SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 30
Western Hockey League–4 games:
Saskatoon Blades at Prince Albert Raiders
(Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:45 p.m. and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Blades have 19 wins, 10 losses, 4 extra time losses for 42 points…tied for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. P-A has 17 wins, 11 losses, 3 extra time losses for 37 points…tied for 6th place in the East. Saskatoon’s next home game is New Year’s Day – Wednesday, January 1st, 2025. First face-off is 4 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
Brandon Wheat Kings at Swift Current Broncos—7 p.m.
Calgary Hitmen at Medicine Hat Tigers—8 p.m.
Lethbridge Hurricanes at Red Deer Rebels—8 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League:
Melville Millionaires at Yorkton Terriers—7 p.m.
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I-I-H-F World Under-20 Hockey Championship–2 games in Ottawa:
Slovakia vs Kazakhstan—Noon
Germany vs Latvia—2:30 p.m.
(Germany’s team includes Saskatoon Blades’ left winger David Lewandowski.)
(Canada returns to action tomorrow when they take on the United States at 6:30 p.m. Canada has 2 wins, 0 losses and 1 extra time loss for 7 points…tied for 1st place in Pool A. The U-S has 2 wins, 0 losses, 1 extra time loss for 7 points…tied for 1st place in Pool A. The tournament has 10 countries taking part with the top four teams from each pool of five teams advancing to the straight-knockout playoffs. Among Canada’s players are defenceman Caden Price plus forwards Brayden Yager and Berkly Catton…all of Saskatoon, forward Tanner Howe of Prince Albert and Saskatoon Blades’ defenceman Tanner Molendyk. The tournament winds up on Sunday.)
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National Hockey League–3 games:
Nashville Predators at Winnipeg Jets—6:30 p.m.
New York Rangers at Florida Panthers—6 p.m.
Utah Hockey Club at Seattle Kraken—7 p.m.
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Spengler Cup—2 semi-final games in Davos, Swizerland:
Canada vs Straubing Tigers (Gemany)—8:10 a.m.
H-C Davos vs H-C Fribourg Gotteron (Switzerland)—1:15 p.m.
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Professional Women’s Hockey League:
Boston Fleet at Montreal Victoire—6 p.m.
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The 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials start today and run through Saturday in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Sixteen female and male couples are split into two pools of eight duos each for preliminary round-robin play with the top three teams from each pool advancing to the six-team playoffs before determining the winner who will represent Canada at the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Championship in late April through early May. Among the 16 pairs are Kirk Muyres of Humboldt and partner Laura Walker of Edmonton, Nancy Martin of Wakaw and Steve Laycock of Saskatoon plus Rylan Kleiter of Saskatoon and partner Brittany Trann of Calgary. On their schedules today…
7 a.m.: Walker/Muyres vs Gionest/Desjardins, Quebec
Trann/Kleiter vs Martin/Laycock
2 p.m.: Martin/Laycock vs Zheng/Pietrangelo, Niagara Falls
Trann/Kleiter vs Jones/Laing, Barrie, Ontario
Walker/Muyres vs Papley/Van Amsterdam, Edmonton
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National Football League–Week 17 of the season continues and ends:
Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers—7:15 p.m.
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Saturday when Week 6 of the season stats and ends with 3 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are idle until Saturday, January 11th when they host the Las Vegas Desert Dogs. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. Saskatchewan has 3 wins, 1 loss…tied for 3rd place. Las Vegas has 0 wins, 4 losses…tied for 13th place.
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National Basketball Association–7 games:
The Toronto Raptors return to action tomorrow when they visit the Boston Celtics at 2 p.m.
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