Tristen Robins has cornered the “Teddy Bear Toss” goal-scoring reins with the Saskatoon Blades!
For the second straight year, the Brandon product opened the scoring to touch off a cascade of stuffed animals sailing onto the ice at SaskTel Centre. For the second straight year, Robins’ tally sent the Bridge City Bunch on to a victory over the East Division-leading Prince Albert Raiders…Sunday’s final score being 4-1.
Robins scored at 10:44 of the first period, just after a P-A penalty expired, allowing the majority of 5,344 fans to propel their stuffed animal donations towards the ice. For the Blue and Gold it was a huge game-opening goal…the first one they’d scored in six games. Chase Wouters, Zach Huber and Eric Florchuk also tallied as the Blades ended a four-game winless streak in their final game before the Christmas break. Ozzy Wiesblatt was the only Raider to break through Nolan Maier as Saskatoon out-shot Prince Albert 28-25 in winning for the third time in four head-to-head meetings. The same teams will collide after the Christmas break in a home-and-home series…December 27 at the Art Hauser Centre December 28 back in Saskatoon. Following is the official game sheet from the W-H-L…
Prince Albert Raiders 1 at Saskatoon Blades 4 – Status: Final
Sunday, December 15, 2019 – SaskTel Centre – Saskatoon, SK
Prince Albert 0 0 1 – 1
Saskatoon 1 1 2 – 4
1st Period-1, Saskatoon, Robins 11 (Walford, Dach), 10:44. Penalties-Allan Pa (tripping), 8:42; Masella Pa (roughing), 20:00; De La Gorgendiere Sas (roughing), 20:00.
2nd Period-2, Saskatoon, Wouters 13 17:57. Penalties-No Penalties
3rd Period-3, Prince Albert, Wiesblatt 15 (Guhle), 2:59. 4, Saskatoon, Huber 11 (Crnkovic, Florchuk), 3:57. 5, Saskatoon, Florchuk 11 (Robins, Walford), 12:33 (PP). Penalties-Aquilon Pa (holding), 5:45; Robins Sas (interference), 6:15; Nagy Pa (hooking), 11:11; Hayes Pa (roughing), 17:18.
Shots on Goal-Prince Albert 11-3-11-25. Saskatoon 8-10-10-28.
Power Play Opportunities-Prince Albert 0 / 1; Saskatoon 1 / 4.
Goalies-Prince Albert, Bilous 15-5-3-1 (28 shots-24 saves). Saskatoon, Maier 12-12-1-2 (25 shots-24 saves).
A-5,344
Referees-Aydon Brown (85), Mike Langin (67).
Linesmen-Tanner McGregor (55), Andrew Sawatsky (123).
