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Keller Scores Winner in Spengler Cup

December 31, 2007 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Saskatoon Blades News Release


Ryan Keller, a former Saskatoon Blade from 2001-2005, scored the game-winning goal in the final of the Spengler Cup today to lead Team Canada to victory over Russian team Salavat Yulaev Ufa.

The tournament, held annually in Davos, Switzerland, is the second oldest international ice hockey club team tournament in the world after the Stanley Cup playoffs. The tournament is played each year between Christmas and New Year's Day and features 4 European club teams plus Team Canada. This is the 11th tournament championship for Team Canada since it began entering teams in 1984. Other prominent members of Team Canada included goaltender Curtis Joseph, defenseman Mark Giordano, and forward Travis Green, all former NHLers.

Keller, a native of Saskatoon, played 257 regular season games with the Blades scoring 120 goals to go along with 117 assists for 237 points. Since leaving the Blades, the soon-to-be 24-year-old has played in the American Hockey League with the Grand Rapids Griffins and Syracuse Crunch, in the United Hockey League with the Muskegon Fury, and this season in Finland with the Espoo Blues club team, where at this point he has 15 goals and 10 assists for 25 points in 31 games played.

During the Spengler Cup tournament, Keller had 3 goals and 2 assists in the 5 games played throughout the week.

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