SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canadian Women’s Curling Championship, starts today and runs through Sunday, February 25th in Calgary. A total of 18 teams are taking part…13 provincial or territorial champions plus four wild-card teams and the defending champions as Team Canada. The teams are split into two pools of nine teams each for preliminary round-robin play. Saskatchewan is represented by the Skylar Ackerman foursome from the Saskatoon-Nutana club. They are in Pool A. On their schedule today…..
7 p.m. – Saskatchewan vs Prince Edward Island
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Western Hockey League—10 games:
Saskatoon Blades at Lethbridge Hurricanes
(CJWW’s broadcast starts at 7:45 p.m. with the Palliser Rooms E-Q-3 Cutting Edge Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 8 p.m. The Blue and Gold have 39 wins, 9 losses, 5 extra time losses for 83 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Lethbridge has 24 wins, 24 losses, 3 extra time losses for 51 points…tied for 8th place in the East. The Bridge City Bunch’s next home game is Friday, February 23rd against Brandon. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
Prince Albert Raiders at Medicine Hat Tigers—8 p.m.
(P-A has 24 wins, 25 losses, 4 extra time losses for 52 points…good for 7th place in the Eastern Conference. Medicine Hat has 32 wins, 17 losses, 4 extra time losses for 68 points…good for 3rd place in the East. P-A’s next home game is Thursday, February 22nd against Brandon. First face-off is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)
Swift Current Broncos at Regina Pats—7 p.m.
Calgary Hitmen at Brandon Wheat Kings—7 p.m.
Edmonton Oil Kings at Red Deer Rebels—8 p.m.
Kamloops Blazers at Prince George Cougars—9 p.m.
Kelowna Rockets at Victoria Royals—9:05 p.m.
Portland Winterhawks vs Vancouver Giants—9 p.m. at Langley, B-C
Spokane Chiefs vs Tri-City Americans—9:05 p.m. at Kennewick, Wa.
Everett Silvertips at Wenatchee Wild—9 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League—4 games:
Kindersley Klippers at Nipawin Hawks—7 p.m.
La Ronge Ice Wolves at Melville Millionaires—7 p.m.
Melfort Mustangs at Estevan Bruins—7 p.m.
Battlefords North Stars at Flin Flon Bombers—7:30 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League—2 games:
Carrot River Thunder at Prince Albert Timberjaks—7:30 p.m.
Fort Knox at Regina Capitals—7:45 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Tisdale Trojans at Yorkton Maulers—7:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Saskatoon Stars at Notre Dame Hounds—8 p.m.
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Professional Women’s Hockey League:
Montreal at Toronto—6 p.m.
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National Hockey League:
Carolina Hurricanes at Arizona Coyotes—8 p.m.
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On campus:
Canada West University Women’s Hockey Conference Playoffs
Saskatchewan Huskies vs Calgary Dinos—3 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place
(Opening game of best-of-three quarter-final)
Canada West University Men’s Hockey Conference Playoffs
Saskatchewan Huskies vs Alberta Golden Bears—7 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place
(Opening game of best-of-three quarter-final)
Canada West University Volleyball Conference
Saskatchewan Huskies vs Manitoba Bisons at Winnipeg
(Men’s match starts at 6 p.m., followed by the women’s match at 7:45 p.m.)
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National Lacrosse League–Week 12 of the season starts with 3 games:
Buffalo Bandits at Halifax Thunderbirds—5:30 p.m.
Toronto Rock at New York Riptide—6 p.m.
Philadelphia Wings at Las Vegas Desert Dogs—9 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Rush are idle until Saturday, February 24th when they play host to Halifax. 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 3 wins, 4 losses…good for 9th place.)
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The National Basketball Association is into its all-star break. The All-Star Game is being held Sunday at 7 p.m. at Indianapolis. The Toronto Raptors are off until Thursday when they host the Brooklyn Nets at 6:30 p.m. in Toronto.
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