SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6
National Hockey League—6 games:
Vancouver Canucks at New Jersey Devils—6:30 p.m.
Calgary Flames at New York Rangers—6:30 p.m.
New York Islanders at Philadelphia Flyers—6 p.m.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers—6 p.m.
Anaheim Ducks at Dallas Stars—7:30 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Arizona Coyotes—8 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League:
La Ronge Ice Wolves at Notre Dame Hounds—8 p.m.
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 3 games, including the Saskatoon Blades at home to the Edmonton Oil Kings. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 4 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 32 wins, 12 losses, 4 extra time losses for 68 points…good for 3rd place in the Eastern Conference. Edmonton has 8 wins, 37 losses, 3 extra time losses for 19 points…good for 12th place in the East.
The Prince Albert Raiders are idle until Friday when they visit the Swift Current Broncos. P-A has 19 wins, 27 losses, 3 extra time losses for 41 points…good for 11th place in the Eastern Conference. Swift Current has 23 wins, 21 losses, 3 extra time losses for 49 points…good for 9th place in the East. The Raiders’ next home game is Saturday when they host Swift Current. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
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The Canadian Under-18 Girls and Boys Curling Championships continue today and run through Saturday in Timmins, Ontario. There are 21 teams taking part in both the Girls and Boys Divisions. Both fields are split into three pools of seven teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by playoffs. Among the 21 Girls’ teams are Saskatchewan foursomes skipped by Cara Kesslering of Saskatoon-Sutherland and Savanna Taylor of Saskatoon-Nutana. Both teams are in Pool C with Taylor going into today with 1 win, 0 losses…tied for 1st place while Kesslering has 0 wins, 1 loss…tied for 5th place. On their schedules today…
8:30 a.m. – Taylor vs Alberta #2
Kesslering vs Alberta #1
5:30 p.m. – Taylor vs Alberta #1
On the boys side, Saskatchewan quartets are skipped by Dylan Derksen of Martensville and Rogan Snow of Saskatoon-Sutherland. Both teams are in Pool C with Snow going into today with 1 win, 1 loss…tied for 3rd place while Derksen has 0 wins, 1 loss…tied for 5th place. On their schedules today…
1 p.m. – Derksen vs Northern Ontario #2
Snow vs Quebec #2
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Saskatoon High School Curling League—6 games at 3:30 p.m. at Sutherland:
Holy Cross-2 Boys B vs Holy Cross-1 Boys B
Tommy Douglas Open B vs Aden Bowman Open B
Evan Hardy-1 Boys B vs Bishop Mahoney Boys B
St. Joseph Open B vs Centennial-1 Open B
Centennial Open A vs Walter Murray-2 Open B
Bethlehem Open B vs Walter Murray-1 Open B
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National Basketball Association–8 games:
The Toronto Raptors are idle until Wednesday when they welcome the San Antonio Spurs to Toronto at 6:30 p.m.
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Friday when Week 11 of the season starts with 2 games, including the Saskatchewan Rush visiting the Calgary Roughnecks at 8 p.m. Saskatchewan has 4 wins, 2 losses…good for 2nd place in the West Division. Calgary has 4 wins, 3 losses…tied for 3rd place in the West. The Rush’s next home game is Saturday, February 25th against the Vancouver Warriors. First faceoff is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
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