SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 25
National Football League—Week 16 continues and ends with 3 games:
Las Vegas Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs—Noon
New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles—3:30 p.m.
Baltimore Ravens at San Francisco 49ers—7:15 p.m.
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The Western Hockey League is idle for its Christmas break until Wednesday when 9 games are scheduled, including the Saskatoon Blades at home to the Prince Albert Raiders. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:45 p.m. with the Palliser Rooms E-Q-3 Cutting Edge Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Blue and Gold have 23 wins, 8 losses, 2 extra time losses for 48 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. P-A has 17 wins, 15 losses, 2 extra time losses for 36 points…good for 6th place in the East. Prince Albert’s next home game is Saturday, December 30th against the Moose Jaw Warriors. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
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The I-I-H-F World Under-20 Hockey Championship begins tomorrow in Gothenburg, Sweden. Team Canada is one of 10 nations taking part. They are split into two pools of five teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by an eight-team straight knock-out playoff. Team Canada is in Pool A. Among the players on Team Canada’s roster are Saskatoon Blades’ centre Fraser Minten plus Saskatoon product and Moose Jaw Warriors’ centre Brayden Yager. On tomorrow’s opening day schedule…
Team Canada vs Finland—7:30 a.m.
Czechia vs Slovakia—5 a.m.
Norway vs United States—10 a.m.
Latvia vs Sweden—12:30 p.m.
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The National Hockey League is off until Wednesday for its Christmas break. Fourteen games are scheduled for Wednesday.
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The National Lacrosse League is idle until Friday when Week 5 of the season starts with 3 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Sunday when they are home to the Albany Firewolves. First face-off is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Pre-Game Show on 92-9, The BULL runs from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The BULL will also have a 30-minute Post-Game Show. The Rush have 1 win, 2 losses…tied for 8th place. Albany has 3 wins, 0 losses…tied for 1st place.
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National Basketball Association–5 games:
Milwaukee Bucks at New York Knicks—11 a.m.
Golden State Warriors at Denver Nuggets—1:30 p.m.
Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers—4 p.m.
Philadelphia 76ers at Miami Heat—7 p.m.
Dallas Mavericks at Phoenix Suns—9:30 p.m.
(The Toronto Raptors are idle until Wednesday when they visit the Washington Wizards at 6 p.m.)
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