SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH
The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 10 games, including the Saskatoon Blades visiting the 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 31 wins, 21 losses, 7 extra time losses for 69 points…good for 3rd place in the Eastern Conference. P-A has 34 wins, 20 losses, 6 extra time losses for 74 points…good for 2nd place in the East. Saskatoon’s next home game is Saturday against the Raiders. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Playoffs—2 games at 7:30 p.m.:
Delisle Chiefs vs Saskatoon Royals at Rod Hamm Arena
(Delisle leads the best-of-seven North Division semi-final 2-0)
Fort Knox at Assiniboia Southern Rebels
(Fort Knox leads the best-of-seven South Division semi-final 3-0)
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs—2 games:
Estevan Bears at Moose Jaw Warriors—7 p.m.
(Best-of-five quarter-final tied 1-1)
Warman Wildcats at Swift Current Legionnaires—7:15 p.m.
(Best-of-five quarter-final tied 1-1)
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National Hockey League–9 games:
Winnipeg Jets at Philadelphia Flyers—6 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Dallas Stars—7 p.m.
Montreal Canadiens at Edmonton Oilers—8 p.m.
Utah Hockey Club at Detroit Red Wings—6 p.m.
Boston Bruins at Carolina Hurricanes—6 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning—6 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Florida Panthers—6 p.m.
Seattle Kraken at Nashville Predators—7 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Colorado Avalanche—8:30 p.m.
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Professional Women’s Hockey League:
Montreal Victoire at Toronto Sceptres—6 p.m.
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On the pebbled ice…
The 2025 Montana’s Brier, Canadian Men’s Curling Championship, continues today and runs through Sunday in Kelowna, B-C. There are 18 teams taking part, split into two pools of nine teams each for preliminary round-robin play. Among the 18 teams are the Mike McEwen foursome and the Rylan Kleiter quartet, both from the Saskatoon-Nutana club. They are both in Pool B. The McEwen squad has 7 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place in Pool B. The Kleiter team has 3 wins, 3 losses…tied for 3rd place in Pool B. On their schedules today…
10:30 a.m. – Saskatchewan-Kleiter vs Yukon
8:30 p.m. – Saskatchewan-Kleiter vs Quebec
Saskatchewan-McEwen vs Alberta-Brad Jacobs
The 2025 Provincial Mixed Curling Championship continues today and runs through Saturday in Melville. A total of nine teams are taking part in the modified triple knock-out plus Page Playoff format. There are draws today at 9 a.m., 2 and 7 p.m.
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The U Sports track and field championships start today and run through Saturday in Windsor, Ontario. There are many athletes from the U of S Huskies track and field teams taking part.
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Saskatoon High School Basketball League Playoffs:
Championship Girls Division
Tommy Douglas at Saskatoon Christian School—6 p.m.
Championship Boys Division
Mount Royal at Evan Hardy—8 p.m.
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Major League Baseball Exhibition—15 games, including:
Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox–12:07 p.m. at Dunedin, Fla.
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National Basketball Association—6 games:
The Toronto Raptors return to action tomorrow when they host the Utah Jazz at 6:30 p.m. in Toronto.
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The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow when Week 15 of the season starts with 3 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday when they visit the Georgia Swarm. Saskatchewan has 9 wins, 3 losses…good for 2nd place. Georgia has 7 wins, 4 losses…tied for 3rd place. The broadcast on 92-9, THE BULL starts at 6:15 p.m., with play-by-play at 6:30 p.m. Next home game for the Rush is Saturday, March 29th against the Colorado Mammoth. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
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