SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 19
Western Hockey League:
Kamloops Blazers vs Seattle Thunderbirds—8:05 p.m. at Kent, Wa.
(The Saskatoon Blades return to action tomorrow when they are home to the Calgary Hitmen. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast starts 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 47 wins, 13 losses, 5 extra time losses for 99 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Calgary has 27 wins, 30 losses, 8 extra time losses for 62 points…good for 9th place in the East.
The Prince Albert Raiders return to action tomorrow when they host the Regina Pats. First face-off is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 30 wins, 30 losses, 5 extra time losses for 65 points…good for 8th place in the Eastern Conference. Regina has 22 wins, 37 losses, 6 extra time losses for 50 points…good for 11th place in the East.)
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National Hockey League—13 games:
Toronto Maple Leafs at Philadelphia Flyers—5 p.m.
Ottawa Senators at Boston Bruins—5 p.m.
Winnipeg Jets at New York Rangers—5 p.m.
Montreal Canadiens at Edmonton Oilers—7 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Vancouver Canucks—8 p.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils—5 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Detroit Red Wings—5 p.m.
Carolina Hurricanes at New York Islanders—5:30 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche at St. Louis Blues—6 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Nashville Predators—6 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at Los Angeles Kings—8 p.m.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Vegas Golden Knights—8 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Anaheim Ducks—8 p.m.
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On the pebbled ice:
The B-K-T Tires World Women’s Curling Championship continues today and runs through Sunday in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Thirteen teams are taking part in the round-robin plus playoffs format, including Canada – represented by the Rachel Homan foursome of Ottawa. They have 4 wins, 0 losses…tied for 2nd place. On their schedule today…
6 a.m. – Canada vs Italy
4 p.m. – Canada vs Switzerland
The Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship continues today and runs through Friday in Fredericton, New Brunswick. A total of 32 duos are taking part, split into four groups of eight teams each for preliminary round-robin play with 12 teams advancing to the playoffs. Among the 32 duos are Dustin Kathoff and Christie Gamble of Saskatoon-Nutana, Rylan Kleiter and Madison Kleiter of Saskatoon-Nutana, Nancy Martin and Steve Laycock of Martensville plus Kirk Muyres of Humboldt and Laura Walker out of Sherwood Park, Alberta. Muyres-Walker have 3 wins, 0 losses…tied for 1std place in Pool A. The Kleiters have 2 wins, 1 loss…tied for 3rd place in Pool A. Martin-Laycock have 1 win, 2 losses…tied for 5th place in Pool B. Kalthoff-Gamble have 1 win, 3 losses…tied for 6th place in Pool C. On their schedules today…
10 a.m. – Muyres-Walker vs Laplante-Gibeau vs Kitz-Stewart
Kleiter-Kleiter vs Siciliano-Williams
Martin-Laycock vs McCormick-Bonot
1 p.m. – Kalthoff-Gamble vs Gagne-Morissette
4 p.m. – Muyres-Walker vs St. Georges-Asselin
Martin-Laycock vs Cheal-Cheal
Kleiter-Kleiter vs Kelly-Tardi
7 a.m. Wednesday – Kalthoff-Gamble vs Jones-Laing
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Major League Baseball Exhibition—13 games, including:
Toronto Blue Jays vs Baltimore Orioles–11:07 a.m. at Dunedin, Fla.
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Friday when Week 17 of the season starts with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are idle until Saturday when they visit the New York Riptide. The broadcast on 92-9, THE BULL begins at 5:15 p.m. with the Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 5:30 p.m. The Rush have 5 wins, 6 losses…good for 9th place. New York has 6 wins, 8 losses…good for 10th place. Saskatchewan’s next home game is Saturday, April 6th against the Calgary Roughnecks. 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. 92-9, The BULL will also have a 30-minute Post-Game Show.
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National Basketball Association—5 games:
Houston Rockets at Washington Wizards—5 p.m.
Charlotte Hornets at Orlando Magic—5 p.m.
New Orleans Pelicans at Brooklyn Nets—5:30 p.m.
Dallas Mavericks at San Antonio Spurs—6 p.m.
Denver Nuggets at Minnesota Timberwolves—7 p.m.
(The Toronto Raptors return to action tomorrow when they host the Sacramento Kings at 5:30 p.m. in Toronto.)
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