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By Les Lazaruk The argument can be made that one athlete shouldn’t be the difference between a team having success or failure. The Saskatoon Blades would be on the opposite side of that debate on Saturday night! After losing the first two games of the regular-season, scoring only four […]
By Les Lazaruk There was good news for the Saskatoon Blades Friday night…just not enough of it, and it came far too late to be of any consequence! Medicine Hat scored the first six goals…then coasted in the third period to a 6-2 victory over the Bridge City Bunch […]
By Les Lazaruk There is no disputing that the Saskatoon Blades do a great job with pre-game ceremonies. However, the paying customers don’t get the “full meal deal” from the team on the ice afterwards. An emotional 45-minute salute to former Blades’ captain Bruce Gordon…and the re-introduction of the […]
By Les Lazaruk While it was one of four options that the Saskatoon Blades could’ve explored, the fact that trading goaltender Logan Flodell was done Wednesday in order to reduce the Bridge City Bunch’s quantity of overage players to the WHL limit of three came as a shock to […]
By Les Lazaruk EDMONTON – One person was involved in two debates Saturday. His play answered one question emphatically and left another in doubt. Logan Flodell made 37 saves, several of the spectacular variety, backstopping the Saskatoon Blades to a 2-1 victory over the Oil Kings in the final […]
2017-18 WHL TEAM PROFILE Saskatoon Blades (2016-17 record…29-36-7, 65 pts; 5th in East Division) Missed the playoffs…for a fourth straight season: Needless to say, based on the above line, the 2017-18 season for the Bridge City Bunch is all about returning to the post-season…something the franchise felt they had a […]
Saturday, September 9 WARMAN, Sk. – If Cameron Hebig did one thing, in front of a predominantly Saskatoon Blades-biased crowd, he gave those folks a lot to think about when it comes to which overage player should be the odd man out with the Bridge City Bunch. “It’s probably the […]
REGINA – It’s not as big of a battle as which 20-year-old will be the odd overager out with the Saskatoon Blades, but, who will be the backup goaltender behind Logan Flodell with the Bridge City Bunch is a battle nonetheless. Joel Grzybowski put in a claim Friday afternoon, making […]
REGINA – Don’t let the score fool you — when the Saskatoon Blades could’ve used a goal early in Thursday’s preseason opener against the Regina Pats, they just couldn’t find the back of the net. With only 190 goals scored in 72 games last season, the Bridge City Bunch […]
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 […]
