taking part.
U Sports Women’s Basketball Championship in Kingston, Ontario
Saskatchewan Huskies vs Queen’s Golden Gaels—6 p.m.
Prince Edward Island Panthers vs Ryerson Rams—10 a.m.
Acadia Axewomen vs Brock Badgers–——1 p.m.
Laval Rouge et Or vs Winnipeg Wesmen—3:30 p.m.–
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National Basketball Association—5 games:
Philadelphia 76ers at Detroit Pistons—5 p.m.
Cleveland Cavaliers at Atlanta Hawks—5:30 p.m.
Milwaukee Bucks at Brooklyn Nets—5:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Clippers at Chicago Bulls–6 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers at Utah Jazz—8 p.m.
(The Toronto Raptors return to action tomorrow when they visit the Orlando Magic at 5 p.m.)
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National Lacrosse League:
Buffalo Bandits at Philadelphia Wings—5:30 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Rush are idle 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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