WHL Saskatoon Blades

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March 1, 2019 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Saskatoon Blades News Release


Regina Pats (18-40-1-2) at Saskatoon Blades (39-14-8-0)

Date | Time | Place Friday, March 1st | 7:00 p.m | SaskTel Centre

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Tale of the Tape

Regina Pats (18-40-1-2 - 39pts) 5th - East Division 10th - Eastern Conference PP- 44/245 18% (17th in WHL) PK- 220/292 75.3% (18th in WHL) Last 5: (2-3-0-0) Streak: (0-2-0-0)

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Saskatoon Blades (39-14-8-0 - 86pts) 2nd - East Division 2nd - Eastern Conference PP- 60/261 23% (6th in WHL) PK- 164/206 79.6% (7th in WHL) Last 5: (4-1-0-0) Streak: (2-0-0-0)

Tonight...

The Blades wrap up a six game season series with the Regina Pats while looking to hit the 40-win mark for the first time since 2012-13. Saskatoon finished the month of February with a 10-1-1-0 record, the best in the WHL. The Blades are also 10 points up on Moose Jaw in the East Division, and need to keep winning to try and clinch home ice in the first round, which will likely be against the Warriors, who have 2 games in hand. The magic number is 9... meaning any points gained by the Blades or lost by the Warriors count towards that number of 9 for Saskatoon to clinch home ice in the first round.

The last game...

Ryan Hughes (25,26) scored twice and Kirby Dach (23) had 5 points in a 6-4 win over Lethbridge on Tuesday at SaskTel Centre. Kyle Crnkovic (10), Gary Haden (29), and Chase Wouters (15) also scored for the Blades. Riley McKay and Nolan Kneen each had 2 assists and Nolan Maier made 35 saves for his 31st win of the season.

Head to head...

Saskatoon leads the season series 4-1. The PP vs Regina is 6/24 (25%) and the PK is 12/15 (80%). Max Gerlach and Dawson Davidson lead the offense with 7 points each... Austin Pratt has 4 points in the series for Regina. Nolan Maier is 4-0 with a .929SV% in the season series.

Who's hot...

Ryan Hughes has points in six straight games including 4-points in his last outing. Riley McKay has 4 points in his last 4 games, Gary Haden has goals in each of his last two outings and Kirby Dach is heating up with 9 points in his last 5 games. Nolan Maier has won 6 of his last 7 starts.

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