WHL Saskatoon Blades

Blades Complete 4th Seven Game Series Sweep In Franchise History

Published on March 26, 2010 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Saskatoon Blades News Release


The Saskatoon Blades defeated the Red Deer Rebels at the Enmax Centrium Thursday night and claimed the Eastern Conference Quarter-Final series in a 4 game sweep.

Despite a combined total of 25 shots in the 1st period the game remained scoreless in the opening frame. Red Deer's Adam Kambeitz opened the scoring with his first career post-season goal shorthanded 1:47 into the 2nd period to give the hometown Rebels a 1-0 lead. Stefan Elliott scored his 1st of the night and 2nd of the series on the man advantage at 8:06 from Marek Viedensky and Josh Nicholls to tie the game at 1-1. Jeremy Boyer gave the Bridge City Bunch the lead for the first time in the game with his first career post-season goal at 13:11. Dalton Thrower and Curt Gogol picked up assists on the play.

Curtis Hamilton notched his 2nd goal of the series from Walker Wintoneak 4:23 into the final frame to extend the Blades lead to 3-1. Marek Viedensky increased the Blades lead to 4-1 before the mid-way point of the period by undressing netminder Kraymer Barnstable at 8:15. Red Deer's Brett Ferguson cut the Blades lead in half, from Cullen Morin and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, on the man advantage at 16:22. Gaelan Patterson scored the open net goal with 1:18 left in regulation to give the Saskatoon Blades a 5-2 victory.

Netminder Steven Stanford made 31 saves for the win while the Rebels Kraymer Barnstable faced a total of 36 shots in the loss.

The Blades were 1/4 on the power play and 7/8 on the penalty kill.

The victory marks the 4th time in Franchise history that the Blades have swept their opponent in a best of seven series. Blades netminder Steven Stanford only allowed 3 goals the entire series and is ranked #1 in the WHL in post-season play.

Series Point Breakdown:

Stefan Elliott 4GP 2-3 5pts

Walker Wintoneak 4GP 1-3 4pts

Gaelan Patterson 4GP 3-0 3pts

Marek Viedensky 4GP 2-1 3pts

Curt Gogol 4GP 1-2 3pts

Series Goaltending Breakdown:

Steven Stanford 4GP 4-0-0 0.73 GA 0.977SV%

The Blades will now wait to see who they will face in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals. The exact opponent will be announced once the winners of the other on-going Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals have been completed.

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