Originally posted March 3, 2021. It was the Doug Gilmour trade from Calgary to Toronto. That was the trade that hooked me as a nerd when it came to useless hockey trivia. I’ve been able to recite the ten players involved in it off the top of my head ever […]
Tag: Tyler Brown
Late win streak “small consolation” for Blades
By Les Lazaruk The facts are a tough pill to swallow for the Saskatoon Blades. They will finish the 2017-18 WHL regular-season with more points than five of the six teams in the Central Division and with more wins than four teams that will compete in the playoffs, starting Thursday. […]
“Old School” nasty revived in Blades victory in Prince Albert
By Les Lazaruk PRINCE ALBERT – The toughest guy affiliated with either team Friday was Raiders’ Associate Coach Dave Manson. It almost seemed as if the Saskatoon Blades and P.A. decided to play a meaningless game in his honour – mean and nasty! In a game in which there […]
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 […]
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 […]
“Cheating” Catches up With Blades in Lop-sided Loss to ICE
By Les Lazaruk CRANBROOK, B.C. – It was a loss that was bound to happen to the Saskatoon Blades. The Kootenay ICE snapped a six-game winless streak, scoring four times in the first 10 ½ minutes on the way to a 7-2 laugher over the Bridge City Bunch. “This […]
WHL recap: Broncos stop slide; Pats keep on winning
Regina 3 Brandon 2 While many were looking at the Regina Pats (20-18-3-0) bringing in Jared Legeien recently as not the big splash they were expecting, it is tough to argue with the impact he has had. After potting two goals and adding an assist in Regina’s 3-2 win over the Brandon Wheat […]
WHL recap: Blazers finally find some home offense; Tigers and Pats net OT wins
Kamloops 4 Victoria 1 The Kamloops Blazers (17-19-0-2) could not wait to get 2018 started. They went six straight periods at the end of 2017 without a goal at hone and had dropped four straight overall. With the coming of the 2018 calendar year, the Blazers and their home fans […]
Wounded Warriors maintain winning ways
By Matthew Gourlie The Moose Jaw Warriors have lost a lot of players of late, but still aren’t losing many games. The Warriors beat the Regina Pats 3-1 Sunday afternoon as they earned their fifth straight win. The Warriors (15-4) have won eight of their last nine outings. The Warriors […]
WHL recap: Halbgewachs’s late goal leads Warriors over Pats; Americans, Cougars, Blazers and Hitmen also post wins
Medicine Hat 4 @Calgary 2 The Calgary Hitmen (6-11-1-0) continue to drop close games. In their last five losses now, they have been tied or trailing by one in the third period. That was the case again Friday night at home as the Medicine Hat Tigers (11-6) scored twice in […]