SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 27
National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup playoffs—3 games:
Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs—5 p.m.
(Toronto leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)
New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils–5:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final tied 2-2)
Winnipeg Jets at Vegas Golden Knights—8 p.m.
(Vegas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-1)
The remaining series resume, as follows…
Carolina Hurricanes at New York Islanders—tomorrow at 5 p.m.
(Carolina leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-2)
Boston Bruins at Florida Panthers—tomorrow at 5:30 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-2)
Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild—tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.
(Dallas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-2)
Colorado Avalanche at Seattle Kraken—tomorrow at 8 p.m.
(Seattle 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, 4 losses for 0 points…good for 6th place. Regina has 2 wins, 2 losses for 6 points…tied for 3rd place. On today’s schedule…
Northern Selects, Nova Scotia vs Regina Rebels—3:30 p.m.
Stoney Creek, Ontario, Sabres vs Prince Albert Bears—7 p.m.
Fraser Valley, B-C, Rush vs Laurentides-Lanaudiere, Quebec, Stars—Noon
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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 1 overtime win, 2 losses for 2 points…good for 5th place. On today’s schedule…
Saskatoon Blazers vs Calgary Flames—10 a.m.
Toronto Junior Canadiens vs St. Francois Seminaire, Quebec, Blizzard—1:30 p.m.
Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Majors vs Saint Hyacinthe Gaulois (Hosts) —5 p.m.
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The Western Hockey League Playoffs return to action tomorrow when the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final starts, 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 finished round-robin play with 7 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place in Group A. On their schedule…
Semi-final: Canada vs Sweden/Switzerland—4 a.m. Friday
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 finished round-robin play with 6 wins, 1 loss…good for 2nd place in Group A. On their schedule today…
Quarter-final: Canada vs Ireland—10 p.m.
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 finished with 8 wins, 1 loss…tied for 1st place in Group A. On their schedule today…
Semi-final: Canada vs Scotland/United States—3 a.m.
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The Saskatoon High School Badminton Championships run today at Walter Murray Collegiate, beginning at 1 p.m.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—2 day games, 4 night
The Toronto Blue Jays return to action tomorrow when they host the Seattle Mariners at 5:07 p.m. at Toronto
Inter-League—1 day game
National League—4 day games, 1 night
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National Basketball Association Playoffs:
Boston Celtics at Atlanta Hawks—6:30 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-2)
The remaining two series resume tomorrow, as follows…
Sacramento Kings at Golden State Warriors—6 p.m.
(Golden State leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-2)
Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Lakers—8:30 p.m.
(The Lakers lead the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-2)
The Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks and Miami Heat 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 idle 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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