SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 20
The Canadian Football League is off until Friday when Week 21 of the regular-season starts with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle until Saturday when they host the B-C Lions to close out the campaign. Kickoff time from Regina is 5 p.m. The Green and White have 12 wins, 5 losses for 24 points…good for 1st place in the West Division. B-C has 10 wins, 7 losses for 20 points…tied for 2nd place in the West.
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National Football League—Week 7 continues and ends with 2 games:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions—5 p.m.
Houston Texans at Seattle Seahawks—8 p.m.
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The Prairie Football Conference is off until Sunday when the final is set to be played, as follows…
Saskatoon Hilltops at Regina Thunder—1 p.m.
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The Canada West University Football Conference is idle until Friday when Week 8 of the season begins with U-B-C at Regina. The Saskatchewan Huskies are off until Saturday when they are home against the Manitoba Bisons. Kickoff time is 2 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium. The Dogs have 6 wins, 1 loss for 12 points…tied for 1st place. Manitoba has 4 wins, 3 losses for 8 points…good for 3rd place.
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 2 games. The Saskatoon Blades are idle until Friday when they open their six-game U-S Division road trip at the Everett Silvertips. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 7:45 p.m. with play-by-play at 8:05 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 9 wins, 3 losses, 0 extra time losses for 18 points…tied for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Everett has 9 wins, 0 losses, 1 extra time loss for 19 points…good for 1st place in the Western Conference. The Blue and Gold’s next home game isn’t until Friday, November 7th when they entertain the Moose Jaw Warriors. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
The Prince Albert Raiders are off until Friday when they welcome the Swift Current Broncos. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 7 wins, 0 losses, 2 extra time losses for 16 points…good for 3rd place in the Eastern Conference.
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National Hockey League—5 games:
Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens—5:30 p.m.
Winnipeg Jets at Calgary Flames—7:30 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at New York Rangers—5 p.m.
Seattle Kraken at Philadelphia Flyers—5 p.m.
Carolina Hurricanes at Vegas Golden Knights—8 p.m.
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On the pebbled ice:
The Pan-Continental Curling Championships start today and run through Sunday in Virginia, Minnesota. Both the women’s and men’s divisions feature eight national representatives, playing round-robin plus playoff formats, vying for spots for their countries into the respective World Championships next spring. Canada is represented by the Rachel Homan foursome from Ottawa in the women’s competition while Brad Jacobs’ Calgary quartet is on the men’s side.
Canada’s women are already guaranteed a spot in the Worlds next March in Calgary. The Homan squad plays their first two games tomorrow.
Canada’s men still need to lock down a spot into the Worlds next spring in Ogden, Utah. On the Jacobs team’s schedule today…
Canada vs China—6 p.m.
The Canadian Curling Pre-Trials start today and run through Sunday in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. There are eight teams in both the women’s and men’s divisions, playing a round-robin plus playoffs format, with each gender division winner advancing to the Canadian Curling Trials next month in Halifax. The winners of that event will represent Canada at the Winter Olympics in Italy in February. Among the women’s teams taking part are foursomes skipped by Ashley Thevenot and Nancy Martin – both from Martensville. There are no Saskatchewan teams in the men’s draw. There are draws today at 6 and 11 a.m. plus 4 p.m. Among the 11 a.m. games…
Nancy Martin, Martensville vs Beth Peterson, Winnipeg
Ashley Thevenot, Martensville vs Kayla MacMillan, Victoria
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Major League Baseball playoffs:
American League Championship Series
Toronto Blue Jays vs Seattle Mariners—6:08 p.m.
(Best-of-seven series tied 3-3. Winner advances to play the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series.)
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