SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 22
Western Hockey League playoffs—7 games:
Saskatoon Blades at Moose Jaw Warriors
(Opening game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final. Game time is 7 p.m. with CJWW’s broadcast starting at 6:30 p.m. and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. Game 2 is tomorrow in Moose Jaw with Games 3 and 4 at SaskTel Centre on Tuesday and Wednesday. 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.)
Prince Albert Raiders at Winnipeg ICE—6 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final. Game 2 will be played tomorrow in Winnipeg with Games 3 and 4 at the Art Hauser Centre on Tuesday and Wednesday. 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.)
Brandon Wheat Kings at Red Deer Rebels—7 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final)
Spokane Chiefs at Kamloops Blazers—8 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final)
Prince George Cougars at Portland Winterhawks—8 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final)
Kelowna Rockets vs Seattle Thunderbirds—8:05 p.m. at Kent, Wa.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final)
Vancouver Giants at Everett Silvertips—8:05 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final)
One series started last night and resumes tomorrow, as follows…
Lethbridge Hurricanes at Edmonton Oil Kings—7 p.m.
(Edmonton leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
Flin Flon Bombers at Estevan Bruins—7 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven championship final)
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National Hockey League—4 games:
Ottawa Senators at Columbus Blue Jackets—5 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche at Edmonton Oilers—7 p.m.
Seattle Kraken at Minnesota Wild—6 p.m.
Washington Capitals at Arizona Coyotes—8:30 p.m.
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The 2022 S-G-I Canada Best of the West curling bonspiel starts today and runs through Sunday at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon. There are eight women’s teams and eight men’s teams taking part, two from each Western Canada province. The teams are all aged Under 30 years old. The gender fields are split into pools of four teams each for round-robin play, followed by the top two from each pool advancing to straight knock-out playoffs. Each champion receives 10-thousand dollars. Saskatchewan’s teams are skipped by Kourtney Fesser of Saskatoon and Lorraine Schneider of Regina in the women’s draw while on the men’s side, the Saskatchewan teams are both from Saskatoon, skipped by Brady Scharback and Rylan Kleiter. Draws today go at 8:30 a.m., 12:30, 4:30 and 8:30 p.m. with Opening Ceremonies at 7:30 p.m.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—7 night games, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Houston Astros—6:10 p.m.
Inter-League—1 night game
Colorado Rockies at Detroit Tigers—5:10 p.m.
National League—1 day game, 6 night
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National Basketball Association Playoffs–3 games:
Miami Heat at Atlanta Hawks—5 p.m.
(Miami leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-0)
Milwaukee Bucks at Chicago Bulls—6:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final tied 1-1)
Phoenix Suns at New Orleans Pelicans—7:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final tied 1-1)
Game 4 of the Toronto Raptors-Philadelphia 76ers series is slated for tomorrow at Noon at Toronto. Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-0.
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National Lacrosse League:
Calgary Roughnecks at Rochester Knighthawks—5 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Rush return to action tomorrow 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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