SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, MARCH 28
The Canadian Under-21 Junior Women’s and Junior Men’s Curling Championships continue today and run through Sunday in Stratford, Ontario. In both gender divisions, there are 18 teams taking part, split into two pools of nine for preliminary round-robin play. The top three from each pool advance to the playoffs. On the Junior Women’s side, Saskatchewan is represented by the Madison Kleiter foursome from Saskatoon-Sutherland. They have 2 wins, 1 loss…good for 3rd place in Pool B. On their schedule today…
Noon – Saskatchewan vs Quebec #1
7 a.m. Tuesday – Saskatchewan vs Yukon
In the Junior Men’s division, Saskatchewan has two teams taking part…the Daymond Bernath quartet from Saskatoon-Sutherland is Saskatchewan #1 while the Nathan Pomedli squad from Saskatoon-Nutana is Saskatchewan #2. Saskatchewan #1 has 4 wins, 0 losses…tied for 1st place in Pool A. Saskatchewan #2 has 2 wins, 2 losses…tied for 6th place in Pool B. On their schedules today…
7 a.m. – Saskatchewan #1 10, New Brunswick 2
Saskatchewan 16, Northwest Territories 0
5 p.m. – Saskatchewan #1 vs Newfoundland and Labrador #1
Saskatchewan #2 vs Newfoundland and Labrador #2
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National Hockey League—5 games:
Vancouver Canucks at St. Louis Blues—5:30 p.m.
Arizona Coyotes at Edmonton Oilers—7:30 p.m.
Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals—5 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Chicago Blackhawks—6:30 p.m.
Seattle Kraken at Los Angeles Kings—8:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs:
Notre Dame Hounds vs Saskatoon Stars—7 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place
(Notre Dame leads the best-of-five semi-final 2-1)
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with Moose Jaw at Winnipeg. The Saskatoon Blades are idle until Wednesday when they visit the Regina Pats. 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 34 wins, 23 losses, 4 extra time losses for 72 points…good for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. Regina has 23 wins, 31 losses, 5 extra time losses for 51 points…good for 11th place in the East. The Blue and Gold’s next home game is Friday against Moose Jaw. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
The Prince Albert Raiders are off until Wednesday when they host the Brandon Wheat Kings. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 24 wins, 32 losses, 5 extra time losses for 53 points…good for 9th place in the Eastern Conference. Brandon has 30 wins, 24 losses, 5 extra time losses for 65 points…good for 6th place in the East.
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Major League Baseball—12 exhibition games, including:
Toronto Blue Jays vs Atlanta Braves–11:05 a.m. at North Port, Fla.
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National Basketball Association—9 games:
Toronto Raptors vs Boston Celtics–5:30 p.m. at Toronto
Atlanta Hawks at Indiana Pacers—5 p.m.
Orlando Magic at Cleveland Cavaliers—5 p.m.
Denver Nuggets at Charlotte Hornets—5 p.m.
Chicago Bulls at New York Knicks—5:30 p.m.
Sacramento Kings at Miami Heat—5:30 p.m.
San Antonio Spurs at Houston Rockets—6 p.m.
Golden State Warriors at Memphis Grizzlies—6 p.m.
Oklahoma City Thunder at Portland Trailblazers—8 p.m.
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The National Lacrosse League is idle until Thursday when Buffalo visits Philadelphia. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday, April 9th when they host the Vancouver Warriors. Game time is 8 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Rush have 4 wins, 10 losses…good for 6th place in the West Division.
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