On the pebbled ice:
The World Men’s Curling Championship started yesterday and runs through Sunday, April 9th. Thirteen national champions are taking part in the preliminary round-robin, plus playoffs format, including Canada represented by the Brad Gushue foursome from St. John’s, Newfoundland. Yesterday’s scores were…
Canada 3 vs Switzerland 8
Canada 10 vs Italy 6
Their next match is tonight at 7:00 against Norway.
The Canadian Under-21 Women’s and Men’s Curling Championships continue today and run through tomorrow in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. Both the Women’s and Men’s field consist of 18 teams, split into two pools of nine teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by playoffs. In the women’s division, Saskatchewan is represented by the Elizabeth Kessel foursome from Regina.
Saskatchewan 2 vs Northern Ontario 9
On the men’s side, Saskatchewan had two teams taking part. One skipped by Logan Ede of Martensville, which finished the round-robin with 3 wins, 5 losses…tied for 5th place in Pool B. The second Saskatchewan quartet is skipped by Matthew Drewitz of Saskatoon-Nutana, which finished with 3 wins, 5 losses…tied for 5th place in Pool B. Both missed the playoffs which started yesterday at noon.
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National Lacrosse League–Week 18 of the season continues with 3 games:
Saskatchewan Rush 12 vs Vancouver Warriors 11
(The Rush have 6 wins, 8 losses)
Buffalo Bandits 7 at Toronto Rock 18
Albany Firewolves 8 vs Panther City 12
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Western Hockey League Playoffs—7 games:
Medicine Hat Tigers 2 at Winnipeg ICE 5
(Winnipeg leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-0)
Lethbridge Hurricanes 1 at Moose Jaw Warriors 5
(Moose Jaw leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 2-0)
Calgary Hitmen 2 at Red Deer Rebels 1
(The best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final is tied 1-1)
Everett Silvertips 0 at Portland Winterhawks 4
(Portland leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-0)
Tri-City Americans 1 at Prince George Cougars 2
(The best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final is tied 1-1)
Kelowna Rockets 1 vs Seattle Thunderbirds 4
(Seattle leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-0)
Vancouver Giants 1 at Kamloops Blazers 6
(Kamloops leads the best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final 2-0)
(The eighth and final opening round series resumes today with the Saskatoon Blades at home to the Regina Pats. Regina leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 1-0. Game time is 4 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 63:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 4 p.m.)
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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Playoffs—2 games
Flin Flon Bombers 5 at Humboldt Broncos 2
(Flin Flon leads the best-of-seven semi-final 2-0)
Melfort Mustangs 1 at Battlefords North Stars 7
(The Battlefords leads the best-of-seven semi-final 2-0)
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Playoffs:
Saskatoon Quakers 0 at Pilot Butte Storm 4
(Pilot Butte leads the best-of-seven final 1-0)
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National Hockey League—13 games:
Edmonton 6 Anaheim 0
Carolina 3 Montreal 0
Toronto 3 Ottawa 0
St. Louis 6 Nashville 1
Boston 4 Pittsburgh 3
Buffalo 6 Philadelphia 3
Florida 7 Columbus 0
Tampa Bay 5 N.Y. Islanders 0
New Jersey 6 Chicago 3
Colorado 5 Dallas 2
Los Angeles 3 Seattle 1
Vegas 4 Minnesota 1
San Jose 7 Arizona 2
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Major League Baseball–regular-season opens:
Toronto Blue Jays 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 4
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National Basketball Association—
The Toronto Raptors return to action today when they visit the Charlotte Hornets at 11 a.m.