SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4
Western Hockey League–3 games:
Saskatoon Blades vs Red Deer Rebels
(First face-off is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 7:45 p.m. and the play-by-play at 8 p.m. The Blades have 17 wins, 6 losses, 2 extra time losses for 36 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Red Deer has 13 wins, 10 losses, 3 extra time losses for 29 points…tied for 4th place in the East.)
Medicine Hat Tigers at Swift Current Broncos—7 p.m.
Regina Pats vs Vancouver Giants—9 p.m. at Langley, B-C
(The Prince Albert Raiders are idle until Friday when they host the Calgary Hitmen. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 11 wins, 9 losses, 3 extra time losses for 25 points…good for 9th place in the Eastern Conference. Calgary has 13 wins, 8 losses, 4 extra time losses for 30 points…good for 3rd place in the East.)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League:
Estevan Bruins at Melfort Mustangs—7:30 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League—2 games:
Prince Albert Timberjaks vs Saskatoon Westleys—8 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
Regina Silver Foxes at Assiniboia Southern Rebels—7:45 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A League—4 games:
Swift Current Legionnaires at Moose Jaw Warriors—7 p.m.
Saskatoon Blazers at Battlefords Stars—7:30 p.m.
Estevan Bears at Yorkton Maulers—7:30 p.m.
Notre Dame Hounds at Regina Pat-Canadians—7:45 p.m.
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National Hockey League–4 games:
Nashville Predators at Toronto Maple Leafs—6:30 p.m.
Boston Bruins at Chicago Blackhawks—6:30 p.m.
Dallas Stars at Los Angeles Kings—9 p.m.
Vegas Golden Knights at Anaheim Ducks—9 p.m.
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Professional Women’s Hockey League—2 games at 6 p.m.:
New York Sirens at Montreal Victoire
Minnesota Frost at Boston Fleet
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The Canadian Senior Curling Championships continue today and run through Saturday at Moncton, New Brunswick. There are 14 women’s teams and 14 men’s teams taking part in the preliminary round-robin plus playoffs format with all teams either provincial or territorial champions. Saskatchewan’s representatives are the Tracy Streifel foursome from the Saskatoon-Nutana Club in the women’s division. They have 3 wins, 1 loss…good for 2nd place in Pool A. On the men’s side, Randy Bryden’s Regina quartet represents Saskatchewan. They have 4 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place in Pool A. On their schedules today…
9 a.m. women: Saskatchewan vs Manitoba
9 a.m. men: Saskatchewan vs Yukon
1 p.m. women: Saskatchewan vs Nova Scotia
1 p.m. men: Saskatchewan vs Newfoundland and Labrador
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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon High School Curling League—3:30 p.m. at Nutana Curling Club
Open B Division—4 regular-season games
Aden Bowman vs Evan Hardy
Bethlehem vs Holy Cross
Bishop Mahoney vs St. Joseph
Centennial vs Walter Murray
Saskatoon High School Basketball League
Marion Graham at Bethlehem
Saskatoon Christian School at Mount Royal
Tommy Douglas at E-D Feehan
(The above three listings are Senior Girls’ games tipping off at 6:15 p.m.)
Marion Graham at Tommy Douglas
Saskatoon Christian School at E-d Feehan
(The above two listing are Senior Boys’ games tipping off at 8 p.m.)
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National Basketball Association—6 games:
The Toronto Raptors return to action tomorrow when they host the Oklahoma City Thunder at 6:30 p.m. in Toronto.
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Friday when Week 2 of the 2024-25 regular-season starts with Colorado at Las Vegas. The Saskatchewan Rush are idle until Saturday, December 14th when they play their regular-season home opener against the Halifax Thunderbirds at 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. 92-9, THE BULL has a one-hour pre-game show beginning at 5:45 p.m. Saskatchewan has 1 win, 0 losses…tied for first place. Halifax has yet to play a game.
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