SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17
The Canadian Football League returns to action tomorrow when Week 20 of the regular-season starts with Calgary at Hamilton. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are off until Saturday, October 26th when they host the Stampeders. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium. The Green and White have 9 wins, 7 losses, 1 tie for 19 points…good for 2nd place in the West Division.
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The Prairie Football Conference playoffs are idle until Sunday when the conference final is scheduled, as follows…
Saskatoon Hilltops vs Regina Thunder
(Kickoff time is 1 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. The winner advances to host the national semi-final against the B-C Conference champion on Sunday, October 27th.)
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The Canada West University Football Conference returns to action tomorrow when Week 7 starts. The Saskatchewan Huskies are off until Saturday when they are home to the Regina Rams. Kickoff time is 1 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium. The Dogs have 3 wins, 3 losses for 6 points…good for 3rd place. Regina has 2 wins, 4 losses for 4 points…tied for 4th place.
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Saskatoon High School Football League—4 games:
Bedford Road at Regina—5 p.m.
Evan Hardy vs Walter Murray—3 p.m. at S-M-F Field
Centennial vs Bethlehem—5:15 p.m. at S-M-F Field
Holy Cross vs St. Joseph—7:30 p.m. at S-M-F Field
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National Football League—Week 7 begins:
Denver Broncos at New Orleans Saints—6:15 p.m.
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Western Hockey League–2 games:
Saskatoon Blades at Edmonton Oil Kings
(CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:45 p.m. and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Blades have 7 wins, 1 loss, 1 extra time loss for 15 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Edmonton has 3 wins, 3 losses, 1 extra time loss for 7 points…tied for 8th place in the East. The Bridge City Bunch’s next home game is Wednesday against the Seattle Thunderbirds. First face-off is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
Kamloops Blazers at Portland Winterhawks—8 p.m.
(The Prince Albert Raiders return to action tomorrow when they visit the Victoria Royals at 8:05 p.m. Prince Albert has 2 wins, 5 losses, 2 extra time losses for 6 points…tied for 10th place in the Eastern Conference. Victoria has 5 wins, 1 loss, 2 extra time losses for 12 points…tied for 4th place in the Western Conference. The Raiders’ next home game is Friday, October 25th against Seattle. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League:
Battlefords North Stars at Notre Dame Hounds—7:30 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League:
Saskatoon Royals at Prince Albert Timberjaks—7:30 p.m.
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National Hockey League–11 games:
Vancouver Canucks at Florida Panthers—5 p.m.
New Jersey Devils at Ottawa Senators—5 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Montreal Canadiens—5 p.m.
Edmonton Oilers at Nashville Predators—6 p.m.
Vegas Golden Knights at Tampa Bay Lightning—5 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets—5 p.m.
Dallas Stars at Washington Capitals—5 p.m.
New York Rangers at Detroit Red Wings—5:30 p.m.
New York Islanders at St. Louis Blues—6 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Chicago Blackhawks—6:30 p.m.
Philadelphia Flyers at Seattle Kraken—8 p.m.
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The World Mixed Curling Championship continues today and runs through Saturday in Aberdeen, Scotland. There are 38 teams taking part, split into five pools for round-robin preliminary play. Three of the groups have eight teams while the other two groups have seven. Canada is represented by the Shaun Meachem foursome from Swift Current. They have 6 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place in Group A. Sixteen of the 38 teams qualify for the straight knock-out playoffs on Friday and Saturday. On Canada’s schedule today…
1 p.m. – Canada vs New Zealand
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Major League Baseball Playoffs:
American League
New York Yankees at Cleveland Guardians—3:08 p.m.
(New York leads the best-of-seven A-L-C-S 2-0)
National League
Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets—6:08 p.m.
(Los Angeles leads the best-of-seven N-L-C-S 2-1)
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