The Esso Cup, Canadian Under-18 Women’s Hockey Championship continues today and runs through Sunday in Okotoks, Alberta. Among the six teams taking part in the round-robin plus playoffs format are the host Prince Albert Bears and the Western regional champion Notre Dame Hounds. Prince Albert has 2 wins, 3 losses for 6 points…good for 5th place. Notre Dame has 2 regulation win, 1 overtime win, 2 losses for 8 points…tied for 2nd place.
Durham West, Ontario, Lightning 5, Fraser Valley, B-C, Rush 2
Notre Dame Hounds 4, Richelieu, Quebec, Remparts 2
Northern Selects (Nova Scotia) 2, Prince Albert Bears 0
The Telus Cup, Canadian Under-18 Men’s Hockey Championships continues today and runs through Sunday in Okotoks, Alberta. Among the six teams taking part in the round-robin plus playoffs format is the Western regional champion Notre Dame Hounds. Notre Dame has 2 wins, 2 losses, 1 overtime loss for 7 points…good for 3rd place.
Mississauga, Ontario Reps 3, Vancouver North East Chiefs 2
Magog, Quebec, Cantonniers 5, Notre Dame Hounds 4
Moncton, New Brunswick, Flyers 9, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Rush 4
**********
The Double-I-H-F World Men’s Hockey Championship continues today and runs through Sunday, May 29th in Tampere and Helsinki, Finland. Canada is the defending champion and is one of 16 teams taking part. The field is split into two groups of eight teams each for round-robin play, following by single knockout playoff. Canada has 4 wins for 12 points…tied for 1st place in Group A. Canada’s next action is today against Switzerland. First face-off is 7:20 a.m.
Germany 9, Italy 4
Finland 6, Great Britain 0
Latvia 4, Austria 3 (SO)
Slovakia 4, Kazakhstan 3
**********
Western Hockey League playoffs—2 games:
Edmonton Oil Kings 5, Winnipeg ICE 4 (OT)
(Opening game of the best-of- seven Eastern Conference final)
Kamloops Blazers 5, Seattle Thunderbirds 2
(Opening game of the best-of-seven Western Conference final)
**********
The Centennial Cup, Canadian Junior A Hockey Championship continues today and runs through Sunday, May 29th in Estevan. Ten teams are taking part, split into two groups of five teams each for preliminary round-robin play, plus playoffs. Included in the field are the host Estevan Bruins and the S-J-H-L champion Flin Flon Bombers. Estevan has yet to play a Group A game while Flin Flon has 1 win, 0 losses for 2 points…good for 1st place in Group B. On today’s schedule…
Dauphin, Manitoba, Kings 2, Ottawa Junior Senators 1
Summerside, P-E-I, Western Capitals 4, Soo, Ontario, Thunderbirds 1
College Francais de Longueil, Quebec 5, Estevan Bruins 3
**********
National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Playoffs—2 games:
Carolina Hurricanes 2, New York Rangers 0
(Carolina leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 2-0)
Edmonton Oilers 5, Calgary Flames 3
(Best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final tied 1-1)
The other two second round series continue, as follows…
Colorado Avalanche at St. Louis Blues—today at 6 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final tied 1-1)
Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers—Sunday at 11:30 a.m.
(Tampa Bay leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 2-0)
**********
Major League Baseball:
American League—7 night games
Inter-League—1 night game
Toronto Blue Jays 2, Cincinnati Reds 1
National League—1 day game, 6 night
**********
National Basketball Association Playoffs:
Golden State Warriors 126, Dallas Mavericks 117
(Golden State leads the best-of-seven Western Conference final 2-0)
The other series resumes today, as follows…
Miami Heat at Boston Celtics—6:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference final tied 1-1)
**********
The National Lacrosse League Playoffs return to action todaywhen 2 games are played, as follows…
Buffalo Bandits at Toronto Rock—5 p.m.
(Buffalo leads the best-of-three semi-final 1-0)
San Diego Seals at Colorado Mammoth—7:30 p.m.
(Colorado leads the best-of-three semi-final 1-0)
**********
