SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, MAY 23
The Canadian Football League Pre-Season is off until Saturday when 4 games are scheduled, including the Saskatchewan Roughriders going to the Edmonton Elks at 2 p.m. The Green and White have 1 win, 0 losses in the pre-season. The Riders continue Main Training Camp today at 8:30 a.m. at Griffiths Stadium on the U of S campus. Saskatchewan’s regular-season schedule starts Saturday, June 8th in Edmonton with the home opener on Sunday, June 23rd against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium.
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The Saskatoon Berries continue and wind up their first-ever Western Canadian Baseball League training camp tonight at Cairns Field with an on-diamond session running from 6 to 8 p.m. A total of 29 players are listed on the roster with the Berries’ first regular-season game coming up on Saturday in Regina against the Red Sox at 7:05 p.m. Saskatoon’s first regular-season home game is slated for Tuesday at Cairns Field against Regina. First pitch is 7 p.m.
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Canadian Elite Basketball League:
Montreal Alliance at Vancouver Bandits—8 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Rattlers are idle until Saturday when they host Montreal. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Rattlers have 1 win, 0 losses…tied for 1st place in the Western Conference.)
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National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Playoffs:
Edmonton Oilers at Dallas Stars—6:30 p.m.
(Opening game of the best-of-seven Western Conference final)
The other series resumes tomorrow, as follows…
Florida Panthers at New York Rangers—6 p.m.
(Florida leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final 1-0)
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The I-I-H-F World Men’s Hockey Championship resumes today and runs through Sunday. Following are the quarter-final match-ups…
Canada vs Slovakia–8:20 a.m. in Prague
(Canada finished preliminary round play with 5 wins, 2 extra time wins, 0 losses for 19 points…good for 1st place in Group A.)
Switzerland vs Germany—8:20 a.m. at Ostrava
United States vs Czechia–12:20 p.m. at Prague
Sweden vs Finland—12:20 p.m. at Ostrava
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Major League Baseball:
American League—1 day game, 2 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays at Detroit Tigers–4:40 p.m.
Inter-League—2 day games
National League—3 day games
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National Basketball Association Playoffs:
Indiana Pacers at Boston Celtics—6 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final 1-0)
The other series resumes tomorrow, as follows…
Dallas Mavericks at Minnesota Timberwolves—6:30 p.m.
(Dallas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference final 1-0)
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