SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 19
Western Hockey League–5 games:
Saskatoon Blades vs Regina Pats
(Game time is 4 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 3:30 p.m. with the play-by-play at 4 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 46 wins, 14 losses, 5 extra time losses for 97 points…good for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference. Regina has 33 wins, 28 losses, 4 extra time losses for 70 points…good for 6th place in the East.)
Prince Albert Raiders at Winnipeg ICE—4:05 p.m.
(P-A has 27 wins, 35 losses, 3 extra time losses for 57 points…good for 11th place in the Eastern Conference. Winnipeg has 54 wins, 9 losses, 1 extra time loss for 109 points…good for 1st place in the East. The Raiders’ next home game is Friday against the Moose Jaw Warriors. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)
Medicine Hat Tigers at Calgary Hitmen—4 p.m.
Vancouver Giants vs Tri-City Americans—5:05 p.m. at Kennewick, Wa.
Everett Silvertips at Spokane Chiefs—6:05 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
S’toon Quakers vs S’toon Royals—8 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
(The Royals lead the best-of-seven North Division final 1-0)
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs:
Regina Pat-Canadians vs Saskatoon Contacts—5 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place
(Regina leads the best-of-five semi-final 2-1)
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs:
Saskatoon Stars at Swift Current Wildcats–6 p.m.
(Saskatoon leads the best-of-three semi-final 1-0)
Regina Rebels at Notre Dame Hounds—7:30 p.m.
(Regina leads the best-of-five semi-final 1-0)
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National Hockey League—7 games:
Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres—11 a.m.
Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild—Noon
Columbus Blue Jackets at Vegas Golden Knights—2 p.m.
Winnipeg Jets at St. Louis Blues—5 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at Anaheim Ducks—6 p.m.
New Jersey Devils at Tampa Bay Lightning—5 p.m.
Nashville Predators at New York Rangers—5 p.m.
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The World Women’s Curling Championship continues today and runs through Sunday, March 26th in Sweden. There are 13 national champions taking part in the round-robin plus playoffs format, including Canada, skipped by Kerri Einarson’s foursome from Gimli, Manitoba. They have 1 win, 1 loss…tied for 5th place. On their schedule today…
Noon – Canada vs Norway
2 a.m. Monday – Canada vs Italy
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National Basketball Association—8 games, including:
Toronto Raptors at Milwaukee Bucks—6 p.m.
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Major League Baseball—18 exhibition games, including:
Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays–11:05 a.m.
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National Lacrosse League–Week 16 of the season winds up:
Philadelphia Wings at Rochester Knighthawks—1 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Rush are idle until Saturday when they host the Calgary Roughnecks. First faceoff is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Rush have 5 wins, 7 losses…good for 5th place in the West Division. Calgary has 9 wins, 4 losses…good for 2nd place in the West.)
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