SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 12
Western Hockey League playoffs—3 games:
Prince Albert Raiders at Medicine Hat Tigers—7 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final. Game 2 is tomorrow at 6 p.m. in Medicine Hat with Games 3 and 4 on Wednesday and Thursday, 7 p.m. both nights, at the Art Hauser Centre.)
Lethbridge Hurricanes at Calgary Hitmen—6 p.m.
(Lethbridge leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 1-0)
Portland Winterhawks at Everett Silvertips—8:05 p.m.
(Everett leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final 1-0)
The remaining Conference series starts tomorrow as follows…
Victoria Royals at Spokane Chiefs—7:05 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
Weyburn Red Wings at Flin Flon Bombers—6:30 p.m.
(Weyburn leads the best-of-seven semi-final 3-1)
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National Hockey League—11 games:
New York Islanders at Philadelphia Flyers—10:30 a.m.
Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets—10:30 a.m.
New York Rangers at Carolina Hurricanes—1 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche at Los Angeles Kings—2 p.m.
Winnipeg Jets at Chicago Blackhawks—5 p.m.
Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs—5 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Vancouver Canucks—8 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Florida Panthers—4 p.m.
Utah Hockey Club at Dallas Stars—6 p.m.
St. Louis Blues at Seattle Kraken—8 p.m.
Nashville Predators at Vegas Golden Knights—8 p.m.
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The 2025 International Ice Hockey Federation’s World Women’s Hockey Championship continues today and runs through Sunday, April 20th, in Czechia. Ten national teams are taking part, including Canada, split into two pools of five teams each for preliminary round-robin play. That is followed by eight teams qualifying for straight knockout playoffs. Saskatoon product Emily Clark is on the Canadian roster. Canada has 2 wins, 0 losses for 6 points…tied for 1st place in Pool A. On today’s schedule…
Finland vs Czechia—11 a.m.
Hungary vs Norway—3 a.m. Sunday
Japan vs Sweden—7 a.m. Sunday
(Canada returns to action tomorrow against the U-S at 11 a.m.)
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Major League Baseball
American League—3 day games, 3 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles—2:05 p.m.
Inter-League—3 day games
National League—2 day games, 4 night
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The National Basketball Association returns to action tomorrow with 15 games, including the Toronto Raptors visiting the San Antonio Spurs at 1:30 p.m.
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National Lacrosse League–Week 20 of the season continues with 4 games:
Las Vegas Desert Dogs at Ottawa Black Bears—5 p.m.
San Diego Seals at Albany Firewolves—5 p.m.
Georgia Swarm at Philadelphia Wings—5 p.m.
Halifax Thunderbirds at Buffalo Bandits—5:30 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Rush return to action tomorrow when they visit the Colorado Mammoth. 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. Colorado has 8 wins, 8 losses…tied for 6th 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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