SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8

 

The Canadian Football League is off until Friday when Week 19 of the season starts with the Saskatchewan Roughriders at home to the Toronto Argonauts. Kickoff time from Regina is 7 p.m. The Green and White have 11 wins, 4 losses for 22 points…good for 1st place in the West Division. Toronto has 5 wins, 11 losses for 10 points…good for 3rd place in the East Division.

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The Prairie Football Conference is idle until Sunday when the eighth and final week of the regular season starts and ends with three games, including the Saskatoon Hilltops at home to the Calgary Colts. Game time is 1 p.m. at S-M-F Field. The Toppers have 5 wins, 2 losses for 10 points…good for 2nd place. Calgary has 2 wins, 5 losses for 4 points…tied for 5th place.

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The Canada West University Football Conference is off until Friday, October 17th when Week 7 begins with the Saskatchewan Huskies visiting the U-B-C Thunderbirds at 7 p.m. at Vancouver. The Dogs have 5 wins, 1 loss for 10 points…tied for 1st place. U-B-C has 2 wins, 4 losses for 4 points…tied for 4th place. The Huskies’ next home game is Saturday, October 25th against the Manitoba Bisons. Kickoff time is 2 p.m. at Griffiths Stadium.

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Western Hockey League–3 games:

Prince Albert Raiders vs Vancouver Giants

(Game time is 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre. P-A has 4 wins, 0 losses, 1 extra time loss for 9 points…good for 3rd place in the Eastern Conference. Vancouver has 2 wins, 4 losses, 0 extra time losses for 4 points…tied for 7th place in the Western Conference.)

Edmonton Oil Kings at Medicine Hat Tigers—7 p.m.

Kelowna Rockets at Prince George Cougars—8 p.m.

(The Saskatoon Blades are idle until Friday when they visit the Swift Current Broncos. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with play-by-play at 7 p.m. The Bridge City Bunch have 5 wins, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 10 points…good for 2nd place in the Eastern Conference. Swift Current has 4 wins, 2 losses, 0 extra time losses for 8 points…tied for 4th place in the East. The Blue and Gold’s next home game is Saturday against the Kamloops Blazers. Game time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.)

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Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League:

Flin Flon Bombers at Melville Millionaires—7 p.m.

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Prairie Junior Hockey League:

Saskatoon Royals at Martensville Chiefs—8 p.m.

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Saskatchewan Male Under-18 Triple-A Hockey League—2 games at 7:30 p.m.:

Prince Albert Mintos at Battlefords Stars

Regina Pat-Canadians at Notre Dame Hounds

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National Hockey League—4 games:

Montreal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs—5 p.m.

Calgary Flames at Edmonton Oilers—8 p.m.

Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals—5:30 p.m.

Los Angeles Kings at Vegas Golden Knights—8 p.m.

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On the high school beat:

Saskatoon High School Boys Soccer League–4 matches at 4:15 p.m.

Aden Bowman vs Evan Hardy at Lakewood Park

Bethlehem vs Walter Murray at Newsham West

St. Joseph vs Centennial at Newsham East

Bishop Mahoney vs Holy Cross at Misaskwatomina Park

Saskatoon High School Senior Girls Volleyball League—13 matches

Walter Murray and Centennial at Tommy Douglas

St. Joseph and Aden Bowman at Evan Hardy

Bethlehem and Mount Royal at Valour Academy

Bedford Road and Marion Graham at L’Ecole Francais

(Above four listings are three-team, round-robin sets of matches, starting at 6:30 p.m.)

Holy Cross at Bishop Mahoney—6:30 p.m.

Saskatoon High School Senior Boys Volleyball League

Bethlehem and St. Joseph at Aden Bowman

(Above is a three-team, round-robin set of matches, starting at 6:30 p.m.)

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Major League Baseball playoffs:

American League Division Series—2 games

Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees—5:08 p.m.

(Toronto leads the best-of-five series 2-1)

Seattle Mariners at Detroit Tigers—1:08 p.m.

(Seattle leads the best-of-five series 2-1)

National League Division Series—2 games

Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs—3:08 p.m.

(Milwaukee leads the best-of-five series 2-0)

Philadelphia Phillies at Los Angeles Dodgers—7:08 p.m.

(Los Angeles leads the best-of-five series 2-0)

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