SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8
Western Hockey League–3 games:
Edmonton Oil Kings at Moose Jaw Warriors—7 p.m.
Calgary Hitmen at Winnipeg ICE—7:05 p.m.
Kelowna Rockets at Prince George Cougars—9 p.m.
(The Saskatoon Blades are off until Friday when they visit the Kamloops Blazers. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 8:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 9 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 33 wins, 12 losses, 4 extra time losses for 70 points…good for 3rd place in the Eastern Conference. Kamloops has 31 wins, 10 losses, 6 extra time losses for 68 points…good for 2nd place in the Western Conference. The Blue and Gold’s next home game is Friday, February 24th against the Prince Albert Raiders. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
The Prince Albert Raiders are idle until Friday when they visit the Swift Current Broncos. P-A has 19 wins, 27 losses, 3 extra time losses for 41 points…good for 11th place in the Eastern Conference. Swift Current has 23 wins, 21 losses, 3 extra time losses for 49 points…good for 9th place in the East. The Raiders’ next home game is Saturday when they host Swift Current. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League:
Flin Flon Bombers at Yorkton Terriers—7 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League—2 games:
Delisle Chiefs vs Saskatoon Westleys—7:45 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
Assiniboia Southern Rebels at Pilot Butte Storm—8 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Prince Albert Mintos at Battlefords Stars—7:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Notre Dame Hounds at Weyburn Gold Wings—7:30 p.m.
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Twin Rivers Senior Hockey League Playoffs:
Birch Hills Blackhawks at Hanley Huskies—8:30 p.m.
(Hanley leads the best-of-three quarter-final 1-0)
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National Hockey League—2 games:
Vancouver Canucks at New York Rangers—7 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars—7:30 p.m.
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The Canadian Under-18 Girls and Boys Curling Championships continue today and run through Saturday in Timmins, Ontario. There are 21 teams taking part in both the Girls and Boys Divisions. Both fields are split into three pools of seven teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by playoffs. Among the 21 Girls’ teams are Saskatchewan foursomes skipped by Cara Kesslering of Saskatoon-Sutherland and Savanna Taylor of Saskatoon-Nutana. Both teams are in Pool C with Taylor going into today with 2 wins, 2 losses…good for 4th place while Kesslering has 0 wins, 3 losses…good for 7th place. On their schedules today…
8:30 a.m. – Kesslering vs Ontario #1
Taylor vs Nova Scotia #2
5:30 p.m. – Kesslering vs B-C #2
On the boys side, Saskatchewan quartets are skipped by Dylan Derksen of Martensville and Rogan Snow of Saskatoon-Sutherland. Both teams are in Pool C with Snow going into today with 2 wins, 2 losses…tied for 3rd place while Derksen has 1 win, 3 losses…good for 6th place. On their schedules today…
1 p.m. – Derksen vs Snow
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Saskatoon High School Basketball League:
Senior Girls Division—2 games at 6:15 p.m.
Aden Bowman at St. Joseph
Marion Graham at Bedford Road
Senior Boys Division—2 games at 8 p.m.
Aden Bowman at St. Joseph
Evan Hardy at Bedford Road
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National Basketball Association–9 games, including:
Toronto Raptors vs San Antonio Spurs–6:30 p.m. at Toronto
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Friday when Week 11 of the season starts with 2 games, including the Saskatchewan Rush visiting the Calgary Roughnecks at 8 p.m. Saskatchewan has 4 wins, 2 losses…good for 2nd place in the West Division. Calgary has 4 wins, 3 losses…tied for 3rd place in the West. The Rush’s next home game is Saturday, February 25th against the Vancouver Warriors. First faceoff is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
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