SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 2
The 2023 Canada Winter Games continue competition today and run through Sunday 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 18 total medals…three gold, seven silver and eight bronze medals after 12 days of action. Second half sports continue today and are alpine and para alpine skiing, archery, badminton, boxing, cross country and para Nordic skiing, men’s and mixed doubles curling, fencing, figure skating, women’s hockey, judo and snowboarding.
**********
The World Junior Curling Championships continue today and run through Saturday in Fussen, Germany. Canada’s junior women’s team is skipped by Emily Deschenes of Halifax. They finished the preliminary round robin with 2 wins, 7 losses…tied for 8th place and missed the playoffs. Canada’s junior men’s foursome is skipped by Landan Rooney of Ontario. They have 2 wins, 6 losses…good for 8th place and will miss the playoffs. On their schedule today…
Junior Men
Noon draw – Canada vs United States
**********
National Hockey League—10 games:
Ottawa Senators at New York Rangers—6 p.m.
Toronto Maple Leafs at Calgary Flames—8 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Vancouver Canucks—9 p.m.
Montreal Canadiens at Los Angeles Kings—9:30 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins—6 p.m.
Seattle Kraken at Detroit Red Wings—6 p.m.
Nashville Predators at Florida Panthers—6 p.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at Tampa Bay Lightning—6 p.m.
Dallas Stars at Chicago Blackhawks—7:30 p.m.
St. Louis Blues at San Jose Sharks—9:30 p.m.
**********
Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League:
Estevan Bruins at Notre Dame Hounds—8 p.m.
**********
The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 10 games, including the Saskatoon Blades at home to the Moose Jaw Warriors. 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 39 wins, 13 losses, 5 extra time losses for 83 points…good for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference. Moose Jaw has 35 wins, 21 losses, 3 extra time losses for 73 points…good for 4th place in the East.
The Prince Albert Raiders are idle until tomorrow when they host the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 25 wins, 29 losses, 3 extra time losses for 53 points…good for 11th place in the Eastern Conference. Lethbridge has 31 wins, 21 losses, 6 extra time losses for 68 points…good for 5th place in the East.
**********
On the high school beat:
The City High School Wrestling Championships continue today and run through tomorrow at Aden Bowman. The matches begin today at 4:30 and continue through tomorrow.
Saskatoon High School Basketball League
Senior Girls Division—7 games at 6:15 p.m.
St. Joseph at Walter Murray
Aden Bowman at Bishop Mahoney
Centennial at Evan Hardy
Bethlehem at Holy Cross
E-D Feehan at Bedford Road
Saskatoon Christian School at Marion Graham
Tommy Douglas at Mount Royal
Senior Boys Division—6 games at 8 p.m.
St. Joseph at Walter Murray
Aden Bowman at Bishop Mahoney
Centennial at Marion Graham
Bethlehem at Holy Cross
E-D Feehan at Bedford Road
Tommy Douglas at Mount Royal
**********
Major League Baseball—15 exhibition games, including:
Toronto Blue Jays vs Pittsburgh Pirates (split squad)—12:07 p.m. at Dunedin, Fla.
**********
National Basketball Association—4 games, including:
Toronto Raptors at Washington Wizards–6 p.m.
**********
The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow when Week 14 of the season starts with Buffalo at Halifax. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday when they visit Panther City in Fort Worth, Texas at 7 p.m. The Rush have 5 wins, 4 losses…good for 3rd place in the West Division. Panther City has 6 wins, 5 losses…good for 4th place in the West. Saskatchewan’s next home game is Saturday, March 11th when they host the San Diego Seals. First faceoff is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
**********
