By Les Lazaruk What was dormant for three games came alive and was responsible for a badly-needed Saskatoon Blades’ victory Tuesday night. The bridge city bunch broke a string of 13 consecutive power play chances without scoring by notching four goals on seven opportunities in a wild and wooly […]
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Feisty Wheaties, not Blades, get important victory
By Les Lazaruk BRANDON – IF the Saskatoon Blades are watching WHL playoff hockey for a fifth consecutive spring, they could look back on Friday’s 6-3 loss to the Wheat Kings as one of those games that did them in. Leading 3-1 with five minutes to play in the […]
Competitive Blades tap Into desperation to freeze out Kootenay
By Les Lazaruk The Saskatoon Blades transferred “compete level” and urgency from a Monday practice, that cost them the availability of a Top-nine forward, into a badly-needed victory on Tuesday. It was the bridge city bunch who snapped scoreless and 1-1 ties in the second period, then held on […]
Four-goal third period leads Tigers over Hurricanes
For 40 minutes the Lethbridge Hurricanes played the perfect road game. For the final 20 minutes, not so much. The Medicine Hat Tigers scored four times in the third period to defeat the Hurricanes 4-2 Wednesday night at the Canalta Centre, opening the post-Christmas portion of the season with a […]
Winterhawks finish road trip off right-beating Tigers 5-2
There’s something about the long, Eastern Conference road trip that sits well with Cody Glass. Last year, as his Portland Winterhawks (20-4-0-1) traveled through Sakatchewan and Manitoba, Glass propelled himself to among the elite point getters in the league, with nine points over the six games played against the East […]
WHL recap: Tigers come back to take down Cougars 7-4
The Medicine Hat Tigers (14-7) are a team that you have to put away when you have the chance. The Prince George Cougars (9-10-2-2) found that out the hard way on Tuesday night. They scored three straight in the first, to spot themselves a 3-1 advantage after 20 minutes. Then, […]
