SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 19
The Provincial Junior Women’s and Junior Men’s Curling Championships start today and run through Sunday in Swift Current. The Junior Women’s event is an eight-team, modified triple knock-out plus Page Playoffs format. Draws today go at 10:30 a.m., 3 and 8:30 p.m. The Junior Men’s competition is a six-team round-robin plus Page Playoffs format. Draws today go at 4 and 8 p.m.
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National Hockey League–13 games:
Winnipeg Jets at Toronto Maple Leafs—6 p.m.
Florida Panthers at Montreal Canadiens—6 p.m.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Edmonton Oilers—8 p.m.
Boston Bruins at New York Rangers—6 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at Philadelphia Flyers—6 p.m.
Anaheim Ducks at Columbus Blue Jackets—6 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Carolina Hurricanes—6 p.m.
New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres—6:30 p.m.
Nashville Predators at St. Louis Blues—7 p.m.
Washington Capitals at Arizona Coyotes—8 p.m.
New Jersey Devils at Seattgle Kraken—9 p.m.
Detroit Red Wings at Vegas Golden Knights—9 p.m.
Dallas Stars at Los Angeles Kings—9:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
S’toon Contacts vs S’toon Blazers—7:30 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Prince Albert Bears vs Saskatoon Stars—7 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 9 games, including the Saskatoon Blades at home to the Prince Albert Raiders. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 27 wins, 9 losses, 4 extra time losses for 58 points…tied for 3rd place in the Eastern Conference. P-A has 15 wins, 24 losses, 3 extra time losses for 33 points…good for 11th place in the Eastern Conference. The Raiders’ next home game is Saturday when they welcome the Blue and Gold. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
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Saskatoon High School Basketball League:
Senior Girls Division—6 games at 6:15 p.m.
Centennial at Bedford Road
E-D Feehan at Tommy Douglas
Bethlehem at Mount Royal
Walter Murray at Marion Graham
Evan Hardy at Bishop Mahoney
Holy Cross at Saskatoon Christian School
Senior Boys Division—7 games at 8 p.m.
Centennial at Bedford Road
Holy Cross at Tommy Douglas
Bethlehem at Mount Royal
Saskatoon Christian School at Marion Graham
Evan Hardy at Bishop Mahoney
Aden Bowman at Legacy Christian Academy
E-D Feehan at Walter Murray
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National Basketball Association–5 games, including:
Toronto Raptors at Minnesota Timberwolves–7 p.m.
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The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow when Week 8 of the season starts with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday, January 28th when they host the Las Vegas Desert Dogs. First faceoff is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. Saskatchewan has 2 wins, 2 losses…tied for 4th place in the West Division.
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