SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, MAY 17TH
The reigning Grey Cup champion Saskatchewan Roughriders fly to Calgary today ahead of tomorrow’s pre-season opener against the Stampeders. Kick off time is 1 p.m. Saskatchewan’s home pre-season game will be on Saturday, May 23rd, against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Griffiths Stadium. Kick off time is 5 p.m. The Roughriders will open the regular-season at home on Saturday, June 13th, against the B-C Lions. Kick off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.
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The I-I-H-F World Men’s Hockey Championships continue today with the tournament running through Sunday, May 31st in Zurich and Fribourg, Switzerland. Sixteen national teams are taking part, split into two groups of eight teams for preliminary round-robin play, plus playoffs. Canada is one of the 16 nations taking part and are in Group B. Canada has 2 wins, 0 losses, 0 extra time losses for 6 points…tied for 1st in Group B. On today’s schedule…
8:20 a.m. – Austria vs Hungary in Zurich
8:20 a.m. – Denmark vs Sweden in Fribourg
12:20 p.m. – Germany vs Latvia in Zurich
12:20 p.m. – Norway vs Slovenia in Fribourg
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The 2026 Centennial Cup, Canadian Junior A Hockey Championship tournament concludes today in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. Nine league champions from across the country, including the S-J-H-L-champion Flin Flon Bombers, plus a host team from Summerside, are taking part. They are split into two pools of five teams each for preliminary round-robin play, followed by playoffs. Flin Flon finished with 2 wins, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 6 points…tied for 2nd in Pool B, just missing the cut for playoffs. On today’s final schedule…
4 p.m. – Summerside, P-E-I, Western Capitals vs Niverville, Manitoba, Nighthawks
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The National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Playoffs resume tomorrow, as follows…
Montreal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres—5:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final is tied 3-3)
The third round of the playoffs begin, as follows…
Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche—Wednesday at 6 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference Finals)
Montreal/Buffalo at Carolina Hurricanes—Thursday T-B-D
(Opening game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals)
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The Professional Women’s Hockey League Playoffs resume tomorrow, as follows
Montreal Victoire at Ottawa Charge—5 p.m.
(Montreal leads the best-of-five Walter Cup Championship series 2-0)
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Major League Baseball:
American League—1 day games, including:
Toronto Blue Jays at Detroit Tigers—11:40 a.m.
Inter-League—11 day games
National League—2 day games
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Women’s National Basketball Association—4 games, including:
Toronto Tempo at Los Angeles Sparks—5 p.m.
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National Basketball Association Playoffs:
Detroit Pistons at Cleveland Cavaliers—6 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final is tied 3-3)
The third round of the playoffs begin, as follows…
San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder—tomorrow at 6:30 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference Finals)
(The New York Knicks have advanced to the Eastern Conference Final and will play the winner of Detroit/Cleveland with the series beginning on Tuesday, March 19th.)
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