SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5
The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 9 games, including the Prince Albert Raiders at home to 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…tied for 3rd place in the East.
The Saskatoon Blades are idle until Saturday when they host Calgary. First face-off is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:45 p.m. and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Blades have 17 wins, 6 losses, 3 extra time losses for 37 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League:
Pilot Butte Storm vs Fort Knox—7:30 p.m. at Fort Qu’Appelle
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A League:
Notre Dame Hounds at Regina Rebels—8 p.m.
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National Hockey League–9 games:
Detroit Red Wings at Ottawa Senators—6 p.m.
Winnipeg Jets at Buffalo Sabres—6 p.m.
Nashville Predators at Montreal Canadiens—6 p.m.
St. Louis Blues at Calgary Flames—8 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Edmonton Oilers—8 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Tampa Bay Lightning—6 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche at Carolina Hurricanes—6 p.m.
Florida Panthers at Philadelphia Flyers—6 p.m.
Seattle Kraken at New York Islanders—6:30 p.m.
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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 that have completed preliminary round-robin play. They now get split, by performance, into championship or seeding pools. All teams are either provincial or territorial champions. Saskatchewan’s representatives are the Tracy Streifel foursome from the Saskatoon-Nutana Club in the women’s division. They qualified for the championship pool with 4 wins, 2 loss…tied for 4th place. On the men’s side, Randy Bryden’s Regina quartet represents Saskatchewan. They qualified for the championship pool with 5 wins, 1 loss…tied for 1st place. On their schedules today…
11:30 a.m. women: Saskatchewan vs Ontario
11:30 a.m. men: Saskatchewan vs Ontario
7:30 p.m. women: Saskatchewan vs Prince Edward Island
7:30 p.m. men: Saskatchewan vs Alberta
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Saskatoon High School Curling League—5 games at 4 p.m.:
Girls A Division – Evan Hardy vs Tommy Douglas at Sutherland Curling Club
Boys A Division – Bishop Mahoney vs Walter Murray at Sutherland Curling Club
Exhibition – St. Joseph Boys A vs Holy Cross Girls A at C-N Curling Club
Open A Division – Bedford Road vs Bethlehem at C-N Curling Club
Open A Division – Centennial vs Holy Cross at C-N Curling Club
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National Football League—Week 14 starts:
Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions—7:15 p.m.
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National Basketball Association—8 games, including:
Toronto Raptors vs Oklahoma City Thunder–6:30 p.m. at Toronto
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The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow when Week 2 of the 2024-25 regular-season starts with Colorado at Las Vegas. The Saskatchewan Rush are off 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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