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October 28, 2018 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Saskatoon Blades News Release


Saskatoon Blades (8-5-2-0) at Calgary Hitmen (4-8-2-0)

Date | Time Sunday, Oct. 28th | 4:00 pm

Place Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alta.

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Radio 98 COOL FM | Pre-Game Show w/ Les Lazaruk @ 3:00pm

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Next Home Game 7:00pm Thursday, Nov. 1st vs Kootenay ICE

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Watch every Blades road game at Shoeless Joe's Sports Grill in Saskatoon. Tune in live on the radio at 98 COOL FM, or stream on WHL Live.

Tonight... Saskatoon wraps up a 3-in-3 road trip in Calgary against the Hitmen, already the 3rd meeting of the season between the 2 clubs. The road team has won each of the previous meetings; the Blades have the upper hand with an extra point due to an overtime loss in the last meeting on Oct. 17that SaskTel Centre. The Blades haven't won in their last 3 outings while the Hitmen are winless in their last 2. Saskatoon currently holds 2nd place in the East Division, 2 points ahead of the Brandon Wheat Kings who are in Vancouver tonight visiting the Western Conference leading Giants.

The last game...Dorrin Luding made 40 saves on 44 shots and Gary Haden scored twice in his 2nd game with the Blades as Saskatoon fell 5-2 to the Edmonton Oil Kings. Chase Wouters and Josh Paterson picked up assists in the loss.

Meanwhile, the Hitmen are coming off a barn-burner, 7-6 loss at home on Friday to the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Captain Mark Kastelic had 2G-2A in the loss while both Carl Stankowski (5GA) and Jack McNaughton (2GA) saw 15 shots in goal.

Head to head... Saskatoon is 1-0-1-0 this season against the Hitmen... Dorrin Luding has played both games in goal posting 1 shutout and a .940SV% in 2 starts. Dawson Davidson leads the offense with 4pts vs the Hitmen, Josh Prokop has 3pts vs the Blades for Calgary. Carl Stankowski has started both games in goal for Calgary, posting a .900SV% and a 1-1-0-0 record. The Blades penalty kill is a perfect 5/5 against the Hitmen.

Who's hot... Kirby Dach has 16 points in his last 11GP, leading the Blades with 24pts in 15GP this season tied for 5th in overall league scoring. Nolan Maier has faced 121 shots in his last 3 starts while allowing just 8 goals in that span which includes 2 overtimes. In his last 3 games, Maier has averaged over 40 shots against and has posted a .934SV%. Gary Haden scored twice last night in Edmonton. Brandon Schuldhaus had 1G-2A on Friday in Red Deer...he will play career game #200 tonight in his hometown of Calgary.

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