WHL Saskatoon Blades

Blades Looking for Revenge in Prince Albert

December 28, 2018 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Saskatoon Blades News Release


Saskatoon Blades (21-10-5-0) at Prince Albert Raiders (32-2-0-1)

Date | Time Friday, Dec. 28th | 7:00 pm

Place Art Hauser Centre, Prince Albert, SK

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

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Next Home Game 2:00pm Tuesday, January 1st vs Swift Current

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Tonight...

The Saskatoon Blades travel to Prince Albert for the back half of a home & home series with the Raiders. The Blades will look to bounce back after letting a 3-2 lead slip last night before eventually falling 4-3 in overtime to the Raiders. Prince Albert will try to keep their home ice unbeaten record of 16-0-0-0 in tact while extending their win streak to 5 games.

The last game...

Kyle Crnkovic (2), Eric Florchuk (10), and Max Gerlach (20) scored in last night's 4-3 OT loss. Noah Gregor (20,21) and Brayden Pachal (8,9) each scored twice for PA. Nolan Maier stopped 27/31 shots faced... Donovan Buskey stopped 23/26 for PA. Saskatoon went 2/5 on the PP and 1/1 on the PK.

Head to Head...

Prince Albert leads the season series 3-1 thanks to last night's 4-3 OT win in Saskatoon. Rookie Tristen Robins leads the Blades with 2G-2A vs PA this season, Dawson Davidson (3A) and Eric Florchuk (2G-1A) also have 3 points in the season series. Raider captain Brayden Pachal (3G-3A) leads Prince Albert's offense in the series with Brett Leason (2G-3A) and Cole Fonstad (5A) close behind. Nolan Maier (1-2-1-0, 1 SO) has started all 4 games versus PA this season while Donovan Buskey got his first look in the series last night and came away with the win.

Who's hot......

Dawson Davidson has points in his last 4 games and currently sits 2nd among all defensemen in WHL scoring with 35 points. Tristen Robins has 1G-2A in his last 2GP, Kristian Roykas-Marthinsen (WSH '17) has 2G-5A in his last 8 games. Gary Haden has 8 points in his last 4 outings.

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