SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9
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 3 wins, 2 losses…good for 4th place in Pool A. The Dunstone quartet has 6 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place in Pool A. On their schedules today…
9:30 a.m.: Saskatchewan-Flasch vs Yukon-Scoffin
Wild Card 2-Dunstone vs Canada-Bottcher
7:30 p.m.: Saskatchewan-Flasch vs Newfoundland and Labrador-Young
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Western Hockey League–5 games:
Saskatoon Blades vs Lethbridge Hurricanes
(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. Lethbridge has 23 wins, 26 losses, 3 extra time losses for 49 points…good for 7th place in the East.)
Calgary Hitmen at Brandon Wheat Kings—7 p.m.
Edmonton Oil Kings at Medicine Hat Tigers—8 p.m.
Portland Winterhawks at Victoria Royals—9:05 p.m.
Vancouver Giants at Spokane Chiefs—9:05 p.m.
(The Prince Albert Raiders are off until Friday when they host the Saskatoon Blades. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 22 wins, 28 losses, 3 extra time losses for 47 points…tied for 8th place in the Eastern Conference.)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League:
Weyburn Red Wings at Notre Dame Hounds—7:30 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Playoffs—2 games at 8 p.m.:
S’toon Royals vs S’toon Quakers at Rod Hamm Arena
(The Quakers lead the best-of-seven North Division semi-final 2-0)
Fort Knox at Pilot Butte Storm
(Fort Knox leads the best-of-seven South Division semi-final 2-1)
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs—2 games:
Prince Albert Bears vs Saskatoon Stars—6:30 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place
(Saskatoon leads the best-of-five quarter-final 2-0)
Battlefords Sharks at Swift Current Wildcats—8 p.m.
(Best-of-five quarter-final tied 1-1)
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National Hockey League—2 games:
Washington Capitals at Edmonton Oil Kings—7 p.m.
Montreal Canadiens at Vancouver Canucks—9:30 p.m.
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Saskatoon Senior Girls High School Basketball League—2 games at 6:15 p.m.:
L’Ecole Francais at Marion Graham
Saskatoon Christian School at Bethlehem
Saskatoon Senior Boys High School Basketball League—3 games:
E-D Feehan at Bedford Road—6:30 p.m.
Saskatoon Christian School at Marion Graham—8 p.m.
Tommy Douglas at Centennial—8 p.m.
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National Basketball Association–12 games:
Toronto Raptors at San Antonio Spurs–7:30 p.m.
Chicago Bulls at Detroit Pistons—6 p.m.
Boston Celtics at Charlotte Hornets—6 p.m.
Phoenix Suns at Miami Heat—6:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets—7 p.m.
Oklahoma City Thunder at Minnesota Timberwolves—7 p.m.
Orlando Magic at New Orleans Pelicans—7 p.m.
Atlanta Hawks at Milwaukee Bucks—7 p.m.
New York Knicks at Dallas Mavericks—7:30 p.m.
Denver Nuggets at Sacramento Kings—9 p.m.
Portland Trailblazers at Utah Jazz—9 p.m.
Washington Wizards at Los Angeles Clippers—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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