The Saskatchewan Roughriders will continue their 2022 C-F-L main training camp with a practice today at Griffiths Stadium from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Green and White’s opening pre-season game, originally scheduled for Monday, has been moved to Tuesday, May 31st at Mosaic Stadium in Regina. Kickoff time is 6:30 p.m.
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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. On today’s schedule are two semifinals…
Norte Dame Hounds vs Fraser Valley Rush – 9:30 a.m.
Northern Selects (Alberta) vs Durham West Lightning – 1 p.m.
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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. On today’s schedule are two semifinals…
Norte Dame Hounds vs Magog, Quebec, Cantonniers – 4:30 p.m.
Mississauga, Ontario Reps vs Moncton Flyers – 8 p.m.
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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. On today’s schedule…
Denmark 3, France 0
United States 3, Sweden 2 (OT)
Canada vs Switzerland – 7:20 a.m.
Austria vs Finland – 7:20 a.m.
Italy vs Slovakia – 11:20 a.m.
Norway vs Czechia – 11:20 a.m.
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Western Hockey League playoffs—2 games:
Edmonton Oil Kings at Winnipeg ICE – 6 p.m.
(Edmonton leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final 1-0)
Seattle Thunderbirds at Kamloops Blazers – 8 p.m.
(Kamloops leads the best-of-seven Western Conference final 1-0)
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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 0 wins, 1 loss…good for 5th place in Group A while Flin Flon has 1 win, 0 losses for 2 points…good for 1st place in Group B. On today’s schedule…
Red Lake Miners vs Brooks Bandits – 12 p.m.
Flin Flon Bombers vs Ottawa Jr. Generals – 4 p.m.
Estevan Bruins vs Pickering Panthers – 7:30 p.m.
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NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – 1 game:
Colorado Avalanche at St. Louis Blues – 6 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal tied 1-1)
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Major League Baseball – 16 games including:
Toronto Blue Jays vs Cincinnati Reds – 1:07 p.m.
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National Basketball Association playoffs – 1 game:
Miami Heat at Boston Celtics – 6:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals tied 1-1)
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The National Lacrosse League Playoffs return to action today when 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)
