The Steinbach Pistons meet the Virden Oil Capitals tonight at the T.G. Smith Centre in game one of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s best-of-seven final for the Turnbull Cup. The Oil Capitals and Pistons met four times during the regular season schedule. Steinbach won 7-2 and 7-1 in December while Virden won a pair of 3-2 games in January.


Canada defeated Germany 8-0 Friday at the 2023 World U18 Hockey Championship in Switzerland. Carberry’s Carson Bjarnson made 11 saves in recording the shutout and drew an assist on Lukas Dragicevic’s second period goal. Canada has a 1-1 preliminary round record and will face Slovakia on Sunday.


The Winnipeg Jets face the Vegas Golden Knights (3 p.m.) at Canada Life Centre. The NHL’s best-of- seven Western Conference quarterfinal is tied at one. Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers, who suffered an upper-body injury in Winnipeg’s second last game of the regular season schedule against the Minnesota Wild in St. Paul, will be a game-time decision for game three. Ehlers practiced with the team in Nevada but did not play in the first two games of the playoffs.


The Toronto Raptors fired head coach Nick Nurse who guided the team to the 2019 NBA championship. Nurse finished his five-year tenure in Toronto with an overall record of 227-163; two Atlantic Division titles and three playoff appearances. The Raptors missed the playoffs this season, falling 109-105 to the Chicago Bulls in the 9 vs 10 Eastern Conference play-in game.