Series Tied At 2.

This game tonight was possibly the best road game that I have attended. The Blades came out hard and did not quit.

As we all know these games are very close and powerplays are so important.

This series just turned into a great series, Obviously because the Blades worked their tail off and won 2 games in Westman Place, Something that is not easy.

There was one situation that may hurt the Blades: Jyri Niemi fought with fellow european foe Alexander Urbom and Niemi was issued a match penalty because he taped up his broken finger and the hometown crowd was not happy that he backed out of the fight.

Water under the bridge really. The Blades won 4-3 to tie up the series.

I picked up a Memorial Cup hat and t-shirt...which was an awesome deal.

I will upload pictures when I arrive back in Saskatoon.

Blogging From Brandon

I am here in my hotel room waiting for tickets to be given out. I am excited. It is windy here but nice outside.... What about Saskatoon? Well they are enduring a storm last I heard.

That is all I have for now. Enjoy the game tonight and Go Blades Go!!!!!

Blades Get A W!!!!! Series Now 2-1.

With their head coach behind the bench I am sure that it helped the guys stay calm ect... The Blades battled back from trailing 3-1. Steven Stanford may have taken this game away from the Wheat Kings.

The Blades edged out the Wheat Kings 5-4. Wow was I ever relieved when I heard Les Lazaruk say that score.

Derek Hulak contributed with 1 goal,and now I think that the Blades still have a chance in this series. Randy McNaught returns for game #4 on Friday.

This hockey fan is excited to be making the trip to Brandon early Friday morning. It should be a good weekend.

Go Blades Go.

Game #3 In Brandon Tonight.

We all know that tonight is a MUST win for the Blades. Randy McNaught returns in game #4 and the Wheat Kings are still without Jay Fehr (who is still serving his suspension.)

Adam Iwan has been called up for the remainder of the playoffs,so Adam Morrison`s injury must be season ending.

Another thing the Blades will have to deal with is not having last change,and this scares me because the Wheat Kings can roll 4 lines.

There is still hope........ GO BLADES GO!!!!!!

Blades Down 2-0.... Not Looking Good!!!

The first 2 periods were fine but the Blades could not beat the Wheat Kings in scoring race like in game #1.

The bridge city bunch could not match Brandon's offensive power tonight, and so they tried their chippy in your face style and that got them nowhere because they were penalized numerous times, and the fans let the referee know how they felt.

In all honesty I think the Blades are done in 4 or 5.

Lorne Molleken is back behind the bench for game #3 and he may find a way to help the Blades battle their way back into this series but it will be tough.

The Blades booster club fan bus probably will still go for game #4.

Game #2 Tonight.

The Blades will be able to dress Duncan Siemens,Sena Acolatse and Darian Dzuirynski as they have all served their 3 game suspension.

By the sounds of things, Curtis Hamilton may be done for the series. Tough luck for him.

The Blades have called up Adam Iwan for the game to back-up Steven Stanford.

I think that the young guys:Sutter,Dietz and Bews will be taken out of the line-up to make room for Siemens,Acolatse and Dzuirynski. Those young guys have played really well,so I think we will see them crack the Blades roster next season.

I hope it is a close game like last night,this is exciting hockey that is for sure.

I hope the Blades can earn a split before the series goes to Brandon for the next 3 games.

There is a picture of me on the ebrandon website.

It is the 6th picture in the slide show on the right side of the page.
http://www.ebrandon.ca/messagethread.aspx?message_id=271465&cat_id=1

Blades VS Wheat Kings.... Game #1.

This series may go 7 games. The game was back and forth after Brandon got up 2-0 in the 1st period. Special teams was a big factor in this game. Adam Morrison got injured in practice so the Blades had to call up an emergency back up Matt Canaday. I wonder if the Blades will call up one of their other goalies in the system?


I think that this game was the best Blades?Wheat Kings game I have seen in a while. I love seeing back and forth action and teams trading goals like that.


The Blades top 4 defencemen played a ton of minutes tonight and they looked tired towards the end of the game.

Curtis Hamilton is having the toughest luck with injuries this season/playoffs ..... The check by Jay Fehr seemed like it was a clean hit but he did get a penalty for it.... Maybe the WHL will review it? The damage was done. Curtis Hamilton is injured again.

The Blades could not manage to tie up the game in the final minute with Stanford on the bench.

The final score was 6-5 for the Wheat Kings.

The attendance was about 6,400.

The 50/50 jackpot was around $12 or $14 Thousand,the biggest in a long while.

The "White Out" was good but I think it could have been whiter in the seats haha.

I was able to meet a couple of Wheat Kings fans one who posts on the WHLfans.ca message board.

I am excited for game #2 tomorrow night.

I am also excited to make another road trip with the Blades booster club fan bus to Brandon (My first time) for games #4 and #5 next weekend. Hopefully to meet some more message board posters.


AHH I love this game of hockey and how much fun it is to travel and meet new people.