WHL Saskatoon Blades

Blades Win, Molleken Sets Record

Published on February 9, 2008 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Saskatoon Blades News Release


The Saskatoon Blades picked up a 3-2 victory on Saturday night in front of over 6,500 fans, helping General Manager/Head Coach Lorne Molleken pick up his 292nd career victory, setting a new franchise record.

Derek Hulak (PP) opened the games scoring just 4:20 into the first period to put the Blades up 1-0 after 20 minutes.

In the 2nd, the Brandon Wheat Kings raced back with 2 goals off the sticks of Colby Robak (PP) and Brayden Schenn (PP) to take the 40 minute lead.

Just as they did on this day in 1988, the Blades would come from behind to force the game to overtime thanks to Travis Toomey's 5th of the season at the 7:42 mark of the 3rd period.

In the extra frame, overage forward Ondrej Fiala sent the fans home happy as he slid his 13th of the year past Graham Hildebrand for a final score of 3-2.

Braden Holtby, coming off his 1st career shutout last night against Edmonton, made 28 saves on 30 Brandon shots while Hildebrand would stop 35 of Saskatoon's 38 shots.

The Blades power play was 1 for 4 on the night while their penalty kill was successful 3 out of 5 times.

Coach Lorne Molleken picked up his 292nd career victory as a Saskatoon Blades Head Coach, putting him past Jackie McLeod for first place on the all time list amongst Blades bench bosses.

The Blades will now hit the road for 3 straight games before returning to Credit Union Centre on February 20th, a game that was originally scheduled for February 12th. All pre-printed February 12th tickets will be honoured on the 20th.

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