By Matthew Gourlie The Saskatoon Blades are a team that doesn’t go down easily. That is a lesson that the Moose Jaw Warriors should have absorbed on Saturday night as they struggled to hold off the Blades. It seemed, on Tuesday, that they had not. The Warriors raced out to […]
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Jeannot hat trick helps Warriors to 6-3 win
By Matthew Gourlie The Moose Jaw Warriors have found ways to win games ugly this season. Playing their fourth game in five nights, the Warriors were able to score four unanswered goals to beat the Saskatoon Blades 6-3 at Mosaic Place. It was only fitting that it was a trio […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Thompson and Thompson tame Blades
By Les Lazaruk BRANDON – They aren’t a law firm…they aren’t even brothers! But (goaltender Logan) Thompson and (right winger Baron) Thompson were the difference as the home-standing Wheat Kings handed the Saskatoon Blades their second loss in as many nights by a 3-1 score Saturday. Baron Thompson broke […]
Some negative trends continue for Blades
By Les Lazaruk It’s getting to be that some things are expected when the Saskatoon Blades play on Friday nights, at home and when the Swift Current Broncos visit! Although Chase Wouters scored on the first shot of the game, just 24 seconds into the contest, the Bridge City […]
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 […]
Back-to-back Wins on back-to-back nights for Blades
By Les Lazaruk The only negative Saturday for the Saskatoon Blades wasn’t securing a shutout for Ryan Kubic. But, after surrendering Tanner Kaspick’s power play tally with 46 seconds remaining in the third period, the 19-year-old goaltender wasn’t chastened. “Not really, no,” said the St. Andrews, Mb, product […]
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 […]
