SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27
Western Hockey League–9 games:
Saskatoon Blades vs 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 against the Moose Jaw Warriors. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)
Regina Pats at Brandon Wheat Kings—7 p.m.
Swift Current Broncos at Lethbridge Hurricanes—8 p.m.
Medicine Hat Tigers at Red Deer Rebels—8 p.m.
Edmonton Oil Kings at Prince George Cougars—9 p.m.
Kelowna Rockets at Kamloops Blazers—9 p.m.
Victoria Royals vs Vancouver Giants—9 p.m. at Langley, B-C
Wenatchee Wild at Spokane Chiefs—9:05 p.m.
Portland Winterhawks vs Tri-City Americans—9:05 p.m. at Kennewick, Wa.
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The I-I-H-F World Under-20 Hockey Championship continues today and runs through Friday, January 5th 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 has 1 win, 0 losses for 3 points…tied for 1st place in Pool A. Latvia has 0 wins, 1 loss for 0 points…tied for 4th place 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 today’s schedule…
Team Canada vs Latvia—12:30 p.m.
Switzerland vs Slovakia—5 a.m.
Germany vs Finland—7:30 a.m.
Czechia vs Norway—10 a.m.
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The Spengler Cup, an annual international men’s hockey tournament held in Davos, Switzerland, continues today and runs through Sunday. There are six teams taking part, including Team Canada, split into two pools of three teams for round-robin play followed by four teams qualifying for straight knockout playoffs. Team Canada has 1 win, 0 losses for 3 points…good for first place in Pool B. On today’s schedule…
Frolunda H-C (Sweden) vs H-C Davos (Switzerland)—1:15 p.m.
Kal-Pa Kuopio (Finland) vs H-C Ambri-Piotta (Switzerland)—8:10 a.m.
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The Circle-K Classic Male Under-18 Hockey Tournament starts today and runs through Monday in Calgary. There are 32 teams from around the world taking part, including the Prince Albert Mintos, Swift Current Legionnaires and Warman Wildcats from the Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League. The 32 teams are divided into eight pools of four teams each for round-robin play, followed by playoffs. On today’s schedule for the Saskatchewan teams…
Warman Wildcats vs Airdrie, Alberta, C-F-R Bisons—11 a.m.
Prince Albert Mintos vs Calgary Flames—11:30 a.m.
Swift Current Legionnaires vs Yale Lions—1:45 p.m.
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National Hockey League—14 games:
Ottawa Senators at Toronto Maple Leafs—6 p.m.
Winnipeg Jets at Chicago Blackhawks—8 p.m.
Seattle Kraken at Calgary Flames—8:30 p.m.
Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning—6 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at New Jersey Devils—6 p.m.
Washington Capitals at New York Rangers—6 p.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Islanders—6:30 p.m.
Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres—6:30 p.m.
Carolina Hurricanes at Nashville Predators—7 p.m.
Dallas Stars at St. Louis Blues—7 p.m.
Detroit Red Wings at Minnesota Wild—7 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche at Arizona Coyotes—8 p.m.
Vegas Golden Knights at Anaheim Ducks—9 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Los Angeles Kings—9 p.m.
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The Provincial Under-18 Girls and Boys Curling Championships start today and run through Saturday in Moose Jaw. Twelve Girls teams and 10 Boys teams are taking part with the fields split into two even groups for preliminary round-robin play, followed by four teams qualifying for Page Playoffs. Draws today go at 10:30 a.m., 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.
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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–6 games:
Toronto Raptors at Washington Wizards—6 p.m.
Philadelphia 76ers at Orlando Magic—6 p.m.
Milwaukee Bucks at Brooklyn Nets—6:30 p.m.
Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets—7 p.m.
New York Knicks at Oklahoma City Thunder—7 p.m.
Cleveland Cavaliers at Dallas Mavericks—7:30 p.m.
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