SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, MAY 20TH
The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ 2025 C-F-L continues today with training camp running through Thursday in Saskatoon at Griffiths Stadium on the University of Saskatchewan campus, with practice beginning at 8:30. The Green and White will play their first pre-season game on Saturday, May 24th at 2 p.m. in Winnipeg before the Blue Bombers visit the Riders on Friday, May 30th at 7 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium in Regina. Saskatchewan’s regular-season opener will be on Thursday, June 5th against the Ottawa RedBlacks. Game time is 7 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.
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National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Playoffs:
Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes—6 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals)
The Western Conference Final begins tomorrow, as follows:
Edmonton Oilers at Dallas Stars—6 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference Finals)
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Professional Women’s Hockey League Finals begin tonight, with Saskatoon product Emily Clark suiting up with the Ottawa Charge:
Minnesota Frost at Ottawa Charge—5 p.m.
(Opening game in the best-of-five finals)
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The I-I-H-F World Men’s Hockey Championship continues today and runs through Sunday, May 25th in Stockholm, Sweden, and Herning, Denmark. Sixteen national teams are taking part, split into two groups of eight teams each for preliminary round-robin play, plus playoffs. Canada is one of the 16 nations taking part and are in Group A. Canada has 5 wins, 0 losses, 1 shootout loss for 16 points…good for 2nd place. On today’s schedule…
12:20 p.m. – Canada vs Sweden at Stockholm
8:20 a.m. – Slovakia vs Finland at Stockholm
8:20 a.m. – Czechia vs United States at Herning
12:20 p.m. – Germany vs Denmark at Herning
Already completed this morning…
4:20 a.m. – Latvia 1 vs Austria 6 at Stockholm
4:20 a.m. – Switzerland 4 vs Kazakhstan 1 at Herning
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Major League Baseball:
American League—1 day game, 6 night games
Inter-League—1 day games, 4 night, including,
Toronto Blue Jays vs San Diego Padres—5:07 p.m. at Toronto
National League—3 day games, 2 night games
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All Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association games scheduled for today have been postponed due to the weather.
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Saskatoon Senior Men’s Baseball League:
A Division
Thunder vs Rangers—6:30 p.m. at Stonebridge South
B Division—3 games at 6:30 p.m.
Hanley Sox vs Reds at Leakos
Angels vs Cannons at Stonebridge North
Skunks vs Tigers at Diefenbaker Park
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The Canadian Elite Basketball League returns to action tomorrow with 1 game. The Saskatchewan Rattlers are idle until Thursday when they host the Edmonton Stingers. Tip-off time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. Saskatchewan has 0 wins, 1 loss…good for 4th place in the Western Conference. Edmonton has 0 wins, 2 losses…good for 5th place in the West.
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The National Basketball Association Playoffs:
Minnesota Timberwolves at Oklahoma City Thunder—6:30 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference Final)
The Eastern Conference Final begins tomorrow, as follows:
Indiana Pacers at New York Knicks—6 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference Final)
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The National Lacrosse League playoffs return to action Saturday, May 24th, as follows:
Saskatchewan Rush vs Buffalo Bandits—2:30 p.m. at Buffalo
(The best-of-three final is tied 1-1)
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