On the pebbled ice…
Canada’s Kerri Einarson has won a bronze medal at the World Women’s curling championship in Sweden. Einarson played Sweden this morning at 3:00am and won the bronze with a score of 8 to 5. Yesterday, Canada fell 8-5 to Norway in the semifinals. Canada has won bronze back-to-back, as last year Canada topped Sweden 8-7 to finish in third, as well.
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National Lacrosse League–Week 17 continues and ends with 17 games:
Saskatchewan Rush 6 vs Calgary Roughnecks 14
The Rush have 5 wins, 8 losses…good for 5th place in the West Division.
Toronto Rock 11 at Albany Firewolves 9
Halifax Thunderbirds 14 at Philadelphia Wings 10
Georgia Swarm 13 at New York Riptide 8
Buffalo Bandits 7 at San Diego Seals 6
Colorado Mammoth 12 at Vancouver Warriors 14
Rochester Knighthawks 7 at Las Vegas Desert Dogs 12
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Western Hockey League–11 games:
Saskatoon Blades 6 at Moose Jaw Warriors 3
Prince Albert Raiders 5 at Regina Pats 3
Calgary Hitmen 3 at Edmonton Oil Kings 2
Brandon Wheat Kings 3 at Winnipeg ICE 5
Swift Current Broncos 3 at Medicine Hat Tigers 4
Lethbridge Hurricanes 1 at Red Deer Rebels 5
Kamloops Blazers 2 at Prince George Cougars 3
Vancouver Giants 4 at Kelowna Rockets 5
Everett Silvertips 4 at Victoria Royals 3
Tri-City Americans 2 at Spokane Chiefs 1
Portland Winterhawks 3 vs Seattle Thunderbirds 1
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
S’toon Royals 2 vs S’toon Quakers 5
The Quakers are now winning the Best-of-seven North Division final 3-2.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Saskatoon Blazers 4 vs Regina Pat-Canadians 2
The best-of-five final is tied 1-1.
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National Hockey League—15 games:
Vegas 4 Edmonton 3 (OT)
Calgary 5 San Jose 3
Montreal 8 Columbus 2
Vancouver 3 Dallas 1
Carolina 5 Toronto 3
Los Angeles 4 Winnipeg 1
New Jersey 5 Ottawa 3
Philadelphia 3 Detroit 0
Boston 2 Tampa Bay 1
Seattle 7 Nashville 2
Buffalo 2 N.Y. Islanders 0
Minnesota 3 Chicago 1
N.Y. Rangers 4 Florida 3
Pittsburgh 4 Washington 3
St. Louis 6 Anaheim 3
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HOOPLA 2023, Provincial High School Basketball Championships, continue and wind up today in Prince Albert. The 1A girls champion was Lake Lenor, on the boy’s side, Coronach. The 2-A girls champion was Regina Laval, and on the boy’s side was Legacy Christian Academy. The 3-A girls champion was Weyburn and boys champion was Regina Christian. The 4-A girls champion was MJ Vanier and boys MJ central, and the 5-A girl’s champion was Regina Riffel and boys champion was Holy Cross.
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National Basketball Association—6 games:
The Toronto Raptors return to action today when they host the Washington Wizards at 4 p.m. in Toronto.
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Major League Baseball—17 exhibition games, including:
Toronto Blue Jays 1 vs Detroit Tigers 4
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