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Preview: Blades and Rebels Meet in Sunday Matinee

March 3, 2019 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Saskatoon Blades News Release


Red Deer Rebels (31-24-4-2) at Saskatoon Blades (40-14-8-0)

Date | Time | Place Sunday | 2:00 p.m | SaskTel Centre

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Tale of the Tape

Red Deer Rebels (31-24-4-2 - 68pts) 5th - Central Division 8th - Eastern Conference PP- 41/233 = 17.6% (17th in WHL) PK- 174/226 = 77% (14th in WHL) Last 5: (2-2-0-1) Streak: (2-0-0-1)

Saskatoon Blades (40-14-8-0 - 88pts) 2nd - East Division 2nd - Eastern Conference PP- 60/270 = 22.2% (9th in WHL) PK- 171/213 = 80.3% (7th in WHL) Last 5: (4-1-0-0) Streak: (3-0-0-0)

Today...

Saskatoon enters as the hottest team in the WHL going 9-1-0-0 over their last 10, still trying to clinch home ice in the first round of the playoffs. Meanwhile, the Rebels are currently holding on to the final wild-card position in the Eastern Conference, having earned points in their last 3 games (2-0-0-1).

To clinch home ice in the first round... the magic number is 5. Any combination of the Blades gaining points or Moose Jaw losing potential points counts towards that number of 5. The Warriors next game is Tuesday at home against the Blades.

The last game...

Nolan Maier made 19 saves for his 5th career shutout on Friday night in a 4-0 victory over the Regina Pats in Saskatoon. Dawson Davidson had 2 assists and goals came from Eric Florchuk (21), Max Gerlach (38), Ryan Hughes (27), and Kyle Crnkovic (11).

Head to head...

Red Deer leads the season series 2-0-0-1, the Blades are 1-1-1-0, each team has a win in overtime. All three previous games were played in October on the 2nd & 26th in RD, Oct. 12th in SAS. The Blades are 3/14 on the PP and 9/12 on the PK in the series. Kirby Dach leads the Blades offense with 6 points, Brandon Hagel and Jeff de Wit also have 6 points each in the series for Red Deer.

Who's hot...

Ryan Hughes is riding a 7 game point streak including 7G-6A. Kirby Dach has 10 points in his last 6 games, Riley McKay has points in 4 of his last 5 games, and Nolan Maier has won 7 of his last 8 starts. Kyle Crnkovic has goals in each of his last 2 outings.

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