SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9
National Hockey League—7 games:
Edmonton Oilers at Philadelphia Flyers—6 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Detroit Red Wings—6 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at New York Islanders—6:30 p.m.
Seattle Kraken at New Jersey Devils—6 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Florida Panthers—6 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche at Tampa Bay Lightning—6 p.m.
Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild—7 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League—2 games:
Flin Flon Bombers at Weyburn Red Wings—7 p.m.
Nipawin Hawks at Notre Dame Hounds—8 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League—2 games at 7:30 p.m.:
Carrot River Thunder vs Saskatoon Royals at Rod Hamm Arena
Regina Capitals vs Regina Silver Foxes
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Regina Pat-Canadians at Moose Jaw Warriors—7 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Regina Rebels at Prince Albert Bears—7 p.m.
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Western Hockey League:
Calgary Hitmen at Winnipeg ICE—7:05 p.m.
(The Saskatoon Blades return to action tomorrow when they visit the Kamloops Blazers. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 8:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 9 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 33 wins, 12 losses, 4 extra time losses for 70 points…good for 3rd place in the Eastern Conference. Kamloops has 31 wins, 10 losses, 6 extra time losses for 68 points…good for 2nd place in the Western Conference. The Blue and Gold’s next home game is Friday, February 24th against the Prince Albert Raiders. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
The Prince Albert Raiders are off until tomorrow 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 2 wins, 3 losses…tied for 4th place while Kesslering has 1 win, 4 losses…good for 7th place. On their schedules today…
11:30 a.m. – Kesslering vs Taylor
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 3 wins, 2 losses…tied for 2nd place while Derksen has 1 win, 4 losses…good for 6th place. On their schedules today…
7:30 a.m. – Derksen vs Manitoba #1
Snow vs Nova Scotia #2
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Saskatoon High School Curling League—4 games at 3:30 p.m. at Sutherland:
Evan Hardy-1 Boys B vs Holy Cross-1 Boys B
Bishop Mahoney Girls B vs L’Ecole Francais Girls B
Centennial-1 Open B vs Aden Bowman Open B
Bethlehem Open B vs Walter Murray-2 Open B
Saskatoon High School Basketball League:
Senior Girls Division—2 games at 6:15 p.m.
Bishop Mahoney at Centennial
Tommy Douglas at E-D Feehan
Senior Boys Division—3 games at 8 p.m.
Bishop Mahoney at Centennial
Tommy Douglas at E-D Feehan
Legacy Christian Academy at Mount Royal
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National Basketball Association–4 games:
The Toronto Raptors return to action tomorrow night when they host the Utah Jazz at 6:30 p.m. at Toronto
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The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow 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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