Round #2 Match-up Is Set!!! Saskatoon VS Brandon.

The Calgary Hitmen cameback and defeated the Warriors tonight so, Blades fans get set for a tough series. This one may go 7 games.

Here is the Schedule:

Brandon @ Saskatoon Friday, April 2nd 7:05

Brandon @ Saskatoon Saturday, April 3rd 7:05

Saskatoon @ Brandon Wednesday, April 7th 7:00

Saskatoon @ Brandon Friday, April 9th 7:30

Saskatoon @ Brandon Saturday, April 10th 7:30

Brandon @ Saskatoon Monday, April 12th 7:05

Saskatoon @ Brandon Wednesday, April 14th 7:05

The Medicine Hat VS Calgary series will be on Shaw TV. There is one game forsure that I should be able to watch because the Blades do not play on Sunday April 4th.

Who Will The Blades 2nd Round Opponent Be?

Well it comes down to 2 teams Medicine Hat or Brandon. The Tigers came back from being down 2-0 against the Ice and won the series 4 games to 2.

Brandon swept the Swift Current Broncos 4-0.

In the regular season against the Wheat Kings the Blades only won 3 games out of 8.

Against the Medicine Hat Tigers the Blades posted a record of 3-1 but 3-2 if you count the Exhibition game in Aberdeen.

So these two opponents match up pretty good against the Blades,but you can basically throw those stats out the window but I was just doing this as a comparison.

The Blades will know who they face by tomorrow night.

Me personally since I have been to Medicine Hat I would like to see a game in Brandon but I am sure that other Blades fans want the bridge city bunch to play the Tigers. I do as well but "The Arena" is a tough place to play in.

Blades Win 2 Games In Red Deer....Sweep Rebels.

Let me say that the entire trip in Red Deer was a blast!!! It was my first time visiting the beautiful city. Both hockey games were entertaining and the Rebels sure played well dispite loosing both games.

The scores were 2-1 Blades in game #3 and 5-2 for the Blades in the final game #4.

The Blades will now wait to see who they play,and when.

Sena Acolatse,Darian Dzuirzynski,and Duncan Siemens have 1 game left to serve in their suspensions. while Randy McNaught has 3 more games left on his suspension and Lorne Molleken has 2 left to serve....

The coaches behind the Blades bench for these two games did a great job!!!

There was a fair number of Blades fans/parents who were there...It is always good to see support for the guys. I even talked to some fans who lived in Saskatoon but now reside in Alberta.

Our bus driver Ken was awesome!!!

Here are some pictures that I took from my camera phone @ both games.

Someone wanted to have a bit of fun so they slapped this bib that says "Get Messy" onto Ralph,he is the guy who helps organize the bus trips and does an awesome job!!!!!

I will be wearing the new blue hat at the the rest of the Blades playoff games that the Blades play. Home and Road games.

I hope to somehow put some Blades logos on it.

Welcome To Red Deer... Blades win 2-1 in Overtime!!!!

Wow after about a 6 and a half hour bus ride to Red Deer I checked into the hotel and had supper at the Enmax Centrium. This game was very close and kudos to Red Deer for giving the Blades a battle

The scoring was started by the Blades but the Rebels tied it up.

We were seated in the upper level and it was a good seat because you could see everything.

The time of possession was equal,and the Blades battled through the suspensions and won.

I met Shineyshoes and Tiny from the WHLfans.ca message board.

Marek Viedensky scored the OT winner.

If the Blades win tomorrow night that is great but if they loose tomorrow and win game #5 that means that Siemens,Dzuirzynski,and Acolatse would return return for the next series.

I will add the pictures later........

I have to run.... Game #4 tomorrow!!!!! Go Blades Go!!!!!!!!!!!

Alot of 2-0 Series Leads In This years 1st Round. Blades & Rebels Game #2 Suspensions Announced

Only 1 series: the Calgary VS Moose Jaw series is NOT at 2-0 it is sitting at 3 games to 1 for the Warriors.

