SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20
The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 11 games, including the Saskatoon Blades visiting the Red Deer Rebels. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 7:45 p.m. and the play-by-play at 8 p.m. The Blades have 29 wins, 18 losses, 7 extra time losses for 65 points…good for 6th place in the Eastern Conference. Red Deer has 21 wins, 28 losses, 6 extra time losses for 48 points…good for 9th place in the East. Saskatoon’s next home game is Tuesday against the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
The Prince Albert Raiders return to action tomorrow when they host the Moose Jaw Warriors. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 31 wins, 19 losses, 4 extra time losses for 66 points…good for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. Moose Jaw has 11 wins, 38 losses, 6 extra time losses for 28 points…good for 11th place in the East.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League—3 games:
Saskatoon Contacts at Yorkton Maulers—7 p.m.
Prince Albert Mintos at Battlefords Stars—7:30 p.m.
Swift Current Legionnaires at Regina Pat-Canadians—8 p.m.
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Four Nations Hockey Faceoff Championship Game at Boston:
Canada vs United States–7 p.m.
(The National Hockey League regular-season is idle until Saturday.)
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Professional Women’s Hockey League:
Boston Fleet at Ottawa Charge—6 p.m.
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On the pebbled ice…
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canadian Women’s Curling Championship, continues today and runs through Sunday at Thunder Bay, Ontario. A total of 18 teams are taking part, split into two pools of nine teams each for preliminary round-robin play. The top three teams from both pools advance to the playoffs. Saskatchewan is represented by the Nancy Martin foursome from the Saskatoon-Nutana curling club. They finished their round robin slate with 5 wins, 3 losses…but won’t be in the top three in Pool A to advance to the playoffs. The final three round-robin draws today go at 8 a.m., 1 and 6 p.m.
The 2025 Canadian Under-18 Girls and Boys Curling Championships continue today at the Nutana Curling Club and run through Sunday. There are 42 teams taking part – 21 in each gender division, split into three pools of seven teams each for round-robin preliminary play before 12 teams, four from each pool, advance to single knock-out playoffs. There are four teams from Saskatchewan taking part. Two girls teams are skipped by Kaylee Hogeboom of Moose Jaw and Renee Wood of Saskatoon-Sutherland. The two boys teams are skipped by Brandon Weiss of Esterhazy and Dayne Heisler of Moose Jaw. Draws go at 8:30 a.m., 12:30, 4:30 and 8:30 p.m.
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The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow when Week 13 of the season starts with 3 games, including the Saskatchewan Rush visiting the Vancouver Warriors. The broadcast on 92-9, THE BULL, starts at 8:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 9 p.m. Saskatchewan has 8 wins, 2 losses…good for 2nd place. Vancouver has 5 wins, 5 losses…tied for 8th place. Saskatchewan’s next home game is Saturday, March 1st against the Buffalo Bandits. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
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National Basketball Association—9 games:
The Toronto Raptors return to action tomorrow when they host the Miami Heat at 6:30 p.m. in Toronto.
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