SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, MARCH 18
The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 1 game as Kamloops goes to Seattle in Kent, Washington. The Saskatoon Blades are idle until Wednesday when they are home to the Calgary Hitmen. 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 47 wins, 13 losses, 5 extra time losses for 99 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Calgary has 27 wins, 30 losses, 8 extra time losses for 62 points…good for 9th place in the East.
The Prince Albert Raiders are off until Wednesday when they host the Regina Pats. First face-off is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 30 wins, 30 losses, 5 extra time losses for 65 points…good for 8th place in the Eastern Conference. Regina has 22 wins, 37 losses, 6 extra time losses for 50 points…good for 11th place in the East.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Playoffs—2 games:
S’toon Quakers vs S’toon Westleys—8 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
(Westleys lead the best-of-seven North Division final 1-0)
Pilot Butte Storm at Regina Capitals—7:45 p.m.
(Regina leads the best-of-seven South Division final 1-0)
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs:
Saskatoon Stars at Notre Dame Hounds—7:30 p.m.
(Notre Dame leads the best-of-three semi-final 1-0)
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National Hockey League—2 games:
Washington Capitals at Calgary Flames—6:30 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Seattle Kraken—8 p.m.
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On the pebbled ice:
The B-K-T Tires World Women’s Curling Championship continues today and runs through Sunday in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Thirteen teams are taking part in the round-robin plus playoffs format, including Canada – represented by the Rachel Homan foursome of Ottawa. They have 3 wins, 0 losses…tied for 2nd place. On their schedule today…
11 a.m. – Canada vs Norway
The Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship continues today and runs through Friday in Fredericton, New Brunswick. A total of 32 duos are taking part, split into four groups of eight teams each for preliminary round-robin play with 12 teams advancing to the playoffs. Among the 32 duos are Dustin Kathoff and Christie Gamble of Saskatoon-Nutana, Rylan Kleiter and Madison Kleiter of Saskatoon-Nutana, Nancy Martin and Steve Laycock of Martensville plus Kirk Muyres of Humboldt and Laura Walker out of Sherwood Park, Alberta. Muyres-Walker have 2 wins, 0 losses…tied for 1st place in Pool A. The Kleiters have 1 win, 1 loss…tied for 3rd place in Pool A. Martin-Laycock have 0 wins, 2 losses…tied for 7th place in Pool B. Kalthoff-Gamble have 1 win, 0 losses…tied for 1st place in Pool C. On their schedules today…
10 a.m. – Kathoff-Gamble vs Wasylkiw-Konings
1 p.m. – Kleiter-Kleiter vs Adams-Robichaud
Martin-Laycock vs Cotter-Cotter
Muyres-Walker vs Laplante-Gibeau
4 p.m. – Gamble-Kalthoff vs Sandham-Craig
7 a.m. Tuesday – Gamble-Kalthoff vs Reese-Hansen-Chester
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Major League Baseball Exhibition—11 games:
The Toronto Blue Jays return to action tomorrow when they host the Baltimore Orioles at 11:07 a.m. in Dunedin, Florida.
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The National Lacrosse League is idle until Friday when Week 17 of the season starts with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday when they visit the New York Riptide. The broadcast on 92-9, THE BULL begins at 5:15 p.m. with the Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 5:30 p.m. The Rush have 5 wins, 6 losses…good for 9th place. New York has 6 wins, 8 losses…good for 10th place. Saskatchewan’s next home game is Saturday, April 6th against the Calgary Roughnecks. 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. 92-9, The BULL will also have a 30-minute Post-Game Show.
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National Basketball Association—8 games:
Cleveland Cavaliers at Indiana Pacers—5 p.m.
Miami Heat at Philadelphia 76ers—5:30 p.m.
Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics—5:30 p.m.
Portland Trailblazers at Chicago Bulls—6 p.m.
Minnesota Timberwolves at Utah Jazz—7 p.m.
Memphis Grizzlies at Sacramento Kings—8 p.m.
New York Knicks at Golden State Warriors—8 p.m.
Atlanta Hawks at Los Angeles Lakers—8:30 p.m.
(The Toronto Raptors are idle until Wednesday when they host Sacramento at 5:30 p.m. in Toronto.)
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