By Les Lazaruk Turn-about, obviously, is fair play. That has been pointed out previously this season with the Saskatoon Blades and it happened again Saturday night. After allowing the last five goals Friday in a 6-3 loss in Brandon, the bridge city bunch scored four unanswered tallies in the […]
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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 […]
Raiders Tap Blades on Shoulder From Just Behind After Dominant Win
By Les Lazaruk PRINCE ALBERT – If the Saskatoon Blades hadn’t noticed the Prince Albert Raiders closing in on them from behind before Friday, they certainly can’t miss them filling up their rear-view mirror now! And, by the time Super Bowl LII kicks off Sunday, P.A. might have roared […]
Blades Find Out What Anders is About
By Les Lazaruk The latest WHL Goaltender-of-the-Week added to his resume Wednesday night in Saskatoon. Ethan Anders stopped 33 shots for his first career shutout as Red Deer blanked the Saskatoon Blades 2-0. “It felt really good,” said 17-year-old Regina product Anders about his first WHL goose-egg. “I kind of […]
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 […]
Blades Put Cap on Oil Kings
By Les Lazaruk The Saskatoon Blades responded Friday in the two ways they needed to. Coming off a less-than-impressive effort in a 7-3 loss in Regina Wednesday, the Bridge City Bunch started strong…scoring three times in the first 10 minutes…on the way to a 5-0 victory over the visiting […]
Pats’ Best Players Pace Regina Past Blades
By Les Lazaruk REGINA – It’s a time-honoured hockey cliché, but it held true for the Pats Wednesday night. Their best players were their best players as Regina trimmed the visiting Saskatoon Blades 7-3. Pats’ captain Sam Steel set up five of the seven Pats’ goals, defenceman Josh Mahura opened […]
Burke Provides “Comfort” for Warriors in Sunday Victory Over Blades
By Les Lazaruk Oh, the hardships of being the best! The Western Hockey League’s top team is looking for “uncomfortable” situations to be put in over the final third of the 2017-18 regular-season in order to get them “battle ready” for, what they hope will be, a long playoff […]
Blades Out-Last Pats in Battle of Deadline Trading Partners
By Les Lazaruk The ex-Blades may have found the scoresheet Saturday night. But, it was the ex-Pats who had the bigger smiles! Eric Florchuk opened and finished the scoring in his first home game for Saskatoon…his second goal at 1:37 of overtime gave the Bridge City Bunch a 4-3 […]