Western Hockey League playoffs—3 games:
Prince Albert Raiders 4 at Medicine Hat Tigers 6
(Opening game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final. Game 2 is tonight at 6 p.m. in Medicine Hat with Games 3 and 4 on Wednesday and Thursday, 7 p.m. both nights, at the Art Hauser Centre.)
Lethbridge Hurricanes 2 at Calgary Hitmen 1
(Lethbridge leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 2-0)
Portland Winterhawks 3 at Everett Silvertips 4 OT
(Everett leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final 2-0)
The remaining Conference series starts today as follows…
Victoria Royals at Spokane Chiefs—7:05 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
Weyburn Red Wings 1 at Flin Flon Bombers 6
(Weyburn leads the best-of-seven semi-final 3-2)
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National Hockey League—11 games:
New York Islanders 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 4 SO
Washington Capitals 0 at Columbus Blue Jackets 7
New York Rangers 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 7
Colorado Avalanche 4 at Los Angeles Kings 5
Winnipeg Jets 5 at Chicago Blackhawks 4 SO
Montreal Canadiens 0 at Toronto Maple Leafs 1 OT
Minnesota Wild 3 at Vancouver Canucks 2 OT
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Florida Panthers 3 SO
Utah Hockey Club 5 at Dallas Stars 3
St. Louis Blues 3 at Seattle Kraken 4 SO
Nashville Predators 3 at Vegas Golden Knights
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The 2025 International Ice Hockey Federation’s World Women’s Hockey Championship continues today and runs through Sunday, April 20th, in Czechia. Ten national teams are taking part, including Canada, split into two pools of five teams each for preliminary round-robin play. That is followed by eight teams qualifying for straight knockout playoffs. Saskatoon product Emily Clark is on the Canadian roster. Canada has 2 wins, 0 losses for 6 points…tied for 1st place in Pool A. On yesterday’s scheduel,
Finland 4 vs Czechia 2
Hungary 0 vs Norway 3
Japan vs Sweden—7 a.m. Sunday
(Canada returns to action today against the U-S at 11 a.m.)
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Major League Baseball
American League—3 day games, 3 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays 4 at Baltimore Orioles 5
Inter-League—3 day games
National League—2 day games, 4 night
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The National Basketball Association returns to action today with 15 games, including the Toronto Raptors visiting the San Antonio Spurs at 1:30 p.m.
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National Lacrosse League–Week 20 of the season continues with 4 games:
Las Vegas Desert Dogs 10 at Ottawa Black Bears 13
San Diego Seals 10 at Albany Firewolves 12
Georgia Swarm 13 at Philadelphia Wings 16
Halifax Thunderbirds 12 at Buffalo Bandits 15
(The Saskatchewan Rush return to action today when they visit the Colorado Mammoth. The broadcast on 92-9, THE BULL begins at 1:45 p.m. with play-by-play at 2 p.m. Saskatchewan has 11 wins, 5 losses…good for 2nd place. Colorado has 8 wins, 8 losses…tied for 6th place. The Rush’s last regular-season game will be at home on Saturday, April 19th, against Ottawa. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
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