SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, MAY 18TH
Canadian Football League—Pre-season Week 1:
Saskatchewan Roughriders at Calgary Stampeders—1 p.m.
(The Riders will continue training camp at Griffiths Stadium on Wednesday, May 20th. 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. – Canada vs Denmark in Fribourg
8:20 a.m. – Finland vs U-S-A in Zurich
12:20 p.m. – Germany vs Switzerland in Zurich
12:20 p.m. – Sweden vs Czechia in Fribourg
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National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Playoffs:
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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Professional Women’s Hockey League Playoffs:
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 game, 6 night, including:
Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees—5:05 p.m.
Inter-League—1 night game
National League—3 day games, 3 night
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Women’s National Basketball Association—2 games
The Toronto Tempo return to action tomorrow when they visit the Phoenix Mercury at 8 p.m.
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National Basketball Association Playoffs:
San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder—6:30 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Western Conference Finals)
The Eastern Conference Finals begin tomorrow, as follows…
Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks—6 p.m.
(Opening game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals)
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