SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH
The Western Hockey League returns to action tomorrow with the start of the playoffs and the beginning of all eight best-of-seven Conference quarter-final series. The Saskatoon Blades visit the Edmonton Oil Kings tomorrow in Game 1 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final. Game time is 7 p.m. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 with the play-by-play at 7 o’clock. The Bridge City Bunch finished the regular season with 34 wins, 27 losses, 7 extra time losses for 73 points…good for 6th place in the Eastern Conference. E-O-K finished the regular season with 45 wins, 18 losses, 5 extra time losses for 95 points…good for 3rd place in the East. Game 2 of the series is Sunday at 2 p.m. in Edmonton before the series switches to Saskatoon and SaskTel Centre for games Tuesday and Wednesday, both with 7 o’clock first face-offs.
The Prince Albert Raiders will be home to the Red Deer Rebels in the opening round, with Game 1 tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A finished the regular season with 52 wins, 10 losses, 6 extra time losses for 110 points…good for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Red Deer finished with 26 wins, 36 losses, 6 extra time losses for 58 points…good for 8th place in the East.
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National Hockey League—13 games:
Pittsburgh Penguins at Ottawa Senators—5 p.m.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Montreal Canadiens—5 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche at Winnipeg Jets—6 p.m.
Anaheim Ducks at Calgary Flames—7 p.m.
Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights—7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Vancouver Canucks—8 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at Philadelphia Flyers—5 p.m.
Minnesota Wild at Florida Panthers—5 p.m.
Seattle Kraken at Tampa Bay Lightning—5 p.m.
Dallas Stars at New York Islanders—5 p.m.
New Jersey Devils at Nashville Predators—6 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at St. Louis Blues—6 p.m.
Washington Capitals at Utah Mammoth—7 p.m.
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Major League Baseball—11 games:
American League—2 day games, 1 night
The Toronto Blue Jays open their regular season schedule tomorrow against the Athletics in Toronto. First pitch is 5:07 p.m.
Inter-League—5 day games
National League—2 day games, 1 night
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HOOPLA 2026, the various provincial school size high school basketball championship tournaments, starts today and runs through Saturday in Moose Jaw. A total of 48 teams will take part in five different school size draws. On today’s schedule…
5-A Girls quarter-finals
Regina-Leboldus vs Estevan—6 p.m.
Saskatoon-Walter Murray vs Prince Albert-Carlton—6 p.m.
Saskatoon-Holy Cross vs Regina-Winston Knoll—8 p.m.
Regina-Miller vs Swift Current—8 p.m.
5-A Boys quarter-finals
Saskatoon-Holy Cross vs North Battleford Composite—6 p.m.
Regina-Miller vs Prince Albert-St. Mary—6 p.m.
Prince Albert-Carlton vs Regina-Leboldus—8 p.m.
Saskatoon-Walter Murray vs Regina-Sheldon Williams—8 p.m.
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National Basketball Association—3 games:
The Toronto Raptors return to action tomorrow when they host the New Orleans Pelicans at 6:30 p.m. in Toronto.
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The National Lacrosse League returns to action tomorrow when Week 18 begins with Halifax at Philadelphia. The Saskatchewan Rush are off until Saturday when they host the Buffalo Bandits. Game time is 7 p.m. from SaskTel Centre. The Rush have 11 wins, 4 losses…tied for 1st place. Buffalo has 8 wins, 6 losses…good for 6th place.
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