WHL Saskatoon Blades

Blades Get Back To Winning Ways With 3-2 Victory

Published on January 12, 2010 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Saskatoon Blades News Release


The Saskatoon Blades earned a 3-2 victory over the Swift Current Broncos on Tuesday night at home for their 30th win of the 2009/10 season.

Gaelan Patterson (Saskatoon, SK), Curt Gogol (Calgary, AB), and Derek Hulak (Saskatoon, SK) scored for the Blades, who snapped a two-game losing streak with the win.

Saskatoon - 1st - Patterson (Walker Wintoneak, Hulak) 0:33 The Blades jumped out to a 1-0 lead right out of the gate. Patterson, from behind the net, had his centering pass find the back of the Swift Current net after it was knocked in off the stick of Broncos' defender. For the 19-year-old, it was his 15th of the season.

Saskatoon - 1st - Gogol (Marek Viedensky, Duncan Siemens) 9:45 The recently acquired Blade, Gogol, put his new club up 2-0 on his 1st of the season. Viedensky (Handlova, Slovakia) stole the puck along the half boards, turned, and sent a pass to Gogol in the slot, who made no mistake on the one-timer.

Swift Current - 2nd - Cody Eakin (Michael Stickland) 0:20 The Broncos made it 2-1 after breaking in on a 2-on-1 into the Blades' end. Stickland sent a pass across to Eakin, who deposited his 30th of the year.

Swift Current - 2nd - Stepan Novotny (Matt Tassone, Derek Claffey) 4:47 Novotny pulled the Broncos into a 2-2 tie after grabbing a loose puck in the Blades and beating Blades' goaltender Steven Stanford (Calgary, AB) five-hole for his 20th on the campaign.

Saskatoon - 2nd - Hulak (Travis Toomey) 15:26 sh The Blades went up 3-2 before the middle frame was closed. Toomey grabbed a loose puck in the neutral zone and broke in on a 2-on-1 with Hulak. Toomey carried wide, outwaited the defender and put a cross-crease pass to Hulak, who chipped home his 19th of the season.

Stanford made 29 saves in the Blades' net to earn the victory. Mark Friesen turned aside 24 of 27 shots in the Swift Current net in a losing cause.

Final score Saskatoon Blades 3, Swift Current Broncos 2.

The win sees the Blades' record go to 30-9-1-3 for 64 points and gives the team a cushion atop the WHL's Eastern Conference. The Broncos, meanwhile, fall to 23-19-0-2 for 48 points on the season.

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