Western Hockey League–3 games:
Seattle Thunderbirds 1 at Wenatchee Wild 5
Vancouver Giants 0 at Portland Winterhawks 3
Spokane Chiefs 11 vs Tri-City Americans 3 at Kennewick, Wa.
(The Saskatoon Blades return to action today, New Year’s Day, 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. with the Palliser Rooms E-Q-3 Cutting Edge Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 4 p.m. The Blue and Gold have 24 wins, 8 losses, 2 extra time losses for 51 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Brandon has 19 wins, 12 losses, 5 extra time losses for 43 points…good for 3rd place in the East.
The Prince Albert Raiders are off until Friday when they visit the Moose Jaw Warriors. P-A has 17 wins, 17 losses, 2 extra time losses for 36 points…good for 8th place in the Eastern Conference. The Raiders’ next home game is Saturday when they welcome the Blades for a 7 p.m. game time at the Art Hauser Centre.)
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The I-I-H-F World Under-20 Hockey Championship continues today and runs through Friday in Gothenburg, Sweden. Team Canada is one of 10 nations taking part. They are split into two pools of five teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by an eight-team straight knock-out playoff. Team Canada has 2 wins, 1 loss for 6 points…good for 2nd place in Pool A. Among the players on Team Canada’s roster are Saskatoon Blades’ centre Fraser Minten plus Saskatoon product and Moose Jaw Warriors’ centre Brayden Yager. On yesterday’s schedule…
Team Canada 6 vs Germany 3
Slovakia 2 United States 10
Finland 5 Sweden 4 (overtime)
Switzerland 2 vs Czechia 4
****Canada will face Czechia in a quarter-final game on Tuesday****
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The Spengler Cup, an annual international men’s hockey tournament held in Davos, Switzerland, continues today and winds up today. The field is down from six teams taking part to two. On today’s final schedule…
H-C Dynamo Pardubice (Czechia) 3 vs H-C Davos (Switzerland) 5
(Team Canada was eliminated Saturday in a semi-final loss.)
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The Circle-K Classic Male Under-18 Hockey Tournament continues today and runs through tomorrow in Calgary. There were 32 teams from around the world taking part. That has been reduced to 16 going into today, including the Warman Wildcats from the Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League. The Prince Albert Mintos and Swift Current Legionnaires were eliminated on Saturday. Only one Saskatchewan team played yesterday (Sunday).
Warman Wildcats 1 vs Edmonton Junior Oilers Blues 5
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National Hockey League—9 games:
Winnipeg Jets 3 at Minnesota Wild 2
Buffalo Sabres 1 Ottawa Senators 5
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4
Edmonton Oilers 7 at Anaheim Ducks 2
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at Calgary Flames 4
Boston Bruins 5 at Detroit Red Wings 3
New York Islanders 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 3
San Jose Sharks 1 Colorado Avalanche 3
Chicago Blackhawks 1 at Dallas Stars 8
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National Football League—Week 17 continues and ends with 14 games:
Miami Dolphins 19 at Baltimore Ravens 56
Arizona Cardinals 45 at Philadelphia Eagles 41
New Orleans Saints 23 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13
New England Patriots 21 at Buffalo Bills 27
Tennessee Titans 3 at Houston Texans 26
Atlanta Falcons 17 at Chicago Bears 37
Carolina Panthers 0 at Jacksonville Jaguars 26
Las Vegas Raiders 20 at Indianapolis Colt 23
San Francisco 49ers 27 at Washington Commanders 10
Los Angeles Rams 26 at New York Giants 25
Pittsburgh Steelers 30 at Seattle Seahawks 23
Cincinnati Bengals 17 at Kansas City Chiefs 25
Los Angeles Chargers 9 at Denver Broncos 16
Minnesota Vikings 10 at Green Bay Packers 33
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National Basketball Association–6 games:
Atlanta Hawks 130 Washington Wizards 126
Boston Celtics 134 at San Antonio Spurs 101
Brooklyn Nets 108 Oklahoma City Thunder 124
Los Angeles Lakers 109 at New Orleans Pelican 129
Sacramento Kings 123 at Memphis Grizzlies 92
Orlando Magic 107 at Phoenix Suns 112
(The Toronto Raptors return to action on New Year’s Day when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers at 6:30 p.m. in Toronto.)