What an NCAA rule change might mean for junior hockey in Sask.
Nov 18, 2024
Previously, WHL players were declared ineligible to play NCAA hockey in the U.S.
Kerri Einarson’s hopes of a three-peat remained alive Saturday.
The two-time defending Canadian women’s curling champion beat Tracy Fleury’s Wild Card #1 entry 11-6 in the 3-4 Page playoff game at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. That put Einarson into Sunday morning’s semifinal, where she’s to face New Brunswick’s Andrea Crawford.
Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville beat Crawford 9-8 in an extra end in Saturday evening’s 1-2 Page playoff game at the tournament in Thunder Bay, a victory that put McCarville into Sunday evening’s final. She’ll play the winner of the Einarson-Crawford semifinal.
Einarson and Fleury finished atop the two round-robin pools, but both lost a playoff game Friday to drop into the 3-4 game.
Fleury — whose team sits atop the world rankings — led 5-4 after five ends, but she gave up four in the sixth and a steal of two in the seventh and Einarson pulled away.
In the 1-2 game, Crawford built up a 6-3 lead through five ends, but McCarville fought back and tied the game with a deuce in the 10th. The Northern Ontario skip then stole one in the 11th when Crawford’s takeout rolled out, leaving McCarville with a counter in the four-foot.