Western Hockey League–6 games:
Saskatoon Blades 2 at Brandon Wheat Kings 3 in SO
(The Blue and Gold have 24 wins, 9 losses, 2 extra time losses for 50 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Brandon has 18 wins, 12 losses, 5 extra time losses for 41 points…good for 3rd place in the East. The Bridge City Bunch’s next home game is Monday when they host the Wheaties. Game time is 4 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
Regina Pats 2 at Moose Jaw Warriors 5
Swift Current Broncos 3 at Medicine Hat Tigers 1
Red Deer Rebels 1 at Lethbridge Hurricanes 2
Edmonton Oil Kings 5 vs Vancouver Giants 3
Kamloops Blazers 4 at Kelowna Rockets 6
(The Prince Albert Raiders return to action today when they are home to Moose Jaw. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 17 wins, 16 losses, 2 extra time losses for 36 points…good for 7th place in the Eastern Conference.)
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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 2 wins, 1 loss for 6 points…tied for 1st place in Pool A. Sweden has 3 wins, 0 losses for 8 points…tied for 1st 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 their schedule…
Team Canada 0 vs Sweden 2
Slovakia 8 vs Norway 4
Finland 4 vs Latvia 0
United States 4 vs Czechia 3 in SO
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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, with the straight knockout playoffs starting today. Team Canada finished preliminary round play with 1 win, 1 loss for 3 points…good for 2nd place in Pool B. On today’s quarter-finals schedule…
Team Canada 6 vs Kal-Pa Kuopio 3 (Finland) Winner advances to play H-C Dynamo Pardubice (Czechia) in a semi-final game today.
H-C Ambri-Piotta (Switzerland) vs Frolunda H-C (Sweden)— winner not posted yet (Winner advances to play H-C Davos (Switzerland) in a semi-final game today.)
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The Circle-K Classic Male Under-18 Hockey Tournament continues 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 the schedule for the Saskatchewan teams…
Swift Current Legionnaires 3 vs Detroit Victory Honda 6
Prince Albert Mintos 3 vs Shattuck-St. Mary’s (Minnesota) 12
Warman Wildcats 2 vs Bishop Kearney Selects 5 (Rochester, New York)
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The 2023/2024 U18 Girls and Boys Curling Provincials are taking place in Moose Jaw. Yesterday at 8:30pm on the boy’s side, Weiss defeated Heistad 8-2 and Derkson downed Snow 7-3. Snow will take on Weiss today at 9:00am.
On the girl’s side, Wickenheiser downed Hogeboom 8-1, and Remeshylo topped Simpson 8-5. Simpson will play Wickenheiser today at 10:00am. The rest of the scores are here.
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National Hockey League—9 games:
New Jersey Devils 6 at Ottawa Senators 2
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at Columbus Blue Jackets 6 in OT
New York Rangers 3 at Florida Panthers 4
Nashville Predators 4 at Detroit Red Wings 5 in OT
Washington Capitals 1 at New York Islanders 5
Chicago Blackhawks 4 at Dallas Stars 5 in OT
Colorado Avalanche 2 at St. Louis Blues 1
Arizona Coyotes 2 at Anaheim Ducks 0
Philadelphia Flyers 1 at Seattle Kraken 2 in OT
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The Provincial Under-18 Girls and Boys Curling Championships runs through today 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.
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National Lacrosse League–Week 5 of the season starts with 3 games:
Philadelphia Wings 16 at Halifax Thunderbirds 15
Georgia Swarm 9 at Buffalo Bandits 8
Rochester Knighthawks 14 at San Diego Seals 17
(The Saskatchewan Rush are off until tomorrow 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–10 games:
Toronto Raptors 118 at Boston Celtics 120
New York Knicks 108 at Orlando Magic 117
Brooklyn Nets 104 at Washington Wizards 110
Milwaukee Bucks 119 at Cleveland Cavaliers 111
Sacramento Kings 117 at Atlanta Hawks 110
Philadelphia 76ers 131 at Houston Rockets 127
Oklahoma City Thunder 119 at Denver Nuggets 93
Charlotte Hornets 119 at Phoenix Suns 133
San Antonio Spurs 128 at Portland Trailblazers 134
Memphis Grizzlies 106 at Los Angeles Clippers 117
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