Tuesday night’s game at SaskTel Centre evoked memories from 30 years ago; pleasant for some, nightmarish for others. About 30 years ago at the old Winnipeg Arena, there were vintage battles between the Wayne Gretzky-led Edmonton Oilers and the over-matched Winnipeg Jets. For the purposes of Tuesday night, substitute […]
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2017 Prospect Update
2017 WHL Bantam Draft 1st round Prince Albert – Kaiden Guhle – CSSHL OHA 8 GP 2-3-5 10pm Kootenay – Connor McClennon – CSSHL Northern Alberta 8 GP 1-7-8 6pm Vancouver – Justin Sourdif – BC Midget Valley West 4 GP 3-8-11 6pm Edmonton – Jake Neighbours – Alberta Midget […]
Blades grab point “Out of left field”
PRINCE ALBERT – There was almost a need to place a call to the local detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Saturday night to investigate a robbery. In the end, it was determined that the Saskatoon Blades only committed a Houdini act, not a crime. Parker Kelly’s second goal […]
Blades fall flat in return home
By Les Lazaruk Unacceptable! Dean Brockman agreed with that adjective used to describe the effort of the Saskatoon Blades in Wednesday’s 6-3, home-ice loss to the Vancouver Giants. “Very much so,” confirmed the Bridge City Bunch head coach when asked about the use of ‘unacceptable.’ “I didn’t like (the […]
Blades don’t deviate from game plan…and win!
By Les Lazaruk RED DEER – When you played minor hockey, you listened to your coaches and did what they instructed you to do. That lesson still applies at the Major Junior level! “It was a simple matter that our players listened very closely when we did our pre-game […]
Tigers claw Blades while short-handed
By Les Lazaruk MEDICINE HAT – All the good that was done in Regina on Wednesday was undone Friday at the Canalta Centre for the Saskatoon Blades. After killing off the only two power play chances they gave the Pats, the Bridge City Bunch reverted back to a form […]
Sweet bounce back for Blades in Regina
By Les Lazaruk REGINA – The keys to the game were, in no particular order, score first; stay out of the penalty box and score on the power play. Check, check and check for the Saskatoon Blades Wednesday night, something not a lot of people would’ve expected after being […]
Blades pay the price for on-ice crime
By Les Lazaruk Before Saturday night, one thing the Saskatoon Blades had done reasonably well was stay out of the penalty box. Along came the first period and the Regina Pats made the Bridge City Bunch pay, big-time, for being undisciplined. Rookie Finnish forward Emil Oksanen had a hand […]
Blades staggered by Broncos big unit
By Les Lazaruk They knew what they had to do against Swift Current’s big line. Yet, the Saskatoon Blades didn’t have a good answer for what the Broncos were bringing. The Broncos forward unit of Tyler Steenbergen, Glenn Gawdin and Aleksi Heponiemi combined for 11 of 16 scoring points, five of […]
2017 U16 rosters announced
The rosters for the 2017 U16 WHL Cup were announced and nearly every WHL team had a draft pick named. Let’s take a look at those 2002-born players that will be participating in the WHL Cup in Calgary later this month. U-16 Oct 18-22, 2017 in Calgary, Alb BC […]