SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 28
The Canadian Under-21 Women’s and Men’s Curling Championships continue today and run through Sunday in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. Both the Women’s and Men’s field consist of 18 teams, split into two pools of nine teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by playoffs. In the women’s division, Saskatchewan is represented by the Elizabeth Kessel foursome from Regina. They have 0 wins, 1 loss…tied for 6th place in Pool B. On their schedule today…
7 a.m. – Saskatchewan vs Nova Scotia #2
5 p.m. – Saskaychewan vs Manitoba #1
On the men’s side, Saskatchewan has two teams taking part. One is skipped by Logan Ede of Martensville. They have 0 wins, 3 losses…tied for 8th place in Pool B. The second Saskatchewan quartet is skipped by Matthew Drewitz of Saskatoon-Nutana. They have 1 win, 2 losses…good for 7th place in Pool B. On their schedules today…
Noon – Saskatchewan-Ede vs Quebec #1vs Ontario #2
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National Hockey League—10 games:
Montreal Canadiens at Philadelphia Flyers—5 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at St. Louis Blues—6 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Calgary Flames—7 p.m.
Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights—8 p.m.
Winnipeg Jets at San Jose Sharks—8:30 p.m.
Nashville Predators at Boston Bruins—5 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at New York Rangers—5 p.m.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes—5 p.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings—5 p.m.
Dallas Stars at Chicago Blackhawks—6:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
Estevan Bruins at Flin Flon Bombers—6:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven quarter-final tied 3-3)
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs:
Regina Rebels vs Saskatoon Stars—7 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place
(Saskatoon leads the best-of-three final 1-0)
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The Western Hockey League is idle until Friday when the Ed Chynoweth Cup Playoffs get going. The Saskatoon Blades will face the Regina Pats with Game 1 of a best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final series on Friday at 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 finished the regular season with 48 wins, 15 losses, 5 extra time losses for 101 points…good for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference. Regina ended up with 34 wins, 30 losses, 4 extra time losses for 72 points…good for 6th place in the East.
The remaining opening round match-ups start Friday, as follows…
Eastern Conference quarter-finals, all opening games of best-of-seven series…
Medicine Hat Tigers at Winnipeg ICE—6:05 p.m.
Lethbridge Hurricanes at Moose Jaw Warriors—7 p.m.
Calgary Hitmen at Red Deer Rebels—7 p.m.
Western Conference quarter-finals, all opening games of best-of-seven series…
Everett Silvertips at Portland Winterhawks—8 p.m.
Tri-City Americans at Prince George Cougars—8 p.m.
Vancouver Giants at Kamloops Blazers—8 p.m.
Kelowna Rockets vs Seattle Thunderbirds—8:05 p.m. at Kent, Wa.
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The Saskatoon City High School Cheer and Dance Championships go tonight at 7 p.m. at Walter Murray Collegiate.
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Major League Baseball—9 exhibition games, including:
Toronto Blue Jays vs Philadelphia Phillies–10:05 a.m. at Clearwater, Fla.
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National Basketball Association—6 games, including:
Toronto Raptors vs Miami Heat–5:30 p.m. at Toronto
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Friday when Week 18 of the season starts with 3 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are idle until Saturday when they host the Vancouver Warriors. First faceoff is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Rush have 5 wins, 8 losses…good for 5th place in the West Division. Vancouver has 4 wins, 10 losses…good for 7th place in the West.
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