SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20
Western Hockey League—4 games:
Saskatoon Blades vs Calgary Hitmen
(Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with the Palliser Rooms E-Q-3 Cutting Edge Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Blue and Gold have 47 wins, 13 losses, 5 extra time losses for 99 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Calgary has 27 wins, 30 losses, 8 extra time losses for 62 points…good for 9th place in the East.)
Prince Albert Raiders vs Regina Pats
(First face-off is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 30 wins, 30 losses, 5 extra time losses for 65 points…good for 8th place in the Eastern Conference. Regina has 22 wins, 37 losses, 6 extra time losses for 50 points…good for 11th place in the East.)
Red Deer Rebels at Swift Current Broncos—7 p.m.
Wenatchee Wild at Victoria Royals—8:05 p.m.
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Prairie Junior Hockey League Playoffs—2 games at 8 p.m.:
S’toon Westleys vs S’toon Quakers at Rod Hamm Arena
(Best-of-seven North Division final tied 1-1)
Regina Capitals at Pilot Butte Storm
(Best-of-seven South Division final tied 1-1)
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Professional Women’s Hockey League—2 games at 5 p.m.:
Boston at Toronto
Ottawa at New York
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National Hockey League—3 games:
Toronto Maple Leafs at Washington Capitals—5 p.m.
Arizona Coyotes at Dallas Stars—6 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Los Angeles Kings—8 p.m.
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On the pebbled ice:
The B-K-T Tires World Women’s Curling Championship continues today and runs through Sunday in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Thirteen teams are taking part in the round-robin plus playoffs format, including Canada – represented by the Rachel Homan foursome of Ottawa. They have 6 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place. On their schedule today…
6 a.m. – Canada vs Japan
4 p.m. – Canada vs Turkey
The Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship continues today and runs through Friday in Fredericton, New Brunswick. A total of 32 duos are taking part, split into four groups of eight teams each for preliminary round-robin play with 12 teams advancing to the playoffs. Among the 32 duos are Dustin Kathoff and Christie Gamble of Saskatoon-Nutana, Rylan Kleiter and Madison Kleiter of Saskatoon-Nutana, Nancy Martin and Steve Laycock of Martensville plus Kirk Muyres of Humboldt and Laura Walker out of Sherwood Park, Alberta. Muyres-Walker have 5 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place in Pool A. The Kleiters have 4 wins, 1 loss…tied for 2nd place in Pool A. Martin-Laycock have 3 wins, 2 losses…tied for 3rd place in Pool B. Kalthoff-Gamble have 2 wins, 4 losses…good for 7th place in Pool C. On their schedules today…
10 a.m. – Muyres-Walker vs Kelly-Tardi
Kleiter-Kleiter vs St. Georges-Asselin
Martin-Laycock vs Powers-Saunders
1 p.m. – Kalthoff-Gamble vs Wiseman-Smith
4 p.m. – Muyres-Walker vs Adams-Robichaud
Martin-Laycock vs Sluchinski-Sluchinski
Kleiter-Kleiter vs Laplante-Gibeau
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Major League Baseball Exhibition—13 games, including:
Toronto Blue Jays vs Atlanta Braves–11:05 a.m. at North Port, Fla.
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The National Lacrosse League is idle until Friday when Week 17 of the season starts with 2 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday when they visit the New York Riptide. The broadcast on 92-9, THE BULL begins at 5:15 p.m. with the Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 5:30 p.m. The Rush have 5 wins, 6 losses…good for 9th place. New York has 6 wins, 8 losses…good for 10th place. Saskatchewan’s next home game is Saturday, April 6th against the Calgary Roughnecks. First face-off is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. The Pre-Game Show on 92-9, The BULL runs from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. 92-9, The BULL will also have a 30-minute Post-Game Show.
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National Basketball Association—8 games:
Toronto Raptors vs Sacramento Kings–5:30 p.m. at Toronto
Indiana Pacers at Detroit Pistons—5 p.m.
Miami Heat at Cleveland Cavaliers—5 p.m.
Milwaukee Bucks at Boston Celtics—5:30 p.m.
Utah Jazz at Oklahoma City Thunder—6 p.m.
Philadelphia 76ers at Phoenix Suns—8 p.m.
Memphis Grizzlies at Golden State Warriors—8 p.m.
Los Angeles Clippers at Portland Trailblazers—8 p.m.
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