SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, MARCH 7
The Tim Horton’s Brier, Canadian Men’s Curling Championship, continues today and runs through Sunday in Lethbridge. There are 18 teams taking part, 14 provincial and territorial champions plus the defending champion and three wild-card squads. The field is split into two pools of nine teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by playoffs where the top three teams from each pool advance to qualify. Among the 18 teams are foursomes skipped by Saskatchewan champion Colton Flasch of Saskatoon-Nutana and wild card entrant Matt Dunstone of Regina. Both are in Pool A. The Flasch foursome has 1 win, 1 loss…good for 4th place in Pool A. The Dunstone quartet has 3 wins, 0 losses…tied for 1st place in Pool A. On their schedules today…
9:30 a.m.: Saskatchewan-Flasch vs New Brunswick-Grattan
Wild Card 2-Dunstone vs Newfoundland and Labrador-Young
7:30 p.m.: Saskatchewan-Flasch vs Team Canada-Bottcher
Wild Card 2-Dunstone vs Alberta-Koe
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National Hockey League—5 games:
Toronto Maple Leafs at Columbus Blue Jackets—6 p.m.
Edmonton Oilers at Calgary Flames—8:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Boston Bruins—6 p.m.
Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres—6 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche at New York Islanders—6:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Regina Rebels at Weyburn Gold Wings—7:30 p.m.
(Regina leads the best-of-five quarter-final 1-0)
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow when 3 games are scheduled, including the Prince Albert Raiders at home to the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 21 wins, 28 losses, 3 extra time losses for 45 points…good for 10th place in the Eastern Conference. Lethbridge has 23 wins, 25 losses, 3 extra time losses for 49 points…good for 7th place in the East.
The Saskatoon Blades are off until Wednesday when they host Lethbridge. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:30 p.m. with the Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 30 wins, 18 losses, 4 extra time losses for 64 points…good for 5th place in the Eastern Conference.
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Saskatoon Senior Girls High School Basketball League—2 games at 6:15 p.m.:
E-D Feehan at L’Ecole Francais
Mount Royal at Saskatoon Christian School
Saskatoon Senior Boys High School Basketball League—2 games at 8 p.m.:
Mount Royal at Saskatoon Christian School
Legacy Christian Academy at E-D Feehan
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National Basketball Association–8 games:
Atlanta Hawks at Detroit Pistons—6 p.m.
Chicago Bulls at Philadelphia 76ers—6 p.m.
Houston Rockets at Miami Heat—6:30 p.m.
Portland Trailblazers at Minnesota Timberwolves—7 p.m.
Utah Jazz at Dallas Mavericks—7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers at San Antonio Spurs—7:30 p.m.
Golden State Warriors at Denver Nuggets—8 p.m.c
New York Knicks at Sacramento Kings—9:30 p.m.
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The National Lacrosse League is idle until Friday when 3 games are scheduled, including the Saskatchewan Rush visiting the San Diego Seals at 9 p.m. The Rush have 3 wins, 7 losses…good for 5th place in the West Division. San Diego has 7 wins, 2 losses…good for 1st place in the West. Saskatchewan’s next home game is Saturday, March 19th against the Rochester Knighthawks. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
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