SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 5
Western Hockey League playoffs—2 games:
Vancouver Giants at Spokane Chiefs—7:05 p.m.
(Spokane leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Seattle Thunderbirds at Everett Silvertips—7:05 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final tied 2-2)
The remaining five series resume tomorrow, as follows…
Prince Albert Raiders at Edmonton Oil Kings—4 p.m.
(Edmonton leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-2. A Game 7, if necessary, would be held Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre.)
Portland Winterhawks at Prince George Cougars—7 p.m.
(Portland leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-2)
The Calgary Hitmen, Lethbridge Hurricanes and Medicine Hat Tigers have all advanced to the Eastern Conference semi-final round. The Victoria Royals have advanced to the Western Conference semi-final round.
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Playoffs—2 games:
Weyburn Red Wings at Flin Flon Bombers—6:30 p.m.
(Weyburn leads the best-of-seven semi-final 1-0)
Yorkton Terriers at Melfort Mustangs—7:30 p.m.
(Melfort leads the best-of-seven semi-final 1-0
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
Saskatoon Westleys vs Fort Knox—7 p.m. at Fort Qu’Appelle
(Fort Knox leads the best-of-seven final 2-0)
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Esso Western Regional Female Under-18 Hockey Playoffs:
Saskatoon Stars vs Eastman Selects—8:15 p.m. at Merlis Belsher Place
(Eastman leads the best-of-three series 1-0)
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National Hockey League—13 games:
Florida Panthers at Ottawa Senators—Noon
Anaheim Ducks at Vancouver Canucks—2 p.m.
Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings—2 p.m.
New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils—10:30 a.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at Dallas Stars—1 p.m.
Philadelphia Flyers at Montreal Canadiens—5 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Toronto Maple Leafs—5 p.m.
Winnipeg Jets at Utah Hockey Club—5 p.m.
Vegas Golden Knights at Calgary Flames—8 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche at St. Louis Blues—5 p.m.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres—5 p.m.
Carolina Hurricanes at Boston Bruins—5 p.m.
Seattle Kraken at San Jose Sharks—8 p.m.
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Professional Women’s Hockey League—3 games:
Montreal Victoire at Ottawa Charge—10 a.m.
New York Sirens at Minnesota Frost—11 a.m.
Toronto Sceptres at Boston Fleet—Noon
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The World Men’s Curling Championship continues today and runs through tomorrow in Moose Jaw. The field of 13 national champions, including Brad Jacobs’ Calgary foursome representing Canada, has been whittled down to 6 teams for straight knock-out playoffs. Canada finished the round-robin with 11 wins, 1 loss…good for 1st place. On today’s schedule…
Qualification games at 9 a.m. – Norway vs China
Sweden vs Scotland
Semi-final games at 3 p.m. – Canada vs winner of Scotland/Sweden
Switzerland vs winner of Norway/China
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Major League Baseball
Inter-League—2 day games, 3 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays at New York Mets–5:10 p.m.
American League—3 day games, 2 night
National League—3 day games, 2 night
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National Basketball Association—5 games:
The Toronto Raptors return to action tomorrow when they visit the Brooklyn Nets at 1:30 p.m.
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National Lacrosse League–Week 19 of the season continues with 4 games:
San Diego Seals at Halifax Thunderbirds—3 p.m.
Ottawa Black Bears at Rochester Knighthawks—5 p.m.
Philadelphia Wings at Georgia Swarm—5:30 p.m.
Buffalo Bandits at Colorado Mammoth—7 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Sunday, April 13th, when they visit Colorado. The broadcast on 92-9, THE BULL begins at 1:45 p.m. with play-by-play at 2 p.m. Saskatchewan has 11 wins, 5 losses…good for 2nd place. The Rush’s last regular-season game will be at home on Saturday, April 19th, against Ottawa. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
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