SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3
The 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canadian Women’s Curling Championship, continues today and runs through Sunday in Thunder Bay, Ontario. A total of 18 teams are taking part as the field is split into two pools of nine teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by championship and seeding pool rounds and winding up with the playoffs. Saskatchewan is represented by the Penny Barker foursome from Moose Jaw while one of the three wild-card teams is skipped by Chelsea Carey of Regina. The Barker quartet has 4 wins, 3 losses…good for 4th place in Pool A while the Carey squad has 3 wins, 4 losses…tied for 5th place in Pool A. On their schedules today…
1 p.m. draw: Carey-Wild Card 2 vs Crawford, New Brunswick
Barker-Saskatchewan vs Miskew-Wild Card 3
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Prairie Junior Hockey League:
Assiniboia Southern Rebels at Regina Silver Foxes—7:30 p.m.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League—3 games:
Tisdale Trojans vs Saskatoon Blazers—7:15 p.m. at Rod Hamm Arena
Swift Current Legionnaires at Regina Pat-Canadians—8 p.m.
Yorkton Maulers at Estevan Bears—8 p.m.
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The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow when 10 games are scheduled, including the Saskatoon Blades playing host to the Edmonton Oil Kings. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:30 p.m. with the Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 22 wins, 15 losses, 2 extra time losses for 46 points…good for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. Edmonton has 30 wins, 10 losses, 3 extra time losses for 63 points…good for 1st place in the East.
The Prince Albert Raiders are off until tomorrow when they host the Red Deer Rebels. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. Prince Albert has 15 wins, 22 losses, 2 extra time losses for 32 points…good for 11th place in the Eastern Conference. Red Deer has 27 wins, 13 losses, 3 extra time losses for 57 points…good for 3rd place in the East.
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The National Hockey League is idle until Monday for the All-Star Break. The All-Star games will be played Saturday at Las Vegas.
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On the high school beat:
Saskatoon High School Curling League—2 games at 4 p.m. at Granite Curling Club
Boys A Division
St. Joseph vs Holy Cross
St. Joseph Girls A vs Bishop Mahoney Boys A—exhibition game
Saskatoon High School Basketball League
Senior Girls Division—3 games at 6:15 p.m.
Marion Graham at Walter Murray
Bishop Mahoney at Centennial
St. Joseph at Holy Cross
Senior Boys Division—4 games at 8 p.m.
St. Joseph at Bishop Mahoney
Saskatoon Christian School at Legacy Christian Academy
Tommy Douglas at Holy Cross
Evan Hardy at Centennial
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National Basketball Association–6 games:
Toronto Raptors vs Chicago Bulls–6:30 p.m. at Toronto
Minnesota Timberwolves at Detroit Pistons—6 p.m.
Phoenix Suns at Atlanta Hawks—6:30 p.m.
Miami Heat at San Antonio Spurs—7:30 p.m.
Sacramento Kings at Golden State Warriors—9 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers at Los Angeles Clippers—9 p.m.
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The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow when two games are scheduled. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Friday, February 11th when they visit the Vancouver Warriors at 9:30 p.m. The Rush have 2 wins, 4 losses…good for 4th place in the West Division. Saskatchewan’s next home game is Saturday, February 26th against the Colorado Mammoth. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
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