SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canadian Women’s Curling Championship, continues today and runs through Sunday in Kamloops, B-C. The 18-team field of provincial and territorial champions plus defending champion Kerry Einarson and three wild-card teams is split into two pools of nine teams each for preliminary round-robin play followed by championship and ranking pool play and Page Playoffs. Saskatchewan is represented by the Robin Silvernagle foursome from North Battleford. They have 1 win, 5 losses…good for 8th place in Pool A. On their schedule today…
10:30 a.m. – Saskatchewan vs Nunavut
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The 2023 Canada Winter Games continue competition today and run through Sunday, March 5th in Prince Edward Island. The Games feature 20 sports and about 3,600 athletes from all 13 of Canada’s provinces and territories. Saskatchewan has 317 participants, including 217 athletes, from 60 different communities in the province. Saskatchewan has three silver medals and two bronze after four days of action. First half sports, continuing today through Saturday, are biathlon, women’s curling, freestyle skiing, artistic gymnastics, trampoline, men’s hockey, karate, ringette, long track speed-skating, short track speed-skating, squash table tennis and wheelchair basketball.
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The 2023 Saskatchewan Winter Games continue today and run through Saturday in Regina and area with over 1,700 participants and over 1,000 volunteers taking part from across the province. First half sports continue and wind up today and include alpine skiing, artistic swimming, biathlon, badminton, Special Olympics bowling, women’s and men’s and mixed doubles curling, gymnastics, speed skating, table tennis and weightlifting.
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Western Hockey League—4 games:
Winnipeg ICE at Calgary Hitmen—Noon
Medicine Hat Tigers at Regina Pats—7 p.m.
Kamloops Blazers at Swift Current Broncos—7 p.m.
Everett Silvertips vs Tri-City Americans—9:05 p.m. at Kennewick, Wa.
(The Saskatoon Blades are idle until Friday when they host the Prince Albert Raiders. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 37 wins, 13 losses, 4 extra time losses for 78 points…tied for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference. P-A is off until Friday when they visit the Blue and Gold. The Raiders have 23 wins, 28 losses, 3 extra time losses for 47 points…good for 11th place in the Eastern Conference. Prince Albert’s next home game is Saturday against the Saskatoon Blades. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League—2 games:
Estevan Bruins at Melville Millionaires—7 p.m.
Yorkton Terriers at Kindersley Klippers—7:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League—3 games:
Battlefords Stars at Prince Albert Mintos—7 p.m
Notre Dame Hounds at Yorkton Maulers—7:30 p.m.
Warman Wildcats at Tisdale Trojans—8 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Regina Rebels at Notre Dame Hounds—8 p.m.
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National Hockey League—3 games:
Winnipeg Jets at New York Islanders—6 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Arizona Coyotes—8:30 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at Dallas Stars—8:30 p.m.
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The National Basketball Association is idle for the All-Star break. The regular season resumes tomorrow with 9 games, including the Toronto Raptors at home to the New Orleans Pelicans at 6:30 p.m. in Toronto.
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Friday when Week 13 of the season starts with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are idle until Saturday when they host the Vancouver Warriors. First faceoff is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. Saskatchewan has 5 wins, 3 losses…good for 3rd place in the West Division. Vancouver has 1 win, 9 losses…good for 7th place in the West
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