The Saskatchewan Roughriders had a day off yesterday between the end of Rookie Camp and the start of Main Training Camp which begins today at Griffiths Stadium on the U of S campus in Saskatoon. Today’s practice session runs from 8:30 a.m. to about Noon. The Green and White play their home pre-season game on Monday, May 20th against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Kick-off time is 2 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium. The Riders’ regular-season starts Saturday, June 8th in Edmonton with the home opener on Sunday, June 23rd against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium.
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Western Hockey League Playoffs:
Moose Jaw Warriors 5 at Portland Winterhawks 1
(Moose Jaw leads the best-of-seven Ed Chynoweth Cup championship final 2-0)
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The Centennial Cup, Canadian Junior A Hockey Championship tournament, continues today and runs through Sunday, May 19th in Oakville, Ontario. Ten teams, made up of nine league champions – including the S-J-H-L-champion Melfort Mustangs – and the host Oakville Blades are taking part in the event. The teams are split into two pools of five teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by playoffs. Melfort has 2 win, 0 losses …tied for 1st place in Group B. On the Mustangs’ schedule today…
10 a.m. – Melfort Mustangs 6 vs Winkler, Manitoba, Flyers 5 in SO
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Professional Women’s Hockey League Playoffs:
Boston 2 at Montreal 1 in 3rd OT
(Boston leads the best-of-five semi-final 2-0)
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National Hockey League Stanley Cup Playoffs—2 games:
New York Rangers 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 4
(New York leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 3-1)
Dallas Stars 4 at Colorado Avalanche 1
(Dallas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final 2-1)
The remaining two series resume today, as follows…
Florida Panthers at Boston Bruins—4:30 p.m.
(Florida leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 2-1)
Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers—7:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final tied 1-1)
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The I-I-H-F World Men’s Hockey Championship continues today and runs through Sunday, May 26th in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia. Sixteen nations are taking part, split into two groups of eight for preliminary round-robin play and followed by playoffs. On today’s schedule…
Austria 1 vs Denmark 5
Poland 4 vs Latvia 5 in OT
Norway 3 vs Czechia 6
United States 6 vs Germany 1
Finland vs Great Britain—today at 4:20 a.m. at Prague
Slovakia vs Kazhakstan—today at 4:20 a.m. at Ostrava
Canada returns to action today against Denmark at 8:20 a.m. in Prague. Canada has 1 win, 0 losses for 3 points…tied for 1st place in Group A.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—2 day game, 4 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays 10 vs Minnesota Twins 8
Inter-League—2 day games, 1 night
National League—3 day games, 3 night
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National Basketball Association Playoffs—2 games:
Oklahoma City Thunder 101 at Dallas Mavericks 105
(Dallas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final 2-1)
Boston Celtics 106 at Cleveland Cavaliers 93
(Boston leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final 2-1)
The remaining two second round series resume today, as follows…
New York Knicks at Indiana Pacers—1:30 p.m.
(New York leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 2-1)
Denver Nuggets at Minnesota Timberwolves—6 p.m.
(Minnesota leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final 2-1)
