SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 24
On the pebbled ice:
The World Senior Women’s, Senior Men’s and Mixed Doubles Curling Championships continue today and run through Saturday in Geneva, Switzerland. Canada is represented by Sherry Anderson’s Saskatoon-Nutana foursome in the Senior Women’s competition. They have 0 wins, 1 loss…tied for 5th place in Group A. On their schedule today…
Canada vs Denmark—11 a.m.
The 2022 S-G-I Canada Best of the West curling bonspiel continues and winds up today 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 9 a.m., Noon and 4:30 p.m.
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National Hockey League—11 games:
Edmonton Oilers at Columbus Blue Jackets—11 a.m.
Carolina Hurricanes at New York Islanders—11 a.m.
Detroit Red Wings at New Jersey Devils—11 a.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at Philadelphia Flyers—2 p.m.
Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens—5 p.m.
Toronto Maple Leafs at Washington Capitals—5 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche at Winnipeg Jets—5 p.m.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers—4 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Nashville Predators—6 p.m.
St. Louis Blues at Anaheim Ducks—6:30 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights—8 p.m.
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The Western Hockey League playoffs return to action tomorrow, as follows…
Spokane Chiefs at Kamloops Blazers—8 p.m.
(Kamloops leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-0)
Six of the other seven opening round series resume on Tuesday, as follows…
Saskatoon Blades vs Moose Jaw Warriors
(Moose Jaw leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-0. Game time Tuesday is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre with CJWW’s broadcast starting at 6:30 p.m. and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. Game 4 will be played at SaskTel Centre on Wednesday. All game times are 7 p.m. with all games being broadcast on CJWW, beginning with the Pre-Game Show at 6:30.)
Prince Albert Raiders vs Winnipeg ICE
(Winnipeg leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-0. Game time Tuesday is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. Game 4 will be played at the Art Hauser Centre on Wednesday at 7 p.m.)
Red Deer Rebels at Brandon Wheat Kings—6 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final tied 1-1)
Edmonton Oil Kings at Lethbridge Hurricanes—7 p.m.
(Edmonton leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-0)
Portland Winterhawks at Prince George Cougars—8 p.m.
(Portland leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-0)
Seattle Thunderbirds at Kelowna Rockets—8:05 p.m.
(Seattle leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-0)
The eighth series doesn’t continue again until Wednesday, as follows…
Everett Silvertips vs Vancouver Giants–8:05 p.m. at Langley, B-C
(Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final tied 1-1)
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Major League Baseball:
American League—7 day games, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Houston Astros—12:10 p.m.
Inter-League—1 day game
Colorado Rockies at Detroit Tigers—11:10 a.m.
National League—6 day games, 1 night
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National Basketball Association Playoffs–4 games:
Milwaukee Bucks at Chicago Bulls—11 a.m.
(Milwaukee leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-1)
Golden State Warriors at Denver Nuggets—1:30 p.m.
(Golden State leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-0)
Miami Heat at Atlanta Hawks—5 p.m.
(Miami leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-1)
Phoenix Suns at New Orleans Pelicans—7:30 p.m.
(Phoenix leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-1)
The Toronto Raptors resume their playoff series tomorrow when they visit the Philadelphia 76ers at 6 p.m. Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Saturday when all 14 teams are in action with their final games of the regular-season. The Saskatchewan Rush visit Panther City at 6:30 p.m. at Fort Worth, Texas. The Rush have 7 wins, 10 losses…tied for 4th place in the West Division. Panther City has 7 wins, 10 losses…tied for 4th place in the West.
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