CJWW SCOREBOARD FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31
Western Hockey League
Regina Pats 2 Moose Jaw Warriors 4
Vancouver Giants 7 Victoria Royals 6 (OT-Shootout)
Kelowna Rockets 1 Wenatchee Wild 6
Prince George Cougars 6 Seattle Thunderbirds 4
Spokane Chiefs 4 Tri-City Americans 0
Everett Silvertips 7 Portland Winterhawks 3
(The Saskatoon Blades and Prince Albert Raiders return to action this afternoon against each other. Game time is 4 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 3:45 p.m. and the play-by-play at 4 p.m. The Blades have 20 wins, 10 losses, 4 extra time losses for 44 points…tied for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. P-A has 17 wins, 12 losses, 3 extra time losses for 37 points…good for 7th place in the East. P-A’s next home game is Saturday against the Brandon Wheat Kings. First face-off is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)
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I-I-H-F World Under-20 Hockey Championship
Canada 1 United States 4
(Team Canada places third in its pool and will face Czechia on Thursday (6:30pm) in a quarter-final game)
Kazakhstan 1 Switzerland 3
Finland 3 Latvia 0
Sweden 4 Czechia 2
(The tournament winds up on Sunday.)
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National Hockey League
New York Islanders 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 3
Montreal Canadiens 3 Vegas Golden Knights 2
Boston Bruins 1 Washington Capitals 3
St. Louis Blues 6 Chicago Blackhawks 2
Winnipeg Jets 5 Colorado Avalanche 2
Vancouver Canucks 1 Calgary Flames 3
Utah Hockey Club 1 Edmonton Oilers 4
Buffalo Sabres 2 Dallas Stars 4
Philadelphia Flyers 4 San Jose Sharks 0
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Detroit Red Wings 4
New Jersey Devils 2 Anaheim Ducks 3
Carolina Hurricanes 3 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 (OT-Shootout)
Nashville Predators 3 Minnesota Wild 5
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Professional Women’s Hockey League:
Ottawa Charge 2 Toronto Sceptres 1
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The 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials continue today and run through Saturday in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Sixteen female and male couples are split into two pools of eight duos each for preliminary round-robin play with the top three teams from each pool advancing to the six-team playoffs before determining the winner who will represent Canada at the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Championship in late April through early May. Among the 16 pairs are Kirk Muyres of Humboldt and partner Laura Walker of Edmonton, Nancy Martin of Wakaw and Steve Laycock of Saskatoon plus Rylan Kleiter of Saskatoon and partner Brittany Trann of Calgary. On their schedules today…
Trann/Kleiter 6 Zheng/Pietrangelo, Niagara Falls 3
Martin/Laycock 7 Jones/Laing, Barrie, Ontario 6
Walker/Muyres 4 Homan/Bottcher, Edmonton 11
(Trann-Kleiter have a 3-1 record in round-robin play while Martin-Laycock are 1-3)
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The National Lacrosse League is idle until Saturday when Week 6 of the season stats and ends with 3 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday, January 11th when they host the Las Vegas Desert Dogs. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. Saskatchewan has 3 wins, 1 loss…tied for 3rd place. Las Vegas has 0 wins, 4 losses…tied for 13th place.
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National Basketball Association
Toronto Raptors 71 Boston Celtics 125
