SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 19
National Hockey League—10 games:
Minnesota Wild at Montreal Canadiens—5 p.m.
Philadelphia Flyers at Toronto Maple Leafs—5 p.m.
Winnipeg Jets at New York Rangers—5 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Nashville Predators—6 p.m.
Ottawa Senators at Vancouver Canucks—8 p.m.
Detroit Red Wings at Tampa Bay Lightning—5 p.m.
Florida Panthers at New York Islanders—5:30 p.m.
Boston Bruins at St. Louis Blues—6 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Anaheim Ducks—8 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at San Jose Sharks—8:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs:
Warman Wildcats at Notre Dame Hounds—7:30 p.m.
(Notre Dame leads the best-of-five championship final 2-0)
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The Western Hockey League playoffs beginn Thursday as Lethbridge travels to Edmonton. The other seven opening round series start Friday, including the Saskatoon Blades at the Moose Jaw Warriors in a best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final. Game 2 is Saturday in Moose Jaw with Games 3 and 4 at SaskTel Centre on Tuesday, April 26th and Wednesday, April 27th. All game times are 7 p.m. with all games being broadcast on CJWW, beginning with the Pre-Game Show at 6:30. The Blades finished the regular-season with 38 wins, 26 losses, 4 extra time losses for 80 points…good for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. The Warriors wound up with 37 wins, 24 losses, 7 extra time losses for 81 points…good for 4th place in the East.
Also starting Friday, the Prince Albert Raiders will meet the Winnipeg ICE in a best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final playoff series. The first two games of the series will be played Friday and Saturday in Winnipeg with Games 3 and 4 at the Art Hauser Centre on Tuesday, April 26th and Wednesday, April 27th. Raiders’ home games will start at 7 p.m. P-A finished the regular-season with 28 wins, 35 losses, 5 extra time losses for 61 points…good for 8th place in the Eastern Conference. P-A Winnipeg ended up with 53 wins, 10 losses, 5 extra time losses for 111 points…good for 1st place in the East.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—7 night games, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox–5:10 p.m.
Inter-League—1 night game
Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago Cubs—5:40 p.m.
National League—7 night games
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National Basketball Association Playoffs–3 games:
Atlanta Hawks at Miami Heat—5:30 p.m.
(Miami leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Memphis Grizzlies—6:30 p.m.
(Minnesota leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 1-0)
New Orleans Pelicans at Phoenix Suns—8 p.m.
(Phoenix leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 1-0)
(The Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers return to action tomorrow for Game 3 of their series. First tip-off at Toronto is 6 p.m. Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-0.)
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Friday when Calgary is at Rochester. The Saskatchewan Rush are idle until Saturday when they host the San Diego Seals. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Rush have 6 wins, 10 losses…good for 5th place in the West Division. San Diego has 9 wins, 7 losses…tied for 2nd place in the West.
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