SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, MAY 22
Canadian Football League Pre-Season:
Ottawa RedBlacks at Montreal Alouettes—5 p.m.
(The reigning Grey Cup champion Saskatchewan Roughriders continue their Main Training Camp today at Griffiths Stadium on the USask campus. Practice is scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The Green and White’s home pre-season game will be tomorrow against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Griffiths Stadium. Kick off time is 5 p.m. The Riders lost their first pre-season game. Saskatchewan 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 3 wins, 1 extra time win, 0 losses, 0 extra time losses for 11 points…tied for 1st place in Group B. On today’s schedule…
8:20 a.m. – Canada vs Slovenia in Fribourg.
8:20 a.m. – Germany vs Hungary in Zurich
12:20 p.m. – Finland vs Great Britain in Zurich
12:20 p.m. – Sweden vs Italy in Fribourg
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National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Playoffs:
Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche—6 p.m.
(Vegas leads the best-of-seven Western Conference Final 1-0)
The other Conference final resumes tomorrow, as follows…
Montreal Canadiens at Carolina Hurricanes—5 p.m.
(Montreal leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference Final 1-0)
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The Memorial Cup, Canadian Major Junior Hockey Championship tournament, starts today and runs through Sunday, May 31st at Kelowna. There are four teams taking part – champions from all three leagues plus the host Kelowna Rockets. On today’s schedule…
Kitchener Rangers vs Kelowna Rockets—7 p.m.
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Major League Baseball:
Inter-League—1 day game, 4 night, including
Toronto Blue Jays vs Pittsburgh Pirates—5:07 p.m.
American League—5 night games
National League—5 night games
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There’s drag racing at the Saskatchewan International Speedway with the Performance Plus Street Legal races. Gates open at 5 p.m. with racing from 6 to 9 p.m.
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Women’s National Basketball Association—3 games:
The Toronto Tempo return to action tomorrow when they host the Portland Fire at 4 p.m.
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National Basketball Association Playoffs:
Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs—6:30 p.m.
(Best-of-seven Western Conference Finals tied 1-1)
The other series resume tomorrow, as follows
New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers—6 p.m.
(New York leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals 2-0)
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