SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 23
Western Hockey League playoffs—8 games:
Saskatoon Blades at Moose Jaw Warriors
(Moose Jaw leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0. Game time is 7 p.m. with CJWW’s broadcast starting at 6:30 p.m. and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. Games 3 and 4 will be played at SaskTel Centre on Tuesday and Wednesday. All game times are 7 p.m. with all games being broadcast on CJWW, beginning with the Pre-Game Show at 6:30.)
Prince Albert Raiders at Winnipeg ICE—6 p.m.
(Winnipeg leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0. Games 3 and 4 will be played at the Art Hauser Centre on Tuesday and Wednesday. Raiders’ home games will start at 7 p.m.)
Brandon Wheat Kings at Red Deer Rebels—7 p.m.
(Red Deer leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Lethbridge Hurricanes at Edmonton Oil Kings—7 p.m.
(Edmonton leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Prince George Cougars at Portland Winterhawks—7 p.m.
(Portland leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Kelowna Rockets vs Seattle Thunderbirds—7:05 p.m. at Kent, Wa.
(Seattle leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Vancouver Giants at Everett Silvertips—8:05 p.m.
(Vancouver leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Spokane Chiefs at Kamloops Blazers—8 p.m.
(Kamloops leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 1-0)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
Flin Flon Bombers at Estevan Bruins—7 p.m.
(Estevan leads the best-of-seven championship final 1-0)
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National Hockey League—12 games:
New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres—10:30 a.m.
Carolina Hurricanes at New Jersey Devils—10:30 a.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings—10:30 a.m.
New York Rangers at Boston Bruins—1 p.m.
Toronto Maple Leafs at Florida Panthers—5 p.m.
Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators—5 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames—8 p.m.
Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning—5 p.m.
Seattle Kraken at Dallas Stars—6 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at San Jose Sharks—6 p.m.
St. Louis Blues at Arizona Coyotes—8 p.m.
Anaheim Ducks at Los Angeles Kings—8:30 p.m.
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On the pebbled ice:
The World Senior Women’s, Senior Men’s and Mixed Doubles Curling Championships start today and run through Saturday, April 30th in Geneva, Switzerland. Canada is represented by Sherry Anderson’s Saskatoon-Nutana foursome in the Senior Women’s competition. On their schedule today…
Canada vs Scotland—midnight Friday into Saturday
The 2022 S-G-I Canada Best of the West curling bonspiel continues today and runs through tomorrow at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon. There are eight women’s teams and eight men’s teams taking part, two from each Western Canada province. The teams are all aged Under 30 years old. The gender fields are split into pools of four teams each for round-robin play, followed by the top two from each pool advancing to straight knock-out playoffs. Each champion receives 10-thousand dollars. Saskatchewan’s teams are skipped by Kourtney Fesser of Saskatoon and Lorraine Schneider of Regina in the women’s draw while on the men’s side, the Saskatchewan teams are both from Saskatoon, skipped by Brady Scharback and Rylan Kleiter. Draws today go at 8:30 a.m., 12:30, 4:30 and 8:30 p.m.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—4 day games, 3 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Houston Astros—2:10 p.m.
Inter-League—1 day game
Colorado Rockies at Detroit Tigers—11:10 a.m.
National League—4 day games, 3 night
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National Basketball Association Playoffs–4 games:
Toronto Raptors vs Philadelphia 76ers–Noon at Toronto
(Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-0)
Dallas Mavericks at Utah Jazz—2:30 p.m.
(Dallas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-1)
Boston Celtics at Brooklyn Nets—5:30 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-0)
Memphis Grizzlies at Minnesota Timberwolves—8 p.m.
(Memphis leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-1)
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National Lacrosse League—3 games:
Saskatchewan Rush vs San Diego Seals
(Game time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Rush have 6 wins, 10 losses…good for 5th place in the West Division. San Diego has 9 wins, 7 losses…tied for 2nd place in the West.)
Halifax Thunderbirds at New York Riptide—5:30 p.m.
Georgia Swarm vs Panther City—6:30 p.m. at Fort Worth, Tex.
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