Despite the continued run of multiple key, veteran players being sidelined by injury, the Saskatoon Blades are back to their winning ways!
Conner Roulette returned from a four-game injury absence with two assists and Ethan Chadwick (pictured) stopped 21 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Bridge City Bunch blanked the Edmonton Oil Kings 4-0 Tuesday at SaskTel Centre. Brandon Lisowsky, Lukas Hansen, Egor Sidorov and Charlie Wright scored the goals as the Blue and Gold are on a three-game winning streak and have captured five of their last six outings to improve their record to 33-12-4 for 70 points. The Blades are five points back of East Division and Eastern Conference-leading Winnipeg and three points ahead of Moose Jaw. Saskatoon out-shot Edmonton 44-21 while completing a four-game season sweep of the Oil Kings in front of 2,767 fans. The Blades depart Wednesday for B-C and a five-game tour through the division. First stop will be Friday in Kamloops against the Memorial Cup-host Blazers. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast, the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L plus Post-Game Show comments from head coach Brennan Sonne, Roulette and Hansen…..
Edmonton Oil Kings 0 at Saskatoon Blades 4 – Status: Final
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 – SaskTel Centre – Saskatoon, SK
Edmonton 0 0 0 – 0
Saskatoon 1 2 1 – 4
1st Period-1, Saskatoon, Lisowsky 27 (De La Gorgendiere, Wong), 6:41. Penalties-Watterodt Sas (high sticking, high sticking), 17:50.
2nd Period-2, Saskatoon, Hansen 8 (Roulette), 3:29. 3, Saskatoon, Sidorov 30 (Roulette), 18:09. Penalties-Vojtech Port Edm (holding), 5:07; Roulette Sas (interference), 13:16.
3rd Period-4, Saskatoon, Wright 4 (Rebman), 13:22. Penalties-Dawson Seitz Edm (hooking), 14:51.
Shots on Goal-Edmonton 6-8-7-21. Saskatoon 14-20-10-44.
Power Play Opportunities-Edmonton 0 / 3; Saskatoon 0 / 2.
Goalies-Edmonton, Hay 5-27-2-0 (44 shots-40 saves). Saskatoon, Chadwick 16-7-1-1 (21 shots-21 saves).
A-2,767
Referees-Adam Bloski (16), Ty Skene.
Linesmen-Tanner McGregor (55), Andrew Sawatsky (123).
