Wednesday, March 7

Manitoba Junior Hockey League Playoffs
OCN 5 Swan Valley 2
(best of 7 Sher-Wood Division semifinal tied 2-2)   

Manitoba "AAA" Midget Hockey League Playoffs
Southwest Cougars 2 Winnipeg Thrashers 1 (2OT)
(Cougars lead best of 5 semifinal 2-0)

Tiger Hills Hockey League Playoffs
Delorain 4 Killarney 3
(Deloraine leads best of 7 West Division final 2-1)  

Provincial Senior "AAA" Hockey Playdowns
Southeast Prairie Thunder 7 Manitoba Lightning 4
(1st game in best of 7 final)   

Western Hockey League
Brandon 5 Regina 2   

National Hockey League
Pittsburgh 3 Toronto 2
Buffalo 3 Carolina 2 (OT)   

2012 Brier @ Saskatoon
Rob Fowler, Manitoba 10 Jamie Koe, Northwest Territories/Yukon 5
Fowler 8 Kevin Koe, Alberta 5
Fowler (6-3)

National Basketball Association
Toronto 116 Houston 98
Utah 99 Charlotte 93
Washington 106 L.A. Lakers 101
Philadelphia 103 Boston 71
Miami 89 Atlanta 86
Oklahoma City 115 Phoenix 104
Minnesota 106 Portland 94
Chicago 106 Milwaukee 104
New Jersey 101 L.A. Clippers 100
San Antonio 118 New York 105
Cleveland 100 Denver 99
Sacramento 99 New Orleans 98
Memphis 110 Golden State 92   

Exhibition Baseball
Toronto (ss) 3 Boston 3 (tie)
Toronto (ss) 8 Pittsburgh 6
Baltimore 6 Minnesota 0
Houston 10 Philadelphia 3
Tampa Bay 4 N.Y. Yankees 0
Detroit 5 Atlanta 1
St. Louis 3 Washington 3 (tie)
N.Y. Mets 7 Miami 0
Seattle 6 Los Angeles Angels 4
L.A. Dodgers 3 Oakland 3 (tie)
San Francisco 8 Colorado 6
San Diego (ss) 5 Cincinnati 0
Milwaukee 10 Chicago White Sox 6
Texas 6 San Diego (ss) 2
Chicago Cubs 6 Kansas City 4
Cleveland 10 Arizona 2


Thursday, March 8

Manitoba Junior Hockey League Playoffs
Winnipeg Blues at Winkler, 7:30 p.m.
(Blues lead best of 7 Addison Division semifinal 3-0)
Dauphin at Winnipeg Saints, 7:30 p.m.
(Saints lead Sher-Wood Division semifinal 2-1)   

Provincial "AA" High School Hockey Championship @ Waywayseecappo
Glenboro/Carberry/Baldur vs Boissevain, 9 a.m.
Morris vs Neepawa, 11:30 p.m.
Notre Dame/Somerset/Westmount vs Boissevain, 2 p.m.
Morris vs Major Pratt (Russell), 4:30 p.m.   

South Eastern Manitoba Hockey League Playoffs
Altona at Morden, 8 p.m.
(best of 7 semifinal tied 2-2)

Keystone Junior Hockey League Playoffs
North Winnipeg at Arborg, 8:15 p.m.
(Arborg leads best of 7 semi-final 3-1)  

National Hockey League
Buffalo at Boston, 6 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 6 p.m.
Florida at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Washington, 6 p.m.
Los Angeles at Columbus, 6 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.
Anaheim at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Nashville, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
Montreal at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m.
Winnipeg at Vancouver, 9 p.m.   

2012 Brier @ Saskatoon
Rob Fowler, Manitoba (6-3) vs Scott Manners, Saskatchewan, 8:30 a.m.
Fowler vs Brad Jacobs, Northern Ontario, 1:30 p.m.   

National Basketball Association
Orlando at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.   

Exhibition Baseball
Toronto vs N.Y. Yankees @ Dunedin, 12:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (ss) vs Minnesota @ Fort Myers, 12:05 p.m.
Detroit vs Tampa Bay (ss) @ Port Charlotte, 12:05 p.m.
Atlanta vs Baltimore @ Sarasota, 12:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia @ Clearwater, 12:05 p.m.
Houston vs Washington @ Viera, 12:05 p.m.
Boston vs St. Louis @ Jupiter, 12:05 p.m.
Miami vs N.Y. Mets @ Port St. Lucie, 12:10 p.m.
Seattle vs Chicago Cubs @ Mesa, 2:05 p.m.
Cincinnati vs Milwaukee @ Maryvale, 2:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels vs Cleveland @ Goodyear, 2:05 p.m.
Oakland vs L.A. Dodgers @ Glendale, 2:05 p.m.
San Francisco vs San Diego @ Peoria, 2:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs Texas @ Surprise, 2:05 p.m.
Kansas City vs Colorado @ Scottsdale, 2:10 p.m.