SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, MAY 16
National Lacrosse League playoffs:
Saskatchewan Rush at Buffalo Bandits—5:30 p.m.
(Game 2 will be held Sunday at 6 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. A third game, if necessary, would be played Saturday, May 24th in Buffalo.)
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The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ 2025 C-F-L season continues today with main training camp, running through Thursday at Griffiths Stadium on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon. Today’s session started at 8:30 a.m. The Green and White will play their first pre-season game on Saturday, May 24th at 2 p.m. in Winnipeg before the Blue Bombers visit the Riders on Friday, May 30th at 7 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium in Regina. Saskatchewan’s regular-season opener will be on Thursday, June 5th against the Ottawa RedBlacks. Game time is 7 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.
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Western Hockey League playoffs:
Medicine Hat Tigers at Spokane Chiefs—8 p.m.
(Medicine Hat leads the best-of-seven Ed Chynoweth Cup championship final 3-1)
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The Centennial Cup, National Junior A Hockey Championship tournament, continues today and runs through Sunday in Calgary. The field of 10 Junior A league champions from across Canada has been reduced to six teams for straight knock-out playoffs. Among the six teams still alive is the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League-champion Melfort Mustangs. Melfort finished the preliminary round-robin with 2 wins, 1 overtime win, 1 loss for 8 points…good for 2nd place in Group B. On today’s quarter-final schedule…
4 p.m. – Melfort Mustangs vs Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Cubs (Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League)
7:30 p.m. – Calgary Canucks (Host) vs Northern Manitoba Blizzard (Manitoba Junior Hockey League)
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National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Playoffs:
Toronto Maple Leafs at Florida Panthers—6 p.m.
(Florida leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 3-2)
The remaining Conference semi-final series continue tomorrow, as follows…
Winnipeg Jets at Dallas Stars—6 p.m.
(Dallas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final 3-2)
The Edmonton Oilers have advanced to the Western Conference final while the Carolina Hurricanes have advanced to the Eastern Conference final.
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The I-I-H-F World Men’s Hockey Championship continues today and runs through Sunday, May 25th in Stockholm, Sweden, and Herning, Denmark. Sixteen national teams are taking part, split into two groups of eight teams each for preliminary round-robin play, plus playoffs. Canada is one of the 16 nations taking part and are in Group A. Canada has 4 wins, 0 losses for 12 points…tied for 1st place. On today’s schedule…
8:20 a.m. – Austria vs France at Stockholm
8:20 a.m. – Hungary vs Denmark at Herning
12:20 p.m. – Sweden vs Slovenia at Stockholm
12:20 p.m. – Switzerland vs Norway at Herning
(Canada’s next action is tomorrow against Slovakia at 12:20 p.m. in Stockholm.)
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Professional Women’s Hockey League Playoffs:
Montreal Victoire at Ottawa Charge—5 p.m.
(Ottawa leads the best-of-five semi-final 2-1)
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Major League Baseball:
American League—2 night games, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers–5:07 p.m. at Toronto
Inter-League—1 day game, 10 night
National League—2 night games
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Canadian Elite Basketball League—2 games:
Calgary Surge vs Niagara River Lions—5 p.m. at St. Catharines, Ont.
Edmonton Stingers at Winnipeg Sea Bears—6:30 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Rattlers are off until Thursday when they host Edmonton. Tip-off time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. Saskatchewan has 0 wins, 1 loss…tied for 4th place in the Western Conference.)
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National Basketball Association Playoffs:
Boston Celtics at New York Knicks—tomorrow at 6 p.m.
(New York leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 3-2)
The remaining Conference semi-finals continue, as follows…
Denver Nuggets at Oklahoma City Thunder—Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final tied 3-3)
The Indiana Pacers have advanced to the Eastern Conference final while the Minnesota Timberwolves have advanced to the Western Conference final.
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