By Les Lazaruk They’re “darned” if they do…and they’re “darned” if they don’t! The Saskatoon Blades started the 2018 calendar year on a winning note, doubling the Swift Current Broncos 4-2 in a Monday, New Year’s Day matinee in front of 3,760 fans at SaskTel Centre. Josh Paterson flicked […]
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Blades continue holiday surge
By Les Lazaruk SWIFT CURRENT – The Saskatoon Blades will be sad to see the holiday season and as the month of December come to an end. The Bridge City Bunch rallied from 2-1 and 3-2 deficits in the third period Saturday to defeat the Swift Current Broncos 4-3. […]
“Juggled” lines spur Blades on to blowing away Hurricanes
By Les Lazaruk What worked in the third period on Sunday was maintained by the Saskatoon Blades Tuesday…with prolific results! Linemates Cam Hebig and Kirby Dach each posted four-point games, pacing the Bridge City Bunch to a 5-3 victory over the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes. Twenty-year-old Hebig is the centre. […]
Cameron Hebig back leading the Blades after a tough year
The 2016-17 season was setting up to be a big one for Saskatoon Blades center Cameron “Cam” Hebig. He was coming off a career year in 2015-16 with 26 goals and 43 assists for 69 points. He even garnered an invitation to training camp with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Then Hebig […]
Blades continue bouncing back
By Les Lazaruk Maybe it should’ve been expected! After a listless-looking return home Saturday in a 4-1 setback to Kamloops, the Saskatoon Blades started a Sunday game less than 17 hours after coming off the ice against the Blazers…and captured a “must win” by a 3-2 count over the […]
Maier shuts down Winterhawks
The WHL is an unpredictable league. In their first 27 games this year, the Saskatoon Blades (11-14-2-1) had given up the most goals at 120. The Portland Winterhawks (20-5-0-1) had scored the third most in the league at 115. Nolan Maier, in just his ninth career start had other things […]
“Murphy’s Law” bites Blades in setback to Brandon
By Les Lazaruk You could see it coming, especially if you were among the 6,242 fans at SaskTel Centre Friday night. Chance after chance after chance to score was denied or missed by the Saskatoon Blades until the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings took advantage of their opportunities and downed […]
A long time coming for Blades
By Les Lazaruk EDMONTON – While on the road towards getting to .500, there was an unexpected twist for the Saskatoon Blades on Saturday. Cam Hebig sent a soft shot along the ice between the pads of Boston Bilous with 9.8 seconds left in the third period, giving the […]
Blades come undone, again, in Medicine Hat
By Les Lazaruk MEDICINE HAT – Maybe it was just the final score that made it seem this way, but all the good to come out of three straight wins appeared to be negated by 41 bad minutes by the Saskatoon Blades Friday in a 7-2 loss to the […]
Bounce-Back Blades buck Broncos
By Les Lazaruk SWIFT CURRENT – A first career hat-trick, a first goal of the season and a first “stolen” win highlighted a badly-needed 4-3 victory for the Saskatoon Blades Friday night. Cam Hebig scored the only three goals of the second period, Tyler Lees tallied what turned out […]