SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16
Western Hockey League:
Seattle Thunderbirds at Wenatchee Wild—6 p.m.
(The Saskatoon Blades return to action tomorrow when they host the Brandon Wheat Kings. 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 28 wins, 17 losses, 7 extra time losses for 63 points…tied for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. Brandon has 28 wins, 16 losses, 7 extra time losses for 63 points…tied for 5th place in the East.
The Prince Albert Raiders return to action tomorrow when they visit the Moose Jaw Warriors at 2 p.m. P-A has 30 wins, 18 losses, 4 extra time losses for 64 points…good for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference. Moose Jaw has 11 wins, 37 losses, 6 extra time losses for 28 points…good for 11th place in the East. The Raiders’ next home game is Friday against Moose Jaw. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League:
Notre Dame Hounds at Nipawin Hawks—3 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League—2 games:
Regina Capitals vs Saskatoon Westleys—4:30 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
Saskatoon Royals at Prince Albert Timberjaks—4 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League—2 games at 2 p.m.:
Tisdale Trojans vs Saskatoon Blazers at Rod Hamm Arena
Moose Jaw Warriors at Battlefords Stars
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Saskatchewan Female Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League—3 games:
Saskatoon Stars at Prince Albert Bears—1:30 p.m.
Battlefords Sharks at Notre Dame Hounds—1:30 p.m.
Regina Rebels at Weyburn Gold Wings—7 p.m.
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The Four Nations Hockey Faceoff returns to action tomorrow with 2 games in Boston, as follows…
Canada vs Finland—Noon
(Canada has 0 wins, 1 extra time win, 0 extra time losses, 1 loss for 2 points…tied for 2nd place. Finland has 0 wins, 1 extra time win, 0 extra time losses, 1 loss for 2 points…tied for 2nd place.)
United States vs Sweden –7 p.m.
(The top two teams out of the four-team round-robin will meet in the final, of the first best-on-best male international event since 2016, on Thursday in Boston. The National Hockey League is off until Saturday as a result.)
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Professional Women’s Hockey League—2 games:
Minnesota Frost at Boston Fleet—Noon
Toronto Sceptres at Ottawa Charge—3 p.m.
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National Lacrosse League–Week 12 of the season continues and ends:
Las Vegas Desert Dogs at Calgary Roughnecks—6 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Rush are idle until Friday when they visit the Vancouver Warriors. The broadcast on 92-9, THE BULL, starts at 8:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 9 p.m. Saskatchewan has 8 wins, 2 losses…good for 2nd place. Vancouver has 5 wins, 5 losses…tied for 8th place. Saskatchewan’s next home game is Saturday, March 1st against the Buffalo Bandits. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
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On the pebbled ice…
The Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canadian Women’s Curling Championship, continues today and runs through Sunday, February 23rd, at Thunder Bay, Ontario. A total of 18 teams are taking part, split into two pools of nine teams each for preliminary round-robin play. The top three teams from both pools advance to the playoffs. Saskatchewan is represented by the Nancy Martin foursome from the Saskatoon-Nutana curling club. They have 2 wins, 0 losses…tied for 1st place in Pool A. On their schedule today…
2 p.m. – Saskatchewan vs B-C
The 2025 Canadian Under-18 Girls and Boys Curling Championships start today at Saskatoon’s Nutana Curling Club and run through Saturday, February 22nd. There are 42 teams taking part – 21 in each gender division, split into three pools of seven teams each for round-robin preliminary play before 12 teams, four from each pool, advance to single knock-out playoffs. There are four teams from Saskatchewan taking part. Two girls teams are skipped by Kaylee Hogeboom of Moose Jaw and Renee Wood of Saskatoon-Sutherland. The two boys teams are skipped by Brandon Weiss of Esterhazy and Dayne Heisler of Moose Jaw. Draws go at 8:30 a.m., 12:30, 4:30 and 8:30 p.m.
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The National Basketball Association is off for its All-Star break. Regular-season play resumes Wednesday. The Toronto Raptors are idle until Friday when they host the Miami Heat at 6:30 p.m. in Toronto.
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