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Blades Head to Moose Jaw for Date with Warriors

November 2, 2018 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Saskatoon Blades News Release


Saskatoon Blades (9-6-2-0) at Moose Jaw Warriors (6-4-3-0)

Date | Time Friday, Nov. 2nd | 7:00 pm

Place Mosaic Place, Moose Jaw, Sask.

Video Stream WHL Live

Radio 98 COOL FM | Pre-Game Show w/ Les Lazaruk @ 6:00pm

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Next Home Game 7:00pm Tuesday, Nov. 13th vs Medicine Hat Tigers

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Watch every Blades road game at Shoeless Joe's Sports Grill in Saskatoon. Tune in live on the radio at 98 COOL FM, or stream on WHL Live.

Tonight... It's back on the road for the Saskatoon Blades as they open a 6-game season series with the Moose Jaw Warriors. Saskatoon will be looking to get back into the win column after suffering a 4-2 loss last night at home to the Kootenay ICE. The Blades are 5-3-1-0 on the road this season. As for the Warriors, they're 3-3-2-0 at home and they'll be looking to gain some ground in the East Division currently sitting 4 points behind Brandon for 3rd in the division. They should also have rest on their side having not played since last Saturday in Medicine Hat, where they won 4-3 in a shootout.

Head to head... It's game 1 of 6 on the season between the Blades and Warriors. Moose Jaw won last year's series 5-1. The Blades come in with a +2 goal differential while the Warriors are -8. Moose Jaw will try to keep their streak alive at home against Saskatoon; they're 9-0-0-1 in the last 10 visits from the Blades. The Blades are lead by their top line of Kirby Dach (27pts), Max Gerlach (17pts) , and Eric Florchuk (15pts). Dawson Davidson leads the offense from the backend with 20 points this season. As for the Warriors, it's a trio of veterans leading the way. Captain Josh Brook has 13 points from the blue line while Justin Almeida (21pts) and Tristan Langan (20pts) lead the charge up front.

Who's hot... Kirby Dach is leads the Blades with 27pts in 17GP this season tied for 4th in overall league scoring. Gary Haden has 3G-1A in 4GP since joining the Blades. Brandon Schuldhaus has 1G-4A in his last 4 outings.




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