SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5
The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 11 games, including the Saskatoon Blades visiting the Regina Pats. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:45 p.m. with play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 25 wins, 21 losses, 4 extra time losses for 54 points…good for 6th place in the Eastern Conference. Regina has 16 wins, 24 losses, 6 extra time losses for 38 points…good for 9th place in the East. The Blue and Gold’s next home game is Saturday against the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
The Prince Albert Raiders are idle until tomorrow when they host Lethbridge. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 37 wins, 7 losses, 5 extra time losses for 79 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Lethbridge has 15 wins, 34 losses, 1 extra time loss for 31 points…good for 10th place in the East.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League—2 games at 7:30 p.m.:
Carrot River Thunder vs Saskatoon Royals at Rod Hamm Arena
Assiniboia Southern Rebels vs Fort Knox at Fort Qu’Appelle
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League—3 games:
Battlefords Stars vs Saskatoon Contacts—7 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place
Notre Dame Hounds at Yorkton Maulers—7:30 p.m.
Warman Wildcats at Regina Pat-Canadians—8 p.m.
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National Hockey League—7 games:
Ottawa Senators at Philadelphia Flyers—6 p.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres—6 p.m.
Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals—6 p.m.
New York Islanders at New Jersey Devils—6 p.m.
Carolina Hurricanes at New York Rangers—6 p.m.
Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning—6:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Vegas Golden Knights—9 p.m.
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The 2026 Winter Olympics continue with competition today in Milan and Cortina, Italy, even though the official Opening Ceremonies aren’t slated to be held until tomorrow. On today’s schedule…
Women’s Hockey: Canada vs Finland—2:10 p.m.
Mixed Doubles Curling: Canada vs Norway—7:35 a.m.
Canada vs Italy—12:05 p.m.
(The Canadian Mixed Doubles team of Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant have 1 win, 0 losses…tied for 1st place in the eight-country round-robin.)
There is also competition today in snowboarding while alpine skiing, ski jumping and luge are in training sessions before competition starts.
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Saskatoon High School Curling League:
A Division
Evan Hardy Boys vs Holy Cross Boys-1—3:30 p.m. at C-N Curling Club
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National Basketball Association–8 games, including:
Toronto Raptors vs Chicago Bulls–6:30 p.m. at Toronto
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Saturday when Week 11 of the season starts and ends with 6 games, including the Saskatchewan Rush visiting the San Diego Seals. The Rush have 7 wins, 1 loss…good for 1st place. San Diego has 4 wins, 3 losses…tied for 4th place. Saskatchewan’s next home game is Saturday, February 14th against the Vancouver Warriors. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
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