SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, MAY 1
Western Hockey League playoffs:
Spokane Chiefs at Portland Winterhawks—8 p.m.
(Spokane leads the best-of-seven Western Conference final 3-0)
The Medicine Hat Tigers have advanced to the Ed Chynoweth Cup league final.
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National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Playoffs—4 games:
Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa Senators—5 p.m.
(Toronto leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-2)
Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers—8 p.m.
(Edmonton leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-2)
Dallas Stars at Colorado Avalanche—7:30 p.m.
(Dallas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-2)
Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild—5:30 p.m.
(Vegas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-2)
The remaining series continue, as follows…
St. Louis Blues at Winnipeg Jets—tomorrow at 6 p.m.
(Winnipeg leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-2)
The Washington Capitals, Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers have all advanced to the Eastern Conference semi-final round.
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The 2025 I-I-H-F Under-18 Men’s World Hockey Championship is idle today, resuming tomorrow and continuing through Saturday in Frisco and Allen, Texas. Tomorrow’s playoff schedule has two semi-final games, as follows…
2 p.m. – Canada vs Slovakia
(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.
6 p.m. – United States vs Sweden
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The World Mixed Doubles, World Senior Women’s and World Senior Men’s Curling Championships continue 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 7 wins, 1 loss…good for 2nd place in Pool A. On their schedule today…
11 a.m. – Canada vs Scotland
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 4 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place in the five-team Pool A. On their schedule today…
1 p.m. – Canada vs Hong Kong
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 5 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place in the seven-team Pool A. On their schedule today…
9 a.m. – Canada vs Netherlands
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Major League Baseball:
American League—3 day games, 2 night, incluidng
Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox–5:07 p.m.
Inter-League—1 day game
National League—3 day games, 2 night
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National Basketball Association Playoffs—2 games:
New York Knicks at Detroit Pistons—5:30 p.m.
(New York leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-2)
Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Clippers—8 p.m.
(Denver leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-2)
The remaining series continue, as follows…
Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors—tomorrow at 7 p.m.
(Golden State leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 3-2)
The Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers and the Cleveland Cavaliers have all advanced to the Eastern Conference semi-finals while the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves have advanced to the Western Conference quarter-semi-final round.
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The National Lacrosse League playoffs are off 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—tomorrow at 5:30 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-three semi-final)
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