SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, APRIL 4
The World Men’s Curling Championship continues today and runs through Sunday, April 10th in Las Vegas. A total of 13 countries are represented in the event, including Canada. Brier champion Brad Gushue and his St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador foursome will play a round-robin preliminary plus playoff format. Canada has 4 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place. On their schedule today…
3 p.m. draw: Canada vs Italy
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National Hockey League—4 games:
Toronto Maple Leafs at Tampa Bay Lightning—5:30 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Los Angeles Kings—8:30 p.m.
Boston Bruins at Columbus Blue Jackets—5 p.m.
Arizona Coyotes at St. Louis Blues—6 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs:
Notre Dame Hounds at Regina Rebels—8 p.m.
(Regina leads the best-of-five final 1-0)
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 3 games, including the Saskatoon Blades visiting the Medicine Hat Tigers. 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 35 wins, 25 losses, 4 extra time losses for 74 points…good for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. Medicine Hat has 11 wins, 48 losses, 4 extra time losses for 26 points…good for 12th place in the East. The Blue and Gold’s next home game is Friday against the Prince Albert Raiders. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
The Prince Albert Raiders are off until Friday when they go to the Saskatoon Blades. P-A has 26 wins, 33 losses, 5 extra time losses for 57 points…good for 9th place in the Eastern Conference. The Raiders’ next home game is Saturday, April 16th against the Brandon Wheat Kings. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
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Major League Baseball—15 exhibition games, including:
Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers—11:05 a.m. at Lakeland, Fla.
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National Lacrosse League:
New York Riptide at Colorado Mammoth—7 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Rush are idle until Saturday 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. Vancouver has 6 wins, 9 losses…good for 5th place in the West.)
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The National Basketball Association is idle today with 12 games slated for tomorrow, including the Toronto Raptors at home to the Atlanta Hawks at 5:30 p.m. at Toronto.
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