SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 22
The Canadian Football League Pre-Season is idle until Saturday when 4 games are scheduled, including the Saskatchewan Roughriders going to the Edmonton Elks at 2 p.m. The Green and White have 1 win, 0 losses in the pre-season. The Riders continue Main Training Camp today at 8:30 a.m. at Griffiths Stadium on the U of S campus. Saskatchewan’s regular-season schedule starts Saturday, June 8th in Edmonton with the home opener on Sunday, June 23rd against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium.
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Canadian Elite Basketball League:
Saskatchewan Rattlers vs Winnipeg Sea Bears
(Game time is 7:30 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)
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The Saskatoon Berries continue their first-ever Western Canadian Baseball League training camp tonight at Cairns Field with an on-diamond session running from 6 to 8 p.m. A total of 29 players are listed on the roster with the Berries’ first regular-season game coming up on Saturday in Regina against the Red Sox at 7:05 p.m. Saskatoon’s first regular-season home game is slated for Tuesday at Cairns Field against Regina. First pitch is 7 p.m.
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National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Playoffs:
Florida Panthers at New York Rangers—6 p.m.
(Opening game of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final)
The other series is set to start tomorrow, as follows…
Edmonton Oilers at Dallas Stars—6:30 p.m.
(Opening game of the best-of-seven Western Conference final)
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The I-I-H-F World Men’s Hockey Championship is off today, now that the 16-team preliminary round is done in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia. The playoffs start tomorrow and run through Sunday with tomorrow’s quarter-final match-ups, as follows…
Canada vs Slovakia–8:20 a.m. in Prague
(Canada finished preliminary round play with 5 wins, 2 extra time wins, 0 losses for 19 points…good for 1st place in Group A.)
Switzerland vs Germany—8:20 a.m. at Ostrava
United States vs Czechia–12:20 p.m. at Prague
Sweden vs Finland—12:20 p.m. at Ostrava
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Major League Baseball:
American League—5 night games, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago White Sox–5:07 p.m. at Toronto
Inter-League—2 day games, 3 night
National League—3 day games, 2 night
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National Basketball Association Playoffs:
Dallas Mavericks at Minnesota Timberwolves—6:30 p.m.
(Opening game of the best-of-seven Western Conference final)
The other series resumes tomorrow, as follows…
Indiana Pacers at Boston Celtics—6 p.m.
(Boston leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final 1-0)
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