Saturday Scoreboard

National Lacrosse League—Week 19 continues with 4 games:

Saskatchewan Rush 12 vs Calgary Roughnecks 9

(The Rush have 7 wins, 9 losses. Calgary has 7 wins, 9 losses.)

New York Riptide 14 at Rochester Knighthawks 9

Toronto Rock 10 at Albany Firewolves 7

Las Vegas Desert Dogs 9 at Georgia Swarm 13

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The Western Hockey League Playoffs return to action today with 2 games. The Saskatoon Blades are off until Friday when they open a best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final against the Red Deer Rebels. 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.

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Prairie Junior Hockey League Playoffs:

Saskatoon Quakers 3 at Regina Capitals 2 in OT

(Saskatoon leads the best-of-seven final 3-1)

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The Telus Cup Western Regional Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey Tournament continues and wraps up today in Winnipeg. Four teams are taking part, including the Saskatoon Blazers – champions of the Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A League title – in a round-robin plus playoffs format. Saskatoon has 2 win, 1 loss for 3 points…tied for 2nd place.

Saskatoon Blazers 4 vs Winnipeg Wild 2

Brandon Wheat Kings 3 vs Thunder Bay Kings 5

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The World Women’s Hockey Championship continues today and runs through Sunday, April 14th in Utica, New York. A total of 10 nations are taking part, including Canada, split into two pools of five teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by playoffs. Saskatoon product and winger Emily Clark is a member of Team Canada. Canada has 2 wins, 0 losses for 6 points…tied for 1st place in Pool A. On their schedule…

Canada vs Czechia—1 p.m. Sunday

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National Hockey League—11 games:

Winnipeg Jets 4 at Minnesota Wild 2

Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5

Florida Panthers 2 at Boston Bruins 3 in OT

Dallas Stars 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 3

Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Montreal Canadiens 2

New Jersey Devils 4 at Ottawa Senators 3

Edmonton Oilers 4 at Calgary Flames 2

Vancouver Canucks 3 at Los Angeles Kings 6

St. Louis Blues 2 at San Jose Sharks 3 in OT

Philadelphia Flyers 2 at Columbus Blue Jackets 6

Nashville Predators 0 at New York Islanders 2

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The 2024 L-G-T World Men’s Curling Championship continue and wrap up today in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. The field of 13 nations has been reduced to six for playoffs. Canada – represented by the Brier-champion Brad Gushue foursome from St. John’s, Newfoundland – finished the round-robin with 10 wins, 2 losses…good for 2nd place. On yesterday’s schedule…

2 a.m. qualification games – Scotland 8 vs United States 4

Germany 3 vs Italy 8

8 a.m. semi-finals – Canada 9 vs Scotland 4
Sweden 5 vs Italy 3

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Major League Baseball:

American League—2 day games, 4 night, including

Toronto Blue Jays 8 vs New York Yankees 9

Inter-League—1 day game, 2 night

National League—4 day games, 2 night

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National Basketball Association—4 games:

Cleveland Cavaliers 97 at Los Angeles Lakers 116

Detroit Pistons 103 at Brooklyn Nets 113