SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 17
National Hockey League—6 games:
Florida Panthers at Detroit Red Wings—11 a.m.
New York Islanders at Toronto Maple Leafs—5:30 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers—3 p.m.
St. Louis Blues at Nashville Predators—4 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Minnesota Wild—4 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Anaheim Ducks—6:30 p.m.
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Western Hockey League—last 2 games of the regular-season:
Lethbridge Hurricanes at Calgary Hitmen—2 p.m.
Moose Jaw Warriors at Regina Pats—4 p.m.
(The Saskatoon Blades finished the regular-season with 38 wins, 26 losses, 4 extra time losses for 80 points…good for 5th place in the Eastern Conference. The Blades will meet the fourth place Moose Jaw Warriors in a best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final playoff series. Moose Jaw has 37 wins, 23 losses, 7 extra time losses for 81 points, with one game left to play in the regular-season. The first two games of the series will be played next Friday and Saturday in Moose Jaw with Games 3 and 4 at SaskTel Centre on Tuesday, April 26th and Wednesday, April 27th. All game times are 7 p.m. with all games being broadcast on CJWW, beginning with the Pre-Game Show at 6:30.)
The Prince Albert Raiders finished the regular-season with 28 wins, 35 losses, 5 extra time losses for 61 points…good for 8th place in the Eastern Conference. P-A will play the first place Winnipeg ICE in a best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final playoff series. Winnipeg ended up with 53 wins, 10 losses, 5 extra time losses for 111 points. The first two games of the series will be played next Friday and Saturday in Winnipeg with Games 3 and 4 at the Art Hauser Centre on Tuesday, April 26th and Wednesday, April 27th. Raiders’ home games will start at 7 p.m.)
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Major League Baseball:
American League—7 day games, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics—11:37 a.m.
Inter-League—1 day game
San Francisco Giants at Cleveland Guardians—11:40 a.m.
National League—6 day games, 1 night
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National Basketball Association Playoffs–4 games:
Atlanta Hawks at Miami Heat—11 a.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final)
Brooklyn Nets at Boston Celtics—1:30 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final)
Chicago Bulls at Milwaukee Bucks—4:30 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final)
New Orleans Pelicans at Phoenix Suns—7 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final)
(Game 2 of the Toronto Raptors-Philadelphia 76ers series will be played tomorrow in Philadelphia at 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0)
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The National Lacrosse League is off until Friday when Calgary is at Rochester. The Saskatchewan Rush are idle until Saturday when they host the San Diego Seals. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Rush have 6 wins, 10 losses…good for 5th place in the West Division. San Diego has 9 wins, 7 losses…tied for 2nd place in the West.
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