SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28
Western Hockey League–8 games:
Winnipeg ICE at Moose Jaw Warriors—7 p.m.
Brandon Wheat Kings at Regina Pats—7 p.m.
Swift Current Broncos at Medicine Hat Tigers—8 p.m.
Edmonton Oil Kings at Calgary Hitmen—8 p.m.
Kelowna Rockets at Kamloops Blazers—9 p.m.
Victoria Royals vs Vancouver Giants—9 p.m. at Langley, B-C
Tri-City Americans at Portland Winterhawks—9 p.m.
Seattle Thunderbirds at Spokane Chiefs—9:05 p.m.
(The Saskatoon Blades are off until Friday when they visit Winnipeg. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 5:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 6 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 25 wins, 5 losses, 0 extra time losses for 50 points…tied for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference. The Blue and Gold’s next home game is Tuesday against Calgary. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
The Prince Albert Raiders are idle until Friday when they host Regina. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 11 wins, 20 losses, 2 extra time losses for 24 points…good for 11th place in the Eastern Conference.)
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The World Junior Hockey Championship continues today and runs through January 5th in Halifax and Moncton. Ten teams are taking part, split into two pools of five teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by a straight knockout playoff round. On today’s two-game schedule…..
Canada vs Germany–5:30 p.m. at Halifax
(Canada has 0 wins, 1 loss for 0 points…tied for 3rd place in Group A. Germany has 0 wins, 1 loss for 0 points…tied for 3rd place in Group A.)
United States vs Slovakia—3 p.m. at Moncton
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The Circle K Classic Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey Tournament, formerly known as the Mac’s Midget Tournament, continues today and runs through Sunday in Calgary. There are 32 teams from across Canada, the United States and Europe taking part, split into eight groups of four teams each for round-robin play. Straight knockout playoffs are held after that. Among the 32 teams taking part are four from the Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League…the Saskatoon Blazers, Saskatoon Contacts, Swift Current Legionnaires and Regina Pat-Canadians. The Contacts have 1 win, 0 losses for 3 points…tied for 1st place in Pool 3. Swift Current has 0 wins, 1 loss for 0 points…tied for 3rd place in Pool 5. Regina has 0 wins, 1 loss for 0 points…tied for 3rd place in Pool 6. The Blazers have 0 wins, 1 loss for 0 points…good for 4th place in Pool 7. On their schedules today…..
Swift Current Legionnaires vs Chicago Mission—11:30 a.m.
Regina Pat-Canadians vs Airdrie, Alberta, C-F-R Bisons—11:30 a.m.
Saskatoon Blazers vs St. Louis Blues—2:15 p.m.
Saskatoon Contacts vs Fraser Valley, B-C, Thunderbirds—5 p.m.
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National Hockey League–5 games:
Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning—6 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Seattle Kraken—9 p.m.
Boston Bruins at New Jersey Devils—6:30 p.m.
Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins—6:30 p.m.
Vegas Golden Knights at Anaheim Ducks—9 p.m.
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National Basketball Association–8 games:
The Toronto Raptors return to action tomorrow when they are home to the Memphis Grizzlies at 6:30 p.m. at Toronto.
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Friday when Week 5 starts with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday when they host Panther City. First faceoff is 8 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. Saskatchewan has 1 win, 1 loss…tied for 4th place in the West Division.
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