Road Gameday....... Moose Jaw.

( I am sorry if you do not share this sense of humour)

After a 5-2 defeat of the Edmonton Oil Kings on Friday night. The Blades play in Moose Jaw against the Warriors who are battling the Blades for 1st spot in the east division.

The Moose Jaw Warriors have an 11-5 record=22 points & their opponent the Saskatoon Blades have a record of 11-3-0-2 good for 24 points.

The Warriors are also coming off of a win 7-3 win over the Broncos (who the Blades will play on Sunday)

Another great match up!!! The result will be posted here late tonight.

Blades Claim 5th Straight Home Win Over Edmonton.

The Blades did not let the result of the last game at the CUC between these two teams get them down, that last result was an Oil Kings win.

Dalton Thrower and the suspended Randy McNaught did not play.

With that being said the bridge city bunch played in front of Steven Stanford tonight. The Oil Kings played in front of veteran Torrie Jung. The Blades took a 3-0 lead before the Oil Kings managed to score one goal which was supplied by the European connection of Robin Soudek and Tomas Vincour.

Darian Dzuirzynski did all of the dirty work. (A.K.A fighting) he also scored a goal to go along with 12 minutes in the sin bin as well as being named 1st star AND being awarded the ICR hit of the game. A pretty good game for someone who is in their draft year.

The game was pretty much a smooth ride for the Blades until the 3rd period with the score 3-1 with about 4 minutes the Oil Kings scored again to bring them within one goal of tying up the game.

The Blades then settled everyone in the building down by scoring 2 more goals.

The Blades 1st line of Derek Hulak,Gaelan Patterson and Walker Wintoneak is ON FIRE!!!!!!!

Lorne Molleken's Blades now have a record of 11-3-0-2.

The 3 stars of the game were a Blades sweep: 1st Star(as mentioned above) Darian Dziurzynski Star #2 Gaelan Patterson and 1st Star was the Captain Derek Hulak.

Now the Blades take their impressive record (which currently boasts a 3 game winning streak) back on the road to the Crushed Can in Moose Jaw for the 1st time tomorrow and re visit the Swift Current Broncos @ the I Plex on Sunday.

Game Day VS Oil Kings.....3 Games in 3 Nights.

The Blades will start a busy weekend tonight when they welcome the Edmonton Oil Kings back to Credit Union Centre. These two teams have played each other 2 times winning a game a piece.

After that they will board the bus and head to Moose Jaw for a game against the Warriors.

(a pretty boring looking bus I might add but I wish they would do something to the bus you know like add a logo or design scheme to make it known who is on that bus!!!!)

After the game they will probably high tail it to Swift Current for a rematch with the Broncos on Sunday.

The Blades are still in first place but the Broncos play in Moose Jaw tonight as well. So depending on what goes down in these two match-ups we may still see the Blades in the lead...

They will try and improve their record of 10-3 this weekend.

The Edmonton Oil Kings are in 3rd place in the central division. It is so exciting to watch a good hockey team!!!!!!!!! So get out there and see the game!!!!!

The Blades will be one busy hockey team this weekend and next week.

Elliott & Hamilton To Represent the Blades Again.

Last time it was with team Cananda at the Under 18's and now the duo will be part of the CAN/RUS Subway Super Series which runs from November 16-26th. Although Team WHL will play the Russians on Nov.25th in Victoria and in Kelowna BC on Nov 26th. It is pretty much a homecoming for these two since they are both BC natives.

For the full roster go to the WHL website and check out the roster for both games. Some players will participate in both games but some including Stefan Elliott and Curtis Hamilton will only be part of the game in Kelowna on Nov 26th.

I am sort of stumped as to why Charles Inglis has not been selected for any events like this..... Do the players have to achieve something in order to be selected?

Anyways congrats to all the guys selected to represent team WHL.

Tune into Rogers Sportsnet to watch the games!!!!!!

Blades & Broncos Beware.......

I was thinking about the suspension of Randy McNaught and how some people think the punishment was not harsh enough and I agree. Now the date that McNaught COULD return is: Nov.4th against those same Swift Current Broncos. Should he play I am sure that he will have a HUGE target on his back. I will not be at that game.

Instead I will a playing a game of my own.... a soccer game. I could rush to the hockey game after but it may be too late. I am just glad that I am not missing a team like Kelowna or Chilliwack. Adding soccer into my schedule could mean that I may miss some of the Blades home games,but I could also skip out on a soccer game....a decision that I must make.

That is all the blogging for now.

Blades Torture Tigers

Adam Morrison was given the start and he made some jaw dropping saves too. It did not take the Blades that long to hit the scoreboard and yes I mean score a goal. The score was 2-0 after the 1st period. Former Blade property Tanner Sohn took a delay of game penalty in the first as a result of the Blades strong forecheck.

The Tigers did pressure the Blades early on but having no success in scoring on Adam Morrison. At 14:04 of the second period enter Deven Dubyk....Tyler Bunz made 12 saves on 16 shots. As one would expect with the Tigers loosing the game's physicality picked up and scrums after whistles were almost going to happen. The Blades play a physical game and 2 or 3 Tigers were victims of big hits 2 of which the Blades player caught his target with his head down.

At about the 6 minute mark of the 2nd period Duncan Siemens was looking for a fight and he found a dance partner in Taylor Gal...The taller Siemens had the size advantage but did not land any really big bombs. This guy is the real deal!!!!! One of the other Blades rookies Brent Benson was awarded the Hit Of The Game.... What else can I say about these two? They are 1st rounders and they are obviously talented.

After 2 periods the score was 5-1 for the Blades.

In the final period the Tigers managed to score 2 times. Other than those two goals Adam Morrison with the help of his defencemen were the reason why the Tigers only scored two goals and believe me the Tigers could definitely have made a game of it with their speed.

The Blades played well without Randy McNaught in the line-up besides they have at least a handful of players who are not afraid to get rough in the corners and drop the gloves if need be... If anything let his punishment be a lesson to him.

At the at the 14:36 mark of the 3rd period Darian Dziurzynski laid a punishing hit on a Tiger player who I think had his head down and he stayed down for a couple of seconds but he did go to the bench on his own power. Matt Konan of the Tigers came in and challenged DD to fight and DD stood his ground against Konan.

Near the end of the game is where things could have escalated out of control but the referee kept things under control.

The Blades outshot the Tigers 48-27.

The final score was 7-2 for the Blades.

The Blades have two 16 year old defencemen and this can be a risk but Adam Morrison has been there when a mistake has been made to bail them out and do not get me wrong both of these rookies can play but it is just a matter of becoming better,adjusting to the WHL and learning from the veterans.

The bridge city bunch are now in 1st place in the east division. (they lead the Moose Jaw Warriors by 2 points)

10-3-0-2 is their record right now.

The Blades finish thier 3 game homestand with a game against the Edmonton Oil Kings on Friday the 30th.

Game Day: Blades Host Tigers

The Blades will try and push their winning streak past 2 games. The Blades are coming off of a 4-1 victory over the Blazers and they have fired their head coach Barry Smith.

The Blades might start Steven Stanford but I would not bank on it.

The Tigers are sitting in 2nd place in the central division. Their last game was against the Oil Kings and they dug their claws in deep winning 7-1.

It should be another good game and the 1st meeting between these two teams this season.