Egor Sidorov (pictured) has 12 goals in 10 games this season after he notched his second hat-trick of the campaign in pacing the Saskatoon Blades past the Winnipeg ICE 5-2 Saturday.

Sidorov put the Bridge City Bunch ahead for good, with a between-the-legs shot just seven seconds after Jayden Wiens had tied the score at 1-1. The 18-year-old winger from Belarus insured that the Blue and Gold would get a bounce-back win following Friday’s 6-3 loss to Winnipeg when he scored the game’s final two goals. Vaughn Watterodt tallied what proved to be the winning goal and Trevor Wong chipped in three assists as the Blades improved their overall record to 16-5-0 and won four times on a five-game homestand that concluded Saturday. Ethan Chadwick made 21 saves for Saskatoon in goal as the ICE dropped to 22-3-0 for the season and had an eight-game road winning streak come to an end. Winnipeg was the atop the C-H-L’s Top 10 rankings this week while the Bridge City Bunch were seventh. A new national ranking will be released Tuesday. The Blue and Gold will leave that day for three games in Alberta this coming week, beginning Wednesday in Edmonton. Following is the official game summary, courtesy the W-H-L, plus the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast and the Post-Game Show interviews with head coach Brennan Sonne, Sidorov and Wong…..

Winnipeg ICE 2 at Saskatoon Blades 5 – Status: Final
Saturday, November 26, 2022 – SaskTel Centre – Saskatoon, SK

Winnipeg 1 0 1 – 2
Saskatoon 2 1 2 – 5

1st Period-1, Winnipeg, Nash 12 (Geekie, Sward), 0:51 (PP). 2, Saskatoon, Wiens 6 (De La Gorgendiere, Wong), 10:34 (PP). 3, Saskatoon, Sidorov 10 (Wong), 10:41. Penalties-De La Gorgendiere Sas (tripping), 0:39; Lambos Wpg (unsportsmanlike cnd., major-fighting), 3:35; Watterodt Sas (kneeing, major-fighting), 3:35; Parr Sas (hooking), 8:20; Benson Wpg (holding), 8:56; Oiring Wpg (roughing), 10:41; Roulette Sas (roughing), 10:41; Fraser Wpg (tripping), 13:10; Watterodt Sas (slashing), 16:00; De La Gorgendiere Sas (high sticking), 17:50.

2nd Period-4, Saskatoon, Watterodt 5 (Parr, Wong), 15:45. Penalties-No Penalties

3rd Period-5, Winnipeg, Oiring 4 (Pederson), 2:38. 6, Saskatoon, Sidorov 11 (De La Gorgendiere), 13:11. 7, Saskatoon, Sidorov 12   16:24 (PP). Penalties-Volotovskii Sas (holding), 14:08; Pederson Wpg (tripping), 14:54; Nash Wpg (roughing), 18:18; Harmacy Wpg (10-minute misconduct), 18:40; Prosofsky Wpg (major-fighting), 18:40; Lies Sas (roughing, major-fighting), 18:40; Wiens Sas (10-minute misconduct), 18:40.

Shots on Goal-Winnipeg 9-8-6-23. Saskatoon 13-5-4-22.
Power Play Opportunities-Winnipeg 1 / 5; Saskatoon 2 / 4.
Goalies-Winnipeg, Beaupit 2-10-0-0 (22 shots-17 saves). Saskatoon, Chadwick 8-3-0-0 (23 shots-21 saves).
A-5,144
Referees-Taylor Burzminski (83), Brian MacDonald (7).
Linesmen-Riley Carriere (72), Devan Thiessen (94).