SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 28
The World Senior Women’s, Senior Men’s and Mixed Doubles Curling Championships continue today and run through Saturday in Geneva, Switzerland. Canada is represented by Sherry Anderson’s Saskatoon-Nutana foursome in the Senior Women’s competition. They finished preliminary round-robin play with 5 wins, 1 loss…good for 2nd place in Group A…pending more results today. Canada’s playoff schedule is not yet known.
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The Saskatoon high school badminton championships are being held today at Walter Murray. Matches begin at 1 p.m. and will run through until about 8 p.m. Titles in Girls and Boys singles, Girls and Boys doubles as well as Mixed doubles.
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National Hockey League—9 games:
Florida Panthers at Ottawa Senators—5 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Minnesota Wild—6 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Edmonton Oilers—7 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Vancouver Canucks—8 p.m.
Washington Capitals at New York Islanders—5 p.m.
New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes—5 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins—5 p.m.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Columbus Blue Jackets—5 p.m.
Nashville Predators at Colorado Avalanche—7 p.m.
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Western Hockey League playoffs—6 games:
Edmonton Oil Kings at Lethbridge Hurricanes—7 p.m.
(Edmonton leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-0)
The other five remaining series return to action tomorrow, as follows…
Saskatoon Blades at Moose Jaw Warriors
(Moose Jaw leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1. CJWW’s broadcast starting at 6:30 p.m. and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. If there is a Game 6, it will be played Saturday with game time at 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The broadcast on CJWW would begin 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 3-1. A Game 6, if necessary, will be played Sunday with game time at 6 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)
Brandon Wheat Kings at Red Deer Rebels—7 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final tied 2-2)
Kamloops Blazers at Spokane Chiefs—8:05 p.m.
(Kamloops leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-0)
Kelowna Rockets vs Seattle Thunderbirds—8:05 p.m. at Kent, Wa.
(Seattle leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Everett Silvertips vs Vancouver Giants–8:30 p.m. at Langley, B-C
(Everett leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-1)
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Major League Baseball:
American League—7 day games, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox—1:07 p.m. at Toronto
National League—4 day games, 2 night
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National Basketball Association Playoffs–3 games:
Toronto Raptors vs Philadelphia 76ers–5 p.m. at Toronto
(Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-2)
Phoenix Suns at New Orleans Pelicans—5:30 p.m.
(Phoenix leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-2)
Dallas Mavericks at Utah Jazz—8 p.m.
(Dallas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-2)
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Saturday when all 14 teams are in action with their final games of the regular-season. The Saskatchewan Rush visit Panther City at 6:30 p.m. at Fort Worth, Texas. The Rush have 7 wins, 10 losses…tied for 4th place in the West Division. Panther City has 7 wins, 10 losses…tied for 4th place in the West.
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