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Connor Dale (St. Albert, AB) with 3:10 left in regulation proved to be the hero Tuesday night as the Swift Current Broncos held serve in a 5-4 Game 3 win at home against the Medicine Hat Tigers.

Although they got some bad breaks, Canada still came away with a 4-2 win over Italy to improve to 5-1 at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship at Temple Gardens Centre.

Second Brett Gallant and third Marc Kennedy had a couple of shots not go their way as they curled 86 per cent and 84 per cent, respectively. However, it helps when skip Brad Jacobs curls 99 per cent.

Scotland is keeping pace with the front of the pack at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship at the Temple Gardens Centre.

The Scots picked up a 9-7 win over Italy in the afternoon draw to move to 5-1.

Scotland was actually trailing Italy 6-5 after eight ends. However, the scored a four-ended in the ninth and held Italy to one in the 10th.

Elsewhere on the ice, Norway’s comeback fell short as they lost 8-6 to China. The Chinese also move to 5-1.

The Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) senior badminton team delivered an impressive performance at a recent invitational tournament in Weyburn, bringing home three gold medals.

Dongjun Won made history in boys’ singles, becoming the first player to win the title three years in a row. Jane Contillo claimed gold in girls’ singles, while the boys’ doubles team of Xave Sequito and Moksh Rabari rounded out the team’s medal haul with a first-place finish of their own.

Shaunavon's Kalan Lind is taking the next step in his hockey journey.

The Nashville Predators assigned Lind to their American Hockey League affiliate in Milwaukee.

He just concluded his Western Hockey League career with the Red Deer Rebels.

Lind had 27 points in 37 games while serving as an alternate captain for the Rebels. 

The 2nd round pick of the Predators in 2023 finished his WHL career with 160 points as injuries limited him to 160 games over parts of five seasons. 

The Southwest Sask Hockey League has crowned its final champion of the 2024-2025 season.

Wood River beat Cabri 5-3 in Game 2 to sweep the U15 Division championship.

Wood River went 20-4 in the regular season before cruising to a championship in the playoff round.

Cabri managed to limit the sting of the loss when they went on to win Hockey Saskatchewan U15 C Provincials. 

It's almost must-win territory for the Swift Current Broncos tonight.

The Humboldt Broncos left it all on the ice in their final matchup against the Flin Flon Bombers. But in the end, it was not enough as the Bombers blanked the Broncos 5-0 on Monday night, winning the best of seven series 4-2.  

Humboldt’s season came to an end without a goal in their final two games.  

It was a close contest in the opening 20 minutes, with the Bombers holding a slight 17-12 advantage on the shot clock with opportunities on both sides to open the scoring.  

The Redvers Rockets have cemented their place in hockey history, capturing both the Big Six Hockey League championship and the Saskatchewan Hockey Association Senior D provincial title. The impressive feat marks a significant turnaround from last season, when the team fell short in both finals.

Co-manager Dallas Jonassen, who shares the role with Jim Duncan, reflected on the achievement with pride, noting how much it meant to the players and the community.

The BKT World Men’s Curling Championship is a homecoming of sorts for Team Canada lead Ben Hebert. 

Although his team curls out of Alberta, Hebert originally hails from Regina, and in his younger days, you wouldn’t have been surprised to see his face in Moose Jaw curling clubs.