Welcome to the first edition of Catch-22. This is something I was wanting to do to replace the old Thursday Thoughts articles and thought what better way than to do a catch-all type of article? I’ll be posting random facts and stats as well as my thoughts on some […]
Tag: Colin Priestner
Power Pellets, Ghosts and Pac-Man
Power Pellets Pac-Man eating ghosts, remember the video game? Eat the little dots, get the ghosts chasing you, eat a power pellet and then chase the ghosts. Simple, right? Nolan Maier of the @BladesHockey has been named WHL Goaltender of the Week after recording a 0.955 save percentage in […]
Rockets and Blades pull off big trade
The Kelowna Rockets and Saskatoon Blades pulled off a headline-grabbing trade today. The Blades sent Chicago Blackhawks prospect Colton Dach to the Rockets for centre Trevor Wong. The Rockets have acquired @NHLBlackhawks prospect Colton Dach from @BladesHockey in exchange for centre Trevor Wong. Details➡️ https://t.co/M2poSUGqky#blackhawks pic.twitter.com/0QVYgluT4D — Kelowna Rockets (@Kelowna_Rockets) […]
Daily Dose of the DUB: WHL names weekly award winners, Gricius commits to U of C, and more!
WHL names Jarvis player of the week With five goals in three games, @Canes prospect @jarvy44 of the @pdxwinterhawks is WHL Player of the Week presented by Journie Rewards! #JourniePlayer DETAILS ? | https://t.co/SfFVsGmBEF pic.twitter.com/mTXlaXqOxd — The WHL (@TheWHL) May 10, 2021 Portland Winterhawks forward Seth Jarvis was named WHL […]
Blades solve overage situation
The Saskatoon Blades have made the inevitable tough decision of trading away one of the four overagers on the roster. The odd man out in the three 20 year-old limit was forward Ryan Hughes who heads to the Kamloops Blazers for a pair of draft picks and local 2001-born forward […]
Blades add to blue line with import signings
The Saskatoon Blades appear to have their defense core ready to go for the 2019-20 Western Hockey League season with signing its two 2019 import-drafted players to standard player agreements. Selected 55th and 115th overall by Saskatoon in the 2019 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft, 19-year-old Libor Zabransky and 17-year-old […]
Blades acquire Scott Walford and Parker Malchuk from Royals
The Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League bolstered their blue line ahead of training camp with the addition of all-star, 1999-born defenseman Scott Walford from the Victoria Royals. Acclaimed as one of the top defenseman in the league by Blades general manager Colin Priestner, Walford has extensive experience in […]
Off-season outlook: Saskatoon Blades
This is an ongoing series as we start the long road to the 2019-20 WHL season. We will be going in the order that teams were eliminated from contention. Keep in mind that the roster guesses vary because of information made available to us. We did our very best to […]
Canada, Russia advance to semi-finals at U-18 World Championships, Czech Republic and Belarus go home
Canada has advanced to the U-18 World Championships semi-final with a 3-1 win over Latvia.
2019 Playoff Preview: E2)Saskatoon Blades vs E3)Moose Jaw Warriors
E2)Saskatoon Blades vs E3)Moose Jaw Warriors For our playoff previews, we start out in the East Division. The second-seeded Blades return to the playoffs and draw the third-seeded Warriors. Game Visitor Home Date Time 1 Moose Jaw @ Saskatoon Friday, March 22 7:00 2 Moose Jaw @ Saskatoon Saturday, March […]