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Schedule for Thursday, December 31st

World Junior Hockey Championship At Helsinki, Finland Slovakia vs. Russia, 7 a.m. United States vs. Denmark, 9 a.m. Czech Republic vs. Finland, 11 a.m. Canada vs. Sweden, 1 p.m.

Spengler Cup At Davos, Switzerland Championship Game Canada vs. HC Lugano, 6 am.

NHL N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 6 p.m. Pittsburgh at Detroit, 6 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 6 p.m. Minnesota at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Chicago at Colorado, 8 p.m. Nashville at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Calgary, 9 p.m. Anaheim at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Winnipeg at Arizona, 9 p.m.

AHL Lake Erie at Toronto, 3 p.m. Providence at Portland, 5 p.m. Iowa at Manitoba, 5 p.m. Lehigh Valley at Hershey, 5 p.m. Albany at Utica, 5 p.m. Syracuse at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 5:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. St. John's at Binghamton, 6:05 p.m. San Diego at Texas, 8 p.m. Stockton at Ontario, 10 p.m.

NBA Milwaukee at Indiana, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 6 p.m. Golden State at Houston, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Portland at Utah, 9 p.m.

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(left to right) SPS Deputy Chief Michael Van Sickle and Acting Chief Mike Federico. June 25, 2026. (Photo by Natalia Vega)

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Scoreboard, June 26

The Toronto Blue Jays dropped their third in a row Thursday, 6-5 to the visiting Texas Rangers, and the Detroit Tigers suffered a 2-1 loss to Houston.