WHL Saskatoon Blades

Blades Opposse Pats In The Queen City

Published on February 5, 2010 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Saskatoon Blades News Release


The Saskatoon Blades look to get back into the win column tonight in a battle at the Brandt Centre in Regina against the Pats. Game time is 7:00 pm.

Head-to-Head

This is the sixth time this season that the Blades and Pats have faced off. The Blades lead the season series with a 3-0-0-2 record, while the Pats have a 2-3-0-0 record in the five games.

Stefan Elliott (North Vancouver, BC) leads the Blades' offensive attack against the Pats this season with 2 goals and 6 assists for 8 points. Derek Hulak (Saskatoon, SK), a former Pat, is second on the team in the season series with 2 goals and 5 assists for 7 points.

Adam Morrison (White Rock, BC) has started all five games for the Blades in goal and has a 2.13 goals against average and a.918 save percentage.

The Pats are led in the season series by overage forward Brett Leffler with a goal and 3 assists for 4 points. Killian Hutt is second on the team with a goal and 2 assists for 3 points.

In goal, Damien Ketlo is 1-2 against the Blades with a 3.30 goals against average and a.886 save percentage. Dawson Guhle is 1-1 with 3.36 goals against average and a.889 save percentage.

Saskatoon Blades

The Blades (34-12-3-3, 74 points, 2nd in East Division, 3rd in Eastern Conference) come into tonight's game following a 7-3 loss to the Prince Albert Raiders on Wednesday evening. Hulak, Elliott, and Jyri Niemi (Hameenkyro, Finland) scored in the loss while Josh Nicholls (Tsawwassen, BC) and Marek Viedensky (Handlova, Slovakia) each chipped in three assists. Steven Stanford (Calgary, AB) made 35 saves between the pipes.

Hulak is the Blades' scoring leader this season with 23 goals and 39 assists for 62 points. Walker Wintoneak (Flin Flon, MB) sits second with 21 goals and 34 assists for 55 points. Elliott is third on the team in scoring with 19 goals and 28 assists for 47 points, putting the third-year blue liner tied for sixth amongst WHL defensemen in scoring.

Hulak is the team leader for goals with 23 markers this season.

Randy McNaught (Nanaimo, BC) leads the Blades and is tied for third in the Western Hockey League for penalty minutes this season with 144. Curt Gogol (Calgary, AB) is second on the team and tied for seventh in the WHL with 133 penalty minutes.

Three Blades are in the WHL Top 10 for plus/minus currently. Elliott is tied for second in the league at +32 this season. Sam Klassen (Watrous, SK) is tied for sixth at +31. Finally, Hulak is eighth in the league at +30.

Between the pipes, Stanford is 19-6-3-0 with a 2.73 goals against average (9th in the WHL) and a.906 save percentage in 30 appearances this season. Morrison, meanwhile, is 15-8-0-3 with a 3.12 goals against average and a.898 save percentage in 28 appearances this season.

The Blades are 19th in the WHL in power play efficiency at 16.2% this season. The team is ranked #5 in the league on the penalty kill at 83.7%.

Regina Pats

The Pats (23-25-3-3, 52 points, 6th in East Division, 10th in Eastern Conference) come into tonight's game winless in their past three games. The host club last played on Tuesday evening, falling 3-2 to the Red Deer Rebels in a shootout at home.

Jordan Eberle leads the hockey club in scoring this season with 36 goals and 38 assists for 74 points and sits tied for third in the WHL scoring race. Jordan Weal is second on the team and fifth in the league with 24 goals and 48 assists for 72 points. Matt Strueby is third on the Pats with 29 goals and 14 assists for 43 points. Colten Teubert leads the team's rearguards with 9 goals and 22 assists for 31 points.

With 36 goals on the season, Eberle is the Pats' leading goal scorer and is third overall in the WHL in that category.

Leffler leads the team in penalty minutes with 113 on the season.

Rookie Brandon Davidson is the team leader in plus/minus at +13 on the campaign.

Ketlo has made 36 appearances this season and has a 16-12-2-3 record to go along with a 3.21 goals against average and a.900 save percentage. Guhle has played in 20 games this season and has a 5-11-1-0 record with a 3.98 goals against average and a.878 save percentage.

The Pats feature the 4th-ranked power play in the WHL at 26.3% on the season. The team's penalty kill unit is working at a 78.8% clip this year and is ranked 15th in the league.

Blades vs Pats

Follow all the action tonight on 92.9 The Bull with Les Lazaruk. The game can also be purchased on WHL WebTV.

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