SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
The Canadian Football League is idle until Friday when Week 17 of the regular-season starts with 2 games – Edmonton at Winnipeg and Hamilton at B-C. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are off until Saturday when they host the Ottawa RedBlacks. Kick-off time is 1 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium. The Green and White have 6 wins, 7 losses, 1 tie for 13 points…good for 3rd place in the West Division. Ottawa has 8 wins, 5 losses, 1 tie for 17 points…good for 2nd place in the East Division.
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The Prairie Football Conference is idle until Saturday when Week 7 of the regular-season starts with 2 games, including the Saskatoon Hilltops playing host to the Regina Thunder. Kickoff time is 1 p.m. at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. The Toppers have 6 wins, 0 losses for 12 points…good for 1st place. Regina has 5 wins, 1 loss for 10 points…good for 2nd place.
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The Canada West University Football Conference is off until Friday when Week 5 of the regular-season begins with the Saskatchewan Huskies at home to the Alberta Golden Bears. Kickoff time is 7 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium. The Dogs have 1 win, 3 losses for 2 points…tied for 5th place. Alberta has 2 wins, 2 losses for 4 points…tied for 2nd place.
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The Western Hockey League is idle until Friday when 8 games are scheduled, including the Prince Albert Raiders host the Brandon Wheat Kings. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. Prince Albert has 1 win, 0 losses, 1 extra time loss for 3 points…good for 4th place in the Eastern Conference. Brandon has 2 wins, 0 losses, 0 extra time losses for 4 points…tied for 1st place in the East.
The Saskatoon Blades are off until Saturday when they entertain Brandon. First face-off is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre with CJWW’s broadcast beginning at 6:45 p.m. and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Blades have 2 wins, 0 losses, 0 extra time losses for 4 points…tied for 1st place in the Eastern Conference.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Exhibition—2 games at 8 p.m.:
S’toon Quakers vs S’toon Westleys at Rod Hamm Arena
Saskatoon Royals at Delisle Chiefs
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Exhibition:
Saskatoon Contacts at Warman Wildcats—7 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League regular-season:
Notre Dame Hounds at Weyburn Gold Wings—7 p.m.
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National Hockey League Pre-Season—8 games:
Edmonton Oilers at Winnipeg Jets—6 p.m.
Calgary Flames vs Vancouver Canucks—8 p.m. at Abbotsford, B-C
Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning—5 p.m. at Orlando, Fla.
St. Louis Blues at Columbus Blue Jackets—5 p.m.
Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils—5 p.m.
Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Blackhawks—6 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars—6 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Vegas Golden Knights—8 p.m.
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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon High School Boys Soccer League—4 matches at 4:15 p.m.
Evan Hardy vs St. Joseph at Lakewood
Walter Murray vs Bethlehem at Newsham East
Holy Cross vs Bishop Mahoney at Umea-4
Aden Bowman vs Centennial at Forest Park-5
Saskatoon High School Boys Volleyball League—12 matches
Aden Bowman and Centennial at Holy Cross
Marion Graham and Tommy Douglas at Evan Hardy
Bethlehem and Walter Murray at St. Joseph
E-D Feehan and Saskatoon Christian School at Bishop Mahoney
(All listings consist of round-robin matches amongst the three schools at 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m.)
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Major League Baseball:
American League—1 day game, 5 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox—5:07 p.m.
Inter-League—3 night games
National League—6 night games
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