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The defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers are a win away from advancing to the next round of the playoffs after a 4-2 win over Tampa Bay last night. The Panthers with a 3-1 series lead.

The Dallas Stars took a 3-2 series lead on Colorado with a 6-2 victory over the Avalanche.

Tonight, the Edmonton Oilers play the Kings in LA with that series tied 2-2 and the Toronto Maple Leafs look to dispose of the Ottawa Senators. The Leafs with a 3-1 series lead heading into tonight's game.

A tough start to the season for the Swift Current Rampage Lacrosse teams on April 26 in South Sask Lacrosse League action.

The U11 Rampage Rowdy lost 15-0 to the Moose Jaw Mustangs Black and 12-3 to the Moose Jaw Mustangs Black.

Swift Current's other U11 team, the Rampage Bruiser, fell 7-0 to the Moose Jaw Mustangs Red and 14-1 to the Moose Jaw Mustangs Black.

The U13 Rampage travelled to Regina and lost both games 13-4 and 15-5 to the Regina Chaos Grey.

At the U15 level, Swift Current hosted the Moose Jaw Mustangs and were defeated 12-0 and 10-2.

MONDAY, APRIL 28TH

NHL
Stanley Cup Playoffs - Round 1
Game 4
Florida 4 Tampa Bay 2 
Florida leads series 3-1

Stanley Cup Playoffs - Round 1
Game 5
Dallas 6 Colorado 2 
Dallas leads series 3-2

PWHL
Montreal 3 Boston 2 (Overtime)

TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH

As the 2025 golf season approaches, Pleasant Valley Golf Club is set to welcome familiar faces as well as new golfers from across the province to their incredible course.

Manager Cheryl Berry is thrilled that opening day is finally here. "Our 18 hole championship course wintered very well," she says proudly. "We're so excited to welcome everyone back. Newcomers are welcome and they should know we have water hazards only, no sand traps, so only the occasional ball will be swallowed up by the water."

Ethan Wiebe is set to continue his basketball career while also getting an elite level education as he announced he'll be joining the University of Manitoba Bisons.

The SRSS Sabres soccer team is picking up momentum and the group is coming off a very impressive weekend where they won a prestigious tournament. 

A recent sports event had 8-ball pool teams from all across the province heading to Estevan to take part in the tournament at the Estevan Legion. With 288 games played, it was quite the process, with the hometown Estevan 2 team coming out on top.

That consists of Steve Valentine, Steven Lalonde, Burt Blondeau, and Doug Cairns, who talked a bit about the road to get there.

"It was quite the grind, but it was a lot of fun," said Blondeau.

With the snow melted away and sunshine heat here to stay, the diamonds will be soon busy with activity. 

This includes slo-pitch, with the registration deadline this Friday (May 2).  

Seven teams have signed up so far, but there is room for additional for more. 

 Individual players can sign up and be assigned to a team.  

The season came to an end two games too early for the Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Red Wings, as they were stopped by the Melfort Mustangs in Game 5 of the Canterra Seeds Cup Finals Sunday night. The Mustangs would keep Weyburn off the board as they went on to a 3-0 win to take the series 4-1.  

With files from Saskatchewan Rush

Saskatoon got its first taste of playoff lacrosse since 2019 on Saturday night. The Saskatchewan Rush rewarded their playoff faithful with a 13-9 win over the Georgia Swarm to advance to the NLL semi-finals, now set to take on the Halifax Thunderbirds in a best-of-three.

The atmosphere inside SaskTel Centre was turned up a notch with it being a single-game elimination. The building was silent early as the Swarm opened up a 2-0 lead, but Saskatchewan would find their groove to take a 6-3 lead into halftime.