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Saskatoon Blades, Edmonton Oil Kings to clash in crucial Game 5 match up with series tied
Guaranteed to play at least six games against the Edmonton Oil Kings to kick off Western Hockey League playoffs, the Saskatoon Blades aren't surprised their opening round series is going long. In fact...
14h ago Saskatoon Blades defenceman, Tristen Doyle (47), avoiding pressure from Edmonton Oil Kings forward, Andrew O'Neill (77), in a 5-2 victory by Edmonton on April 1, 2026 in Game 4 of Eastern Conference quarter-finals. (Saskatoon Blades/Steve Hiscock)
Saskatoon Blades determined to rise to occasion in first-round series against Oil Kings
With the hours ticking down until the start of the Western Hockey League's playoffs, the Saskatoon Blades are sporting a new look around SaskTel Centre. A group of players are walking the hallways of ...
Mar 27, 2026 Saskatoon Blades graduating captain Tyler Parr (20) is entering his final WHL playoff run, with the team's first-round series against the Edmonton Oil Kings set to begin on Friday night. (Steve Hiscock/Saskatoon Blades)
Blaine Lake out of Hockeyville competition, community awarded $60,000 as provincial winner
Despite the best efforts of the community, Blaine Lake has failed to make the final in this year's Hockeyville competition. The Saskatchewan town was one of 13 communities across the country named pro...
Mar 23, 2026 Adam Horner, a board member with the Blaine Lake Community Association, said the town is already getting prepared for next year’s competition, and he’s hoping they’ll be able to go all the way in 2027. (Blaine Lake Community Association/Facebook)
SJHL commissioner Kyle McIntyre touts league parity ahead of playoff series openers
In community rinks across the province, junior hockey playoffs are set to get underway on Friday night with the start of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League post-season. Eight teams remain in the hu...
Mar 20, 2026 Melfort Mustangs centre Austin Shepherd (left) and Flin Flon Bombers centre Wyatt Stinton (right) are headed to Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League playoffs with their respective teams. (Flin Flon Bombers/Kelly Kocur Jacobson)
Rhode Island high school hockey team rallies to championship after fatal ice rink shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - As Colin Dorgan stood before a deafening crowd exploding in pride for his high school hockey team's championship win, secured by a goal in an exhausting yet exhilarating quadru...
Mar 19, 2026 Blackstone Valley Schools head coach Chris Librizzi embraces Colin Dorgan after Dorgan scored the double-overtime game-winning goal against Portsmouth High School in the Rhode Island high school hockey state semifinal, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at Schneider Arena on the campus of Providence College in Providence, R.I. (Courtesy of T.J. Auclair & Kyle Auclair/Little Big Leaguers Photography via AP)
Tumbler Ridge gets arena funding through NHL's Hockeyville after deadly shootings
Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is among several communities in Canada awarded funding through the 2026 Kraft Hockeyville program just weeks after a mass shooting attack in the town where eight people were kille...
Mar 16, 2026 Candles sit on the ground as people attend a vigil for the victims of a mass shooting, in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Huskies men's hockey team set for UBC rematch in Canada West semis
Talk about an unsung hero rising to the occasion for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. Entering Game 2 of Canada West quarter-finals on Saturday night, third-year forward Keaton Sorensen had onl...
Feb 27, 2026 University of Saskatchewan Huskies forward Josh Pillar (centre) celebrating his second period goal in a 3-2 overtime victory against the Alberta Golden Bears on Feb. 21, 2026. (Huskie Athletics/Electric Umbrella)
Third victim dies from wounds suffered in Rhode Island ice rink attack, police say
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A deadly shooting during a youth hockey game in Rhode Island last week has claimed a third victim, a grandfather whose daughter and grandson were also killed in the attack, aut...
Feb 26, 2026 Police continue to tape off the Dennis M. Lynch arena a day after a deadly shooting during a youth hockey game on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 in Pawtucket, R.I. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)
Murray Wood: Canada can lose occasionally and still be number one
There have been times in Canada where confidence in our hockey dominance has wavered, but Murray Wood says a loss in the finals at the Olympics doesn't change the fact that Canada outplayed the U.S. M...
Feb 24, 2026
Team Canada fans brave the snow to watch quarter-final win over Czechia
"No words man," said Mark, a hockey fan reacting to Team Canada's big win on Wednesday. "A lot of nervous, anxiety energy and just a ton of relief and excitement to see that puck go in." Canada is off...
Feb 18, 2026 Team Canada fans at Sports on Tap celebrating Mitch Marner's overtime goal in a 4-3 quarter-final victory over Czechia in Olympic men's hockey action on Feb. 18, 2026. (Scott Roblin/650 CKOM)
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