SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19
Western Hockey League Playoffs–4 games:
Saskatoon Blades at Red Deer Rebels
(Red Deer leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 3-0. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7 p.m. If the Bridge City Bunch wins this game, there will be a Game 5 on Friday at 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
Winnipeg ICE at Moose Jaw Warriors—7 p.m.
(Moose Jaw leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 2-1)
Seattle Thunderbirds at Prince George Cougars–8 p.m.
(Seattle leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final 3-0)
Kamloops Blazers at Portland Winterhawks–8 p.m.
(Kamloops leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final 2-0)
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National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup playoffs—4 games:
New York Islanders at Carolina Hurricanes–5 p.m.
(Carolina leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Florida Panthers at Boston Bruins—5:30 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars—7:30 p.m.
(Minnesota leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers—8 p.m.
(Los Angeles leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 1-0)
The remaining series resume tomorrow, as follows…
Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs—5 p.m.
(Tampa Bay leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0)
New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils—5:30 p.m.
(The Rangers lead the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Seattle Kraken at Colorado Avalanche—7:30 p.m.
(Seattle leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Winnipeg Jets at Vegas Golden Knights—8 p.m.
(Winnipeg leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 1-0)
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Major League Baseball–regular-season:
American League—2 day games, 3 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Houston Astros—6:10 p.m.
Inter-League—4 day games, 1 night
National League—5 day games
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National Basketball Association Playoffs—3 games:
Los Angeles Lakers at Memphis Grizzlies—5:30 p.m.
(The Lakers lead the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Miami Heat at Milwaukee Bucks—7 p.m.
(Miami leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets—8 p.m.
(Denver leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-finals 1-0)
The remaining five series resume, as follows…
Philadelphia 76ers at Brooklyn Nets—tomorrow at 5:30 p.m.
(Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-0)
Sacramento Kings at Golden State Warriors—tomorrow at 8 p.m.
(Sacramento leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-0)
Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Clippers—tomorrow at 8:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final tied 1-1)
Boston Celtics at Atlanta Hawks—Friday at 5 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-0)
Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks—Friday at 6:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final tied 1-1)
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The National Lacrosse League is idle until Friday when Week 21 of the season starts with Calgary at Panther City. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday when they host the Colorado Mammoth. First faceoff is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Rush have 6 wins, 10 losses…good for 5th place in the West Division. Colorado has 9 wins, 7 losses…good for 4th place in the West.
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