SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26
National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup playoffs—2 games:
Florida Panthers at Boston Bruins—5 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Seattle Kraken at Colorado Avalanche—7:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final tied 2-2)
The remaining series resume, as follows…
Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs—tomorrow at 5 p.m.
(Toronto leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)
New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils—tomorrow at 5:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final tied 2-2)
Winnipeg Jets at Vegas Golden Knights—tomorrow at 8 p.m.
(Vegas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Carolina Hurricanes at New York Islanders—Friday T-B-D
(Carolina leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-2)
Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild—Friday T-B-D
(Dallas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-2)
Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings—Saturday T-B-D
(Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final tied 2-2)
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The 2023 Esso Cup, Women’s Under-18 Club Championship, continues today and runs through Saturday at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert. Five regional champions, including the Regina Rebels, plus the host Prince Albert Bears, are taking part in the round-robin plus playoffs format. Prince Albert has 0 wins, 3 losses for 0 points…good for 6th place. Regina has 1 win, 2 losses for 3 points…tied for 4th place. On today’s schedule…
Prince Albert Bears vs Regina Rebels—7 p.m.
Fraser Valley, B-C, Rush vs Northern Selects, Nova Scotia—Noon
Stoney Creek, Ontario, Sabres vs Laurentides-Lanaudiere, Quebec, Stars—3:30 p.m.
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The 2023 Telus Cup, Men’s Under-18 Club Championship, continues today and runs through Sunday in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec. Five regional champions, including the Saskatoon Blazers from the West, and a host team, are taking part in the round-robin plus playoffs format. The Blazers have 0 wins, 2 losses for 0 points…tied for 4th place. On today’s schedule…
Toronto Junior Canadiens vs Saskatoon Blazers—1:30 p.m.
Calgary Flames vs Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Majors—10 a.m.
St. Francois Seminaire, Quebec, Blizzard vs Saint Hyacinthe Gaulois (Hosts) —5 p.m.
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The Western Hockey League Playoffs are off until Friday when the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final commences, as follows…
Saskatoon Blades at Winnipeg ICE—5:05 p.m.
(CJWW’s broadcast starts at 4:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 5 p.m. The series has Games 3 and 4 at SaskTel Centre on Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m.)
Kamloops Blazers vs Seattle Thunderbirds—Saturday at 8:05 p.m. in Kent, Wa.
(Opening game of the best-of-seven Western Conference final)
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On the pebbled ice where three separate World Curling Championships continue today and run through either April 28th or 29th in Gangneung, South Korea.
The World Senior Women’s Championship features 15 teams, split into two groups for preliminary round-robin play. Canada is represented by the Sherry Anderson foursome from Saskatoon-Nutana. They have 6 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place in Group A. On their schedule…
Canada vs England—1 a.m. Thursday
The World Senior Men’s Championship features 24 teams, split into three groups of eight teams each for preliminary round-robin play. Canada is represented by Howard Rajala’s quartet from Ottawa. They have 5 wins, 1 loss…good for 2nd place in Group A. On their schedule today…
Canada vs Japan—5 a.m. Thursday
The World Mixed Doubles Championship features 20 duos, split into two groups of 10 pairs each for preliminary round-robin play. Canada is represented by the wife and husband couple of Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing of Horseshoe Valley, Ontario. They have 7 wins, 1 loss…tied for 1st place in Group A. On their schedule today…
Canada vs South Korea—11 p.m.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—3 day games, 2 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago White Sox—11:07 a.m. at Toronto
Inter-League—4 day games, 1 night
National League—5 night games
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National Basketball Association Playoffs—4 games:
New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers—5 p.m.
(New York leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Los Angeles Lakers at Memphis Grizzlies—5:30 p.m.
(The Lakers lead the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Miami Heat at Milwaukee Bucks—7:30 p.m.
(Miami leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Golden State Warriors at Sacramento Kings—8 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final tied 2-2)
The remaining series resumes, as follows…
Boston Celtics at Atlanta Hawks—tomorrow at 6:30 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-2)
The Philadelphia 76ers have advanced to the Eastern Conference semi-finals while the Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns are into the Western Conference semi-finals.
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Saturday when Week 22 of the season starts and ends with 6 games, including the Saskatchewan Rush completing their regular-season when they visit the Las Vegas Desert Dogs. The Rush have 7 wins, 10 losses…good for 5th place in the West Division. Las Vegas has 5 wins, 12 losses…good for 6th place in the West.
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