SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17
Western Hockey League Playoffs—3 games:
Saskatoon Blades at Red Deer Rebels
(Saskatoon leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 3-0. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with the Palliser Rooms E-Q-3 Cutting Edge Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 7 p.m.)
Moose Jaw Warriors at Swift Current Broncos—7 p.m.
(Moose Jaw leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final 2-1)
Prince George Cougars at Kelowna Rockets—8:05 p.m.
(Prince George leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final 3-0)
The remaining second round series is idle until Friday, as follows…
Portland Winterhawks at Everett Silvertips—8:05 p.m.
(Portland leads the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final 3-0)
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National Hockey League–4 games:
Toronto Maple Leafs at Tampa Bay Lightning—5 p.m.
Edmonton Oilers at Arizona Coyotes—8 p.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Islanders—5 p.m.
St. Louis Blues at Dallas Stars—7:30 p.m.
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Major League Baseball:
American League—4 day games, 2 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees—1:07 p.m.
Inter-League—3 day games
National League—5 day games, 1 night
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Friday when Week 21, the final week of play in the regular-season, starts with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are idle until Saturday when they play their final regular-season game, hosting the Toronto Rock. First face-off is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Pre-Game Show on 92-9, The BULL runs from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. 92-9, The BULL will also have a 30-minute Post-Game Show. The Rush have 8 wins, 9 losses…tied for 8th place. Toronto has 14 wins, 3 losses…good for 1st place.
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National Basketball Association—2 playoff games:
Miami Heat at Philadelphia 76ers—5 p.m.
(Winner is Eastern Conference seventh seed in the quarter-final round. The loser will play the winner of the following game for the eighth and final seed in the quarter-final round.)
Atlanta Hawks at Chicago Bulls—7:30 p.m.
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