SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, MARCH 3
The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with 4 games, including the Prince Albert Raiders at home to the Regina Pats. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 33 wins, 20 losses, 6 extra time losses for 72 points…good for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference. Regina has 15 wins, 37 losses, 7 extra time losses for 37 points…good for 10th place in the East.
The Saskatoon Blades are off until Wednesday when they host the Swift Current Broncos. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 6:45 p.m. and the play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Blades have 31 wins, 20 losses, 7 extra time losses for 69 points…good for 7th place in the Eastern Conference. Swift Current has 31 wins, 25 losses, 2 extra time losses for 64 points…good for 8th place in the East.
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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League Playoffs:
Saskatoon Blazers vs Tisdale Trojans—7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre
(Opening game of best-of-five quarter-final series)
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National Hockey League–6 games:
Ottawa Senators at Washington Capitals—6 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens—6 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Toronto Maple Leafs—6:30 p.m.
New York Islanders at New York Rangers—6 p.m.
Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers—6 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Chicago Blackhawks—7:30 p.m.
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The 2025 Montana’s Brier, Canadian Men’s Curling Championship, continues today and runs through Sunday, March 9th, in Kelowna, B-C. There are 18 teams taking part, split into two pools of nine teams each for preliminary round-robin play. Among the 18 teams are the Mike McEwen foursome and the Rylan Kleiter quartet, both from the Saskatoon-Nutana club. They are both in Pool B. The McEwen squad has 3 wins, 0 losses…good for 1st place in Pool B. The Kleiter team has 1 win, 1 loss…good for 5th place in Pool B. On their schedules today…
3:30 p.m. – Saskatchewan-McEwen vs Quebec
Saskatchewan-Kleiter vs Northwest Territories
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Major League Baseball Exhibition—12 games, including:
Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers—12:05 p.m. at Lakeland, Fla.
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National Basketball Association—7 games:
The Toronto Raptors return to action tomorrow when they visit the Orlando Magic at 6 p.m.
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The National Lacrosse League is idle until Friday when Week 15 of the season starts with 3 games. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday when they visit the Georgia Swarm. Saskatchewan has 9 wins, 3 losses…good for 2nd place. Georgia has 7 wins, 4 losses…tied for 3rd place. The broadcast on 92-9, THE BULL starts at 6:15 p.m., with play-by-play at 6:30 p.m. Next home game for the Rush is Saturday, March 29th against the Colorado Mammoth. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.
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