SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canadian Women’s Curling Championship, continues today and runs through Sunday in Kamloops, B-C. The 18-team field of provincial and territorial champions plus defending champion Kerry Einarson and three wild-card teams is split into two pools of nine teams each for preliminary round-robin play followed by championship and ranking pool play and Page Playoffs. Saskatchewan is represented by the Robin Silvernagle foursome from North Battleford. They have 2 wins, 5 losses…good for 7th place in Pool A. On their schedule today…
10:30 a.m. – Saskatchewan vs Prince Edward Island
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The 2023 Canada Winter Games continue competition today and run through Sunday, March 5th in Prince Edward Island. The Games feature 20 sports and about 3,600 athletes from all 13 of Canada’s provinces and territories. Saskatchewan has 317 participants, including 217 athletes, from 60 different communities in the province. Saskatchewan has three silver medals and two bronze after four days of action. First half sports, continuing today through Saturday, are biathlon, women’s curling, freestyle skiing, artistic gymnastics, trampoline, men’s hockey, karate, ringette, long track speed-skating, short track speed-skating, squash table tennis and wheelchair basketball.
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The 2023 Saskatchewan Winter Games continue today and run through Saturday in Regina and area with over 1,700 participants and over 1,000 volunteers taking part from across the province. Today is the start of second half sports, running through Saturday, and include cross country and Para Nordic skiing, figure skating, women’s and men’s futsal, judo, wrestling and target shooting.
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National Hockey League—10 games:
Edmonton Oilers at Pittsburgh Penguins—6 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at St. Louis Blues—7 p.m.
Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights—8 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Columbus Blue Jackets—6 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at New Jersey Devils—6 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning—6 p.m.
New York Rangers at Detroit Red Wings—6 p.m.
Anaheim Ducks at Washington Capitals—6 p.m.
Boston Bruins at Seattle Kraken—9 p.m.
Nashville Predators at San Jose Sharks—9:30 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League:
Assiniboia Southern Rebels at Regina Silver Foxes—7:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Battlefords Sharks at Prince Albert Bears—7 p.m.
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 9 games, including the Saskatoon Blades hosting 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 37 wins, 13 losses, 4 extra time losses for 78 points…tied for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference. P-A has 23 wins, 28 losses, 3 extra time losses for 47 points…good for 11th place in the Eastern Conference. The Raiders’ next home game is Saturday against the Saskatoon Blades. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.
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National Basketball Association–9 games, including:
Toronto Raptors vs New Orleans Pelicans–6:30 p.m. at Toronto.
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The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow when Week 13 of the season starts with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday when they host the Vancouver Warriors. First faceoff is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. Saskatchewan has 5 wins, 3 losses…good for 3rd place in the West Division. Vancouver has 1 win, 9 losses…good for 7th place in the West.
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