The Esso Cup, Canadian Under-18 Women’s Hockey Championship continues today and wraps up today 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 finished the round-robin with 2 wins, 3 losses for 6 points…good for 5th place. Notre Dame finished the round-robin with 2 regulation wins, 1 overtime win, 2 losses for 8 points…tied for 2nd place.
Fraser Valley Rush 3, Norte Dame Hounds 1
Durham West Lightning 4, Northern Selects (Alberta) 0
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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…
Magog, Quebec, Cantonniers 8, Norte Dame Hounds 2
Moncton Flyers 6, Mississauga, Ontario Reps 5 (OT)
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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)
Switzerland 6, Canada 3
Finland 3, Austria 0
Slovakia 3, Italy 0
Czechia 4, Norway 1
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Western Hockey League playoffs—2 games:
Winnipeg ICE 5, Edmonton Oil Kings 1
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference final tied 1-1)
Seattle Thunderbirds 4, Kamloops Blazers 1
(Best-of-seven Western Conference final tied 1-1)
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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, 2 losses…good for 5th place in Group A while Flin Flon has 1 win, 1 extra-time win and 0 losses for 5 points…good for 1st place in Group B.
Brooks Bandits 11, Red Lake Miners 4
Flin Flon Bombers 3, Ottawa Jr. Generals 2 (OT)
Pickering Panthers 10, Estevan Bruins 5
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NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – 1 game:
Colorado Avalanche 5, St. Louis Blues 2
(Colorado leads best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal 2-1)
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Major League Baseball – 16 games including:
Toronto Blue Jays 3, Cincinnati Reds 1
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National Basketball Association playoffs – 1 game:
Miami Heat 109, Boston Celtics 103
(Miami leads best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals 2-1)
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The National Lacrosse League Playoffs: 2 games …
Buffalo Bandits 10, Toronto Rock 9
(Buffalo wins the best-of-three semi-final 2-0)
San Diego Seals 11, Colorado Mammoth 10 (OT)
(Best-of-three semi-final tied 1-1)
