SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31
Western Hockey League–6 games:
Regina Pats at Moose Jaw Warriors—6 p.m.
Vancouver Giants at Victoria Royals—4:05 p.m.
Kelowna Rockets at Wenatchee Wild—7 p.m.
Prince George Cougars vs Seattle Thunderbirds—8:05 p.m. at Kent, Wa.
Spokane Chiefs vs Tri-City Americans—8:05 p.m. at Kennewick, Wa.
Everett Silvertips at Portland Winterhawks—7 p.m.
(The Saskatoon Blades and Prince Albert Raiders return to action tomorrow against each other. Game time is 4 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 3:45 p.m. and the play-by-play at 4 p.m. The Blades have 20 wins, 10 losses, 4 extra time losses for 44 points…tied for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. P-A has 17 wins, 12 losses, 3 extra time losses for 37 points…good for 7th place in the East. P-A’s next home game is Saturday against the Brandon Wheat Kings. First face-off is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)
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I-I-H-F World Under-20 Hockey Championship–4 games in Ottawa:
Canada vs United States–7 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.)
Kazakhstan vs Switzerland—11 a.m.
Finland vs Latvia—1:30 p.m.
Sweden vs Czechia—4 p.m.
(The tournament winds up on Sunday.)
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National Hockey League–13 games:
New York Islanders at Toronto Maple Leafs—Noon
Montreal Canadiens at Vegas Golden Knights—2 p.m.
Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals—11:30 a.m.
St. Louis Blues at Chicago Blackhawks—4 p.m.
Winnipeg Jets at Colorado Avalanche—7 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames—8 p.m.
Utah Hockey Club at Edmonton Oilers—8 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars—7 p.m.
Philadelphia Flyers at San Jose Sharks—7 p.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings—7 p.m.
New Jersey Devils at Anaheim Ducks—7 p.m.
Carolina Hurricanes at Columbus Blue Jackets—7 p.m.
Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild—7 p.m.
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Professional Women’s Hockey League:
Ottawa Charge at Toronto Sceptres—6 p.m.
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The 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials continue 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 Trann/Kleiter
Martin/Laycock vs Papley/Van Amsterdam, Edmonton
2 p.m.: Trann/Kleiter vs Zheng/Pietrangelo, Niagara Falls
Martin/Laycock vs Jones/Laing, Barrie, Ontario
Walker/Muyres vs Homan/Bottcher, Edmonton
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The National Lacrosse League is idle until Saturday when Week 6 of the season stats and ends with 3 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are off 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–6 games, including:
Toronto Raptors at Boston Celtics–2 p.m.
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