National Lacrosse League–Week 21 of the season continues with 5 games:
Saskatchewan Rush 12 vs Colorado Mammoth 11 in OT
(The Rush have 7 wins, 10 losses…good for 5th place in the West Division. Colorado has 9 wins, 8 losses…good for 4th place in the West.)
New York Riptide 6 at Halifax Thunderbirds 15
Georgia Swarm 10 at Rochester Knighthawks 12
Toronto Rock 10 at Buffalo Bandits 11
Las Vegas Desert 4 Dogs at San Diego Seals 14
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National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup playoffs—4 games:
Vegas Golden Knights 5 at Winnipeg Jets 4 in OT
(The Golden Knights lead the Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-1)
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 in OT
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final lead 2-1 by the Toronto Maple Leafs)
New Jersey Devils 2 at New York Rangers 1 in OT
(The Rangers lead the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-1)
Colorado Avalanche 6 at Seattle Kraken 4
(Colorado leads the Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-1)
The remaining series resume today, as follows…
Carolina Hurricanes at New York Islanders–11 a.m.
(Carolina leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-1)
Boston Bruins at Florida Panthers—1:30 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-1)
Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild—4:30 p.m.
(Minnesota leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-1)
Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings—7 p.m.
(Los Angeles leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-1)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
Battlefords North Stars 7 at Flin Flon Bombers 4
(The Battlefords lead the best-of-seven Canterra Seeds Cup final 4-0)
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Western Hockey League Playoffs:
Moose Jaw Warriors 2 at Winnipeg ICE 5
(The Winnipeg ICE lead the Best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 3-2)
The other Eastern Conference series resumes today, as follows…
Saskatoon Blades at Red Deer Rebels
(Red Deer leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 3-2. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 1:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 2 p.m. If a Game 7 is necessary, it will be played Tuesday. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
The Seattle Thunderbirds and Kamloops Blazers have advanced to the Western Conference final, which will start on Saturday, April 29th in Kent, Wa.
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On the pebbled ice where three separate World Curling Championships continue today and run through either April 28th or 29th in Gangneung, South Korea.
The World Senior Women’s Championship features 15 teams, split into two groups for preliminary round-robin play. Canada is represented by the Sherry Anderson foursome from Saskatoon-Nutana. They have 2 win, 0 losses…good for a 1st place tie with United States in Group A. Those two teams play ecahother tomorrow.
Canada 7 vs Sweden 4
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The World Senior Men’s Championship features 24 teams, split into three groups of eight teams each for preliminary round-robin play. Canada is represented by Howard Rajala’s quartet from Ottawa. They have 2 wins, 1 loss…good for 3rd place in Group A. They will play the Czech Republic tomorrow.
Canada 6 vs Hungary 8
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The World Mixed Doubles Championship features 20 duos, split into two groups of 10 pairs each for preliminary round-robin play. Canada is represented by the wife and husband couple of Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing of Horseshoe Valley, Ontario. They have 2 wins, 1 loss…tied for 2nd place in Group A. They will play Italy tomorrow.
Canada 4 vs Estonia 7
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Major League Baseball:
Toronto Blue Jays 2 at New York Yankees 3
They will play eachother again today at 11:35am.
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National Basketball Association Playoffs—4 games:
Philadelphia 76ers 96 at Brooklyn Nets 88
(Philadelphia won the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 4-0)
Phoenix Suns 112 at Los Angeles Clippers 100
(Phoenix leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Milwaukee Bucks 99 at Miami Heat 122
(The Miami Heat lead the Best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-1)
Memphis Grizzlies 101 at Los Angeles Lakers 111
(Los Angeles Lakers lead the Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-1)
The remaining four series resumes today, as follows…
Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks—11 a.m.
(New York leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-1)
Sacramento Kings at Golden State Warriors—1:30 p.m.
(Sacramento leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-1)
Boston Celtics at Atlanta Hawks—5 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-1)
Denver Nuggets at Minnesota Timberwolves—7:30 p.m.
(Denver leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-0)
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