Watch the video on the Blades website if you have not seen it.... Very poor decision for the Blades to do that...... but was it justified??

Josh Cowen for the Rebels recieved 4 games for his part, for the Blades: Randy McNaught recieved 5 games ,Sena Acolatse,Duncan Siemens,Darian Dzuirynski all received 3 game suspensions.and Blades coach Lorne Molleken recieved a 4 game suspension.

The Blades were also fined a total of $4,250 for their actions in game #2. Now hopefully we can move onto games three and four!!


This series should be an awesome one to watch in Red Deer.... I am so glad that I made the choice to travel to Red Deer,as I have said so many times before.

It is going to be a long bus ride though.... But it will be worth it!!

If you are staying in Saskatoon for the games go to Joe's sports bar and watch the games there.

Blades Take A 2-0 Series Lead.

In game #2 tonight it almost looked like an exact replay of last nights game 3-0 after one period.

Jeremy Boyer was in the line-up and Brent Benson was scratched,had his arm in a sling.


The Rebels outshot the Blades. The bridge city bunch are playing the perfect style of hockey to wear down the Rebels. I sat in the upper bowl for this game and watched it with a friend from work. You can definatly see the game better up their because you are on top of it.

Another dissapointing crowd..... when/if the Blades advance to the 2nd round I hope the crowd mumbers will increase.

Hockey fans are missing out on good hockey that is for sure.

Steven Stanford has played 120 minutes of shutout hockey.

The final score was 4-0 Blades.

I missed it but a brawl started in the final minutes of the game... suspensions may result... Stay Tuned.


Both teams now have 2 days off before the seres shifts back to Red Deer for games 3 & 4 on Wednesday and Thursday.

I AM EXCITED FOR NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!! Obviously a sweep would be nice but it may not happen.

I hope to blog from Red Deer,if that does not happen then I will make a blog post on Friday.

Blades Shut-out Rebels.....

Tonight the bridge city bunch welcomed back 3 veteran players to their line-up...Teigan Zahn,Curtis Hamilton and Jyri Niemi all played tonight. It was a big boost. Also Curt Gogol returned to action after his suspension that made him miss the last 3 out of 4 games to end the regular season.

The Rebels had a decent amount of puck possession in the 1st period. The Blades on the other hand played disciplined hockey(something I was worried about) The Blades took 3 penalties in the game compared to Red Deer's 7 penalties.

The Blades out shot the Rebels through 1 period 14-8.

All of the damage was done in the 1st period by the Blades.

The Blades were hitting and this is good,it must continue if the Blades want to wear the Rebels down.

Steven Stanford played well but credit his defence core as well.

As usual rookie forward Brent Benson was doing everything in his power to create something positive for the Blades and he made a hit or attempted a hit and got the worst of it... He was favoring his shoulder,and would later attempt to test it out,see if he could return.... He did not. He may sit out Sunday's game #2.

The Blades pretty much coasted along the rest of the way,but with 4:00 left in the 3rd period Red Deer pulled their goalie..... I could hear from people around me "why are they doing it now"
They were trying to get back into the game and the best way to do that is to have an extra man out there,like a power play. The Rebels did a great job of keeping the puck in the Blades end while their goalie was on the bench.

The Blades take the 1st game 3-0. Curt Gogol was the 3rd star, Steven Stanford was the 2nd star, Gaelan Patterson was the 1st star.

The hit of the game was made by Charles Inglis.

I think we will see Jeremy Boyer take Brent Benson`s place in the line-up (that is if Benson`s shoulder is not 100%.)

Moose Jaw has a 2-0 series lead over the Calgary Hitmen.... I hope the Warriors can take out the Hitmen...that would be awesome.

Anything can happen in the playoffs........

Something that I thought was very creative... Their were white cardboard banner type signs with a handful of players last names,and so those were spotted all around the arena, I think those props will be joining the booster club in Red Deer next week... A trip that I am VERY excited to make!!!!!!!!!!!!

Game 2 goes Sunday...same place,same time.