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April 7, 2019 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Saskatoon Blades News Release


TALE OF THE TAPE

Saskatoon Blades(4-1) PP- 2/19 = 10.5% PK- 14/17 = 82.3% OT Record: 2-0 GF:14 GA:14

2019 Playoffs Prince Albert Raiders (5-0) PP- 4/19 = 21% PK- 13/16 = 81.2% OT Record: 0-0 GF:23 GA:8

Tonight...

The Saskatoon Blades will look to respond after falling 6-1 on Friday night in game one of this Eastern Conference semifinal.

"We played about 29 minutes of hockey, so I'm curious how we'll the respond on Sunday, and what it looks like when we actually want to play 60 minutes," said Blades' head coach Mitch Love following Friday's game.

Chase Wouters scored the lone goal for the Blades in the loss-- his second of the post-season-- and he knows his team has more to offer.

"They wanted it a little bit more than we did in the last 30 minutes, and that's what this time of year is all about. We're both good teams. It comes down to whoever wants it," explained the 19-year-old Saskatoon captain.

Saskatoon will look to tighten up in the discipline department as well after giving the Raiders six power plays in the series opener, while only getting two opportunities of their own.

Head to head...

Saskatoon went 2-5-1-0 in the 8-game regular season series against the Raiders. The two teams closed out the regular season with a home-and-home series; the home side won in each game... Saskatoon 3-2 and Prince Albert 3-1. The Blades had the better special teams in the season series going 8/39 (20.5%) on the PP and 27/32 (84.4%) on the PK.

Max Gerlach (3G-4A) and Dawson Davidson (2G-5A) each had 7 points in the season series for Saskatoon, Nolan Maier started 5 of the 8 games and went 2-2-1-0 with a .891SV%... Dorrin Luding was 0-3 with a .904SV%.

Noah Gregor led the Raiders' offense in the series with 13 points in 7 games, Cole Fonstad had 12 points in 8 games, and Ian Scott went 4-2 in 6 starts with a .938SV%.

Game time is 6:00pm tonight from the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert. Tune in on the radio at 98 COOL FM, stream online at WHLLive.com, Sportsnet, or head to Shoeless Joe's Sports Grill in Saskatoon to join the official watch party.

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