SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canadian Women’s Curling Championship, continues today and runs through Sunday in Calgary. A total of 18 teams are taking part…13 provincial or territorial champions plus four wild-card teams and the defending champions as Team Canada. The teams are split into two pools of nine teams each for preliminary round-robin play. Saskatchewan is represented by the Skylar Ackerman foursome from the Saskatoon-Nutana club. They have 3 wins, 2 losses…tied for 4th place in Pool A. On their schedule today…
2:30 p.m. – Saskatchewan vs Team Canada
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Western Hockey League—2 games:
Spokane Chiefs at Wenatchee Wild—8 p.m.
Seattle Thunderbirds at Prince George Cougars—9 p.m.
(The Saskatoon Blades are idle until Friday when they host the Brandon Wheat Kings. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with the Palliser Rooms E-Q-3 Cutting Edge Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Blue and Gold have 42 wins, 9 losses, 5 extra time losses for 89 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference.
The Prince Albert Raiders are off until Thursday when they host Brandon. First face-off is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 26 wins, 25 losses, 4 extra time losses for 56 points…good for 7th place in the Eastern Conference. The Wheat Kings have 27 wins, 22 losses, 6 extra time losses for 60 points…good for 6th place in the East.)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League:
Notre Dame Hounds at Yorkton Terriers—7 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Yorkton Maulers vs Saskatoon Contacts—7:30 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place
Tisdale Trojans at Regina Pat-Canadians—8 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League:
Regina Rebels at Notre Dame Hounds—8 p.m.
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National Hockey League—8 games:
Ottawa Senators at Florida Panthers—6 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Winnipeg Jets—7 p.m.
Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche—8 p.m.
Dallas Stars at New York Rangers—6 p.m.
New York Islanders at Pittsburgh Penguins—6 p.m.
New Jersey Devils at Washington Capitals—6 p.m.
Nashville Predators at Vegas Golden Knights—9 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Los Angeles Kings—9:30 p.m.
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The National Lacrosse League is idle until Friday when Week 13 of the season starts with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday when they play host to the Halifax Thunderbirds. First face-off is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Pre-Game Show on 92-9, The BULL runs from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The BULL will also have a 30-minute Post-Game Show. The Rush have 3 wins, 4 losses…good for 10th place. Halifax has 6 wins, 4 losses…tied for 4th place.
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The National Basketball Association is into its all-star break with regular-season play resuming Thursday with 12 games, including the Toronto Raptors at home to the Brooklyn Nets at 6:30 p.m. in Toronto.
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