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Blades Shutout Rebels

March 22, 2010 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Saskatoon Blades News Release


The Blades netminder Steven Stanford made 33 saves for his 2nd shutout of the post-season to take a 2-0 lead against the Red Deer Rebels in the best of 7 Eastern Conference Quarter-Final.

The Blades quickly jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first 5 minutes of the opening period. Curtis Hamilton opened the scoring 1:53 into the 1st period with his first goal of the post-season. Jyri Niemi quickly extended the lead with an unassisted goal at 2:55. 20 year old Walker Wintoneak notched his first of the playoffs at 4:36.

Neither team scored in the 2nd period but Darian Dziurzynski notched his first ever post-season goal at 10:29 in the 3rd period to ensure a 4-0 win.

Netminder Darcy Kuemper started the game for the Rebels but was relieved by Kraymer Barnstable after letting in 3 goals in 4 shots.

A total of 132 penalty minutes were given out with the majority of them in the last minute of play. The Red Deer Rebels Josh Cowen received a major charging penalty for a run in with Blades netminder Steven Stanford at 19:08. The run on Stanford led to a series of fights on the ice. As a result, a total of 7 fighting majors and 5 game misconducts were assigned before the final buzzer.

The Blades were 0/3 on the power play and 8/8 on the penalty kill.

3 Stars

1st Star-#9 Curtis Hamilton

2nd Star-#26 Darian Dziurzynski

3rd Star-#35 Steven Stanford

The Blades will now head to Red Deer 2-0 in the best of 7 series. Games 3 & 4 will take place Wednesday March 24th and Thursday March 25th at the Enmax Centrium. Puck drop is slated for 7pm. Don't miss any of the action! Tune into the Voice of the Blades, Les Lazaruk on 92.9FM the Bull for all your Blades play-by-play action with the pre-game show beginning at 6:30pm each night.

To view video highlights from the game visit www.saskatoonblades.com.

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