SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH
The Major League Baseball playoffs continue tonight with the World Series…
Toronto Blue Jays vs Los Angeles Dodgers—6 p.m. at Toronto
(Toronto leads the best-of-seven series 1-0)
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Canadian Football League—Week 21 continues and ends with 2 games:
Saskatchewan Roughriders vs B-C Lions
(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.)
Montreal Alouettes at Winnipeg Blue Bombers—1 p.m.
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The Prairie Football Conference is off until tomorrow when the final is set to be played, as follows…
Saskatoon Hilltops at Regina Thunder—1 p.m.
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Canada West University Football Conference—Week 8 continues and ends with 2 games:
Saskatchewan Huskies vs 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.)
Alberta Golden Bears at Calgary Dinos—1 p.m.
Canada West University Women’s Soccer Conference—Quarter-Finals:
Saskatchewan Huskies at U-B-C Thunderbirds—6 p.m.
Canada West University Men’s Hockey Conference:
Saskatchewan Huskies at Regina Cougars—7 p.m.
Canada West University Women’s Hockey Conference:
Saskatchewan Huskies vs Regina Cougars—7 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place
Canada West University Volleyball Conferences:
Men’s Huskies at Mount Royal Cougars—5 p.m. followed by Women’s Huskies at Mount Royal Cougars—7 p.m.
Canada West University Basketball Conferences:
Women’s Basketball vs MacEwan Griffins—5 p.m. followed by Men’s Basketball vs MacEwan Griffins—7 p.m. at The P-A-C
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Western Hockey League—10 games:
Saskatoon Blades at Portland Winterhawks
(CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 9 wins, 4 losses, 0 extra time losses for 18 points…tied for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference. Portland has 6 wins, 5 losses, 0 extra time loss for 12 points…good for 7th 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.)
Prince Albert Raiders at Swift Current Broncos
(Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 8 wins, 0 losses, 2 extra time losses for 18 points…tied for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference. Swift Current has 6 wins, 4 losses, and 1 extra time loss for 13 points…good for 6th place in the Eastern Conference.)
Lethbridge Hurricanes at Brandon Wheat Kings—5 p.m.
Calgary Hitmen at Red Deer Rebels—6 p.m.
Tri-City Americans at Wenatchee Wild—7 p.m.
Seattle Thunderbirds at Prince George Cougars—7 p.m.
Vancouver Giants at Kamloops Blazers—7 p.m.
Regina Pats at Edmonton Oil Kings—7 p.m.
Medicine Hat Tigers at Kelowna Rockets—7:05 p.m.
Penticton Vees at Everett Silvertips—7:05 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League—5 games:
Battleford North Stars at Estevan Bruins—7 p.m.
Melfort Mustangs at Kindersley Klippers—7:30 p.m.
Flin Flon Bombers at Humboldt Broncos—7:30 p.m.
Yorkton Terriers at Warman Wildcats—7:30 p.m.
Melville Millionaires at La Ronge Ice Wolves—7:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Junior Female Hockey League:
Western Prairie Klippers at Regina Wild—7:45 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League—4 games:
Saskatoon Westleys at Richardson Pioneer Southern Rebels—7:30 p.m.
Saskatoon Quakers at Carrot River Outback Thunder—7:30 p.m.
Regina Capitals at Martensville Chiefs—7:30 p.m.
Prince Albert Timberjaks at Moosomin Steelhawks—8 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League—2 games:
Estevan Bears at Swift Current Legionnaires—1:45 p.m.
Regina Pat Canadians at Yorkton Maulers—7:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League—3 games:
Battleford Sharks at Weyburn Gold Wings—5 p.m.
Regina Rebels at Northway Northern Bears (Prince Albert)—7 p.m.
Saskatoon Stars at Swift Current Wildcats—7:45 p.m.
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National Hockey League—13 games:
New York Islanders at Philadelphia Flyers—10:30 a.m.
Colorado Avalanche at Boston Bruins—1 p.m.
Anaheim Ducks at Tampa Bay Lightning—3 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs—3 p.m.
Vegas Golden Knights at Florida Panthers—4 p.m.
Utah Mammoth at Minnesota Wild—4 p.m.
St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings—5 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins—5 p.m.
Ottawa Senators at Washington Capitals—5 p.m.
Montreal Canadiens at Vancouver Canucks—5 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Nashville Predators—6 p.m.
Carolina Hurricanes at Dallas Stars—6 p.m.
Edmonton Oilers at Seattle Kraken—8 p.m.
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On the pebbled ice:
The Pan-Continental Curling Championships continue 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. They have 4 wins, 2 losses…tied for 3rd place. On their schedule today…
Canada vs U-S-A—9 a.m. (Semifinals will begin later today at 7 p.m. with Canada qualified but the matchups are yet to be determined)
Canada’s men still need to lock down a spot into the Worlds next spring in Ogden, Utah. The Jacobs team has 7 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place. On their schedule today…
Semifinals: Canada vs China—2 p.m. (Winner advances to the gold medal game tomorrow, loser advances to bronze medal game tomorrow)
The Canadian Curling Pre-Trials continue 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. The Thevenot quartet finished the round robin with 4 wins, 3 losses…tied for 3rd place and advanced to the semifinals. The Martin squad finished with 2 wins, 5 losses… tied for 8th place and missed the playoffs. On the schedule for today is the Women’s final…
Selena Sturmay, Edmonton vs Kayla MacMillan, Victoria—9 a.m.
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