WHL Saskatoon Blades

Blades Wrap up Road Trip against Rockets

December 1, 2018 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Saskatoon Blades News Release


Saskatoon Blades (16-9-3-0) at Kelowna Rockets (12-15-1-0)

Date | Time Saturday, Dec. 1st | 9:05 pm/7:05pm PT

Place Prospera Place, Kelowna, B.C.

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Tonight...

The Blades wrap up their 5-game journey through the B.C. Division in Kelowna against the Rockets. Now at 16-9-3-0 on the season, the Blades currently sit in 3rd place in the Eastern Conference. They'll take on a Rockets team that sits 6th in the Western Conference with a 12-15-1-0 record. Saskatoon picked up 1 point in a 3-2 OT loss last night in Kamloops to drop to 2-1-1-0 on the trip. Meanwhile, the Rockets return home after a 3-2 OT win Friday night in Kennewick, WA., over the Tri-City Americans.

The last game...

Emil Malysjev (1) and Max Gerlach (17) scored last night in a 3-2 OT loss to the Kamloops Blazers. Dawson Davidson had 2 assists in the loss whileNolan Maier stopped 26/29 shots faced.

Leif Mattson (10,11) scored twice including the game winner in a 3-2 OT win for the Rockets over the Tri-City Americans. Kyle Crosbie (4) had the other goal and James Porter made 26 saves in the win.

Head to Head...

Saskatoon enters with a 10-5-2-0 record on the road... the Rockets are 5-7-0-0 at home. Kelowna has a -13 goal differential this season, Saskatoon is +10. The special teams success rate is almost identical with the Blades holding a slight edge in the combined success rate at 102.5% compared to the Rockets 102.3%. The road team has won each of the past two meetings between Saskatoon and Kelowna.

Who's hot...

Kristian Roykas-Marthinsen has 2 goals and 3 assists in his last 6 games... Max Gerlach has 3 goals and an assist in 4 games on the road trip and Kirby Dach leads the Blades in scoring with 41 points in 28 games. Dawson Davidson has 4 assists in 4 games on the BC road trip.

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