SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 29
Western Hockey League playoffs:
Medicine Hat Tigers at Lethbridge Hurricanes—7 p.m.
(Medicine Hat leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final 2-0)
The remaining series resumes tomorrow, as follows…
Spokane Chiefs at Portland Winterhawks—8 p.m.
(Spokane leads the best-of-seven Western Conference final 2-0)
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National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Playoffs—4 games:
Ottawa Senators at Toronto Maple Leafs—5 p.m.
(Toronto leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Edmonton Oilers at Los Angeles Kings—8 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final tied 2-2)
New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes—5:30 p.m.
(Carolina leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden Knights—7:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final tied 2-2)
The remaining series continue, as follows…
Montreal Canadiens at Washington Capitals—tomorrow at 5 p.m.
(Washington leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)
St. Louis Blues at Winnipeg Jets—tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final tied 2-2)
Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning—tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.
(Florida leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Dallas Stars at Colorado Avalanche—Thursday at to be determined
(Dallas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-2)
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Professional Women’s Hockey League:
New York Sirens at Toronto Sceptres—5 p.m.
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The 2025 I-I-H-F Under-18 Men’s World Hockey Championship is off today, but resumes play tomorrow and continues through Saturday in Frisco and Allen, Texas. The 10 national teams, including Canada, have completed preliminary round-robin play with eight teams advancing to the quarter-finals tomorrow, as follows…
3 p.m. – Canada vs Czechia
(Among the Canadian team members is Macklin product and Victoria centre Cole Reschny and Prince Albert Raiders’ defenceman Daxon Rudolph. Canada finished round-robin play with 4 wins, 0 losses for 12 points…good for 1st place in Pool A.
11 a.m. – Slovakia vs Germany
1 p.m. – Sweden vs Finland
6 p.m. – United States vs Latvia
7 p.m. relegation game – Norway vs Switzerland
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The World Mixed Doubles, World Senior Women’s and World Senior Men’s Curling Championships start today and run through Saturday in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
The World Mixed Doubles Championship has a field of 20 duos, split into two pools of 10 couples each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by playoffs. Canada’s entry of the husband and wife team of Brent Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman of Chestermere, Alberta, has 4 wins, 1 loss…tied for 2nd place in Pool A. On their schedule today…
11 a.m. – Canada vs South Korea
The World Senior Women’s Championship has a field of 16 teams, split into three pools – two of five teams and one of six teams, for preliminary round-robin play – followed by playoffs, Canada’s entry is skipped by Atina Ford Johnston of Alberta and has 2 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place in the five-team Pool A. On their schedule today…
5 p.m. – Canada vs Czechia
The World Senior Men’s Championship has a field of 31 teams, split into five pools – four of six teams and one of seven teams, for preliminary round-robin play – followed by playoffs. Canada’s entry is skipped by Randy Bryden of Regina and has 4 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place in the seven-team Pool A. On their schedule today…
5 a.m. – Canada 11, Wales 2
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Major League Baseball:
American League—7 night games, incluidng
Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox–5:07 p.m.
Inter-League—1 night game
National League—7 night games
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National Basketball Association Playoffs—4 games:
Milwaukee Bucks at Indiana Pacers—4 p.m.
(Indiana leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Detroit Pistons at New York Knicks—5:30 p.m.
(New York leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Orlando Magic at Boston Celtics—6:30 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Los Angeles Clippers at Denver Nuggets—8 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final tied 2-2)
The remaining series continue, as follows…
Golden State Warriors at Houston Rockets—tomorrow at 5:30 p.m.
(Golden State leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-1)
Minnesota Timberwolves at Los Angeles Lakers—tomorrow at 8 p.m.
(Minnesota leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-1)
The Oklahoma City Thunder have advanced to the Western Conference quarter-semi-final round while the Cleveland Cavaliers have advanced to the Eastern Conference semi-finals.
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The National Lacrosse League playoffs are idle until the semi-finals begin, as follows…
Saskatchewan Rush at Halifax Thunderbirds—Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
(The broadcast on 92-9, THE BULL starts at 4:15 p.m. with play-by-play at 4:30 p.m. This is the opening game of the best-of-three semi-final. Game 2 will be held Saturday, May 10th at 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. A third and deciding game will be held on Sunday, May 11th at 6 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
The other semi-final series starts, as follows…
Vancouver Warriors at Buffalo Bandits—5:30 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-three semi-final)
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