By Les Lazaruk The facts are a tough pill to swallow for the Saskatoon Blades. They will finish the 2017-18 WHL regular-season with more points than five of the six teams in the Central Division and with more wins than four teams that will compete in the playoffs, starting Thursday. […]
Tag: Evan Fiala
The “Real” Tyler Brown Showed Up For Saskatoon
By Les Lazaruk After allowing seven goals in each of his first two starts for the Saskatoon Blades…both on the road…Tyler Brown showed fans of the Blue and Gold just what kind of goaltender he really is on Saturday night. The 20-year-old, who backstopped the Regina Pats to last […]
“Run and Gun” Blades rally to nip Wheat Kings
By Les Lazaruk Saskatoon Blades have been known in the past…even in this season…to complain that their Western Hockey League team doesn’t do the things at home that they seem to be able to do on the road. That changed Friday night at SaskTel Centre. Braylon Shmyr was the […]
Blades captain quells Warrior uprising
By Les Lazaruk Blocking shots, deflecting passes, clearing the front of the net; that all falls under the job description of Saskatoon Blades’ captain Evan Fiala. Scoring late game-winning goals,not so much in the defenceman’s wheelhouse. But, that was the biggest part of the 20-year-old’s role in Wednesday’s 5-4 […]
Saskatoon Blades notebook: looking at the potential depth chart
SASKATOON – Major junior hockey’s “dirty word” isn’t allowed to be uttered anymore in Saskatoon! REBUILD!!! Following four consecutive seasons of not being in the Western Hockey League playoffs, after mortgaging the future in order to be a competitive host team for the 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup, the Blades opened […]