As the injuries mount, so are the losses for the Saskatoon Blades…meaning their chances of finishing first in the W-H-L’s East Division “Dubble” are being reduced proportionately.
For the third straight game, the Bridge City Bunch fell to a team that refused to be swept in a four-game series as the Prince Albert Raiders, now 8-10-3, blanked the Blue and Gold 4-0. Ozzy Wiesblatt opened the scoring just 83 seconds in, then assisted on Terrell Goldsmith’s first W-H-L goal. Max Paddock stopped 20 shots for his second shutout in Regina with additional offensive support coming from Landon Kosier and Justin Nachbaur.
Nolan Maier made 27 saves for the 14-4-3 Blades, who were without forwards Tristen Robins and Colton Dach plus defencemen Aidan De La Gorgendiere and Tanner Molendyk going into the contest…then lost centre Evan Patrician to injury late in the second period. Saskatoon will attempt to end their second three-game winless skid of the “Dubble” on Friday when they take on the team they are tied with for second place, the 15-5-1 Winnipeg ICE. Both sit three points back of leading Brandon. Game time for the Blades and ICE is 4 p.m. on 98-COOL. Following is the official game summary from the W-H-L…
Saskatoon Blades 0 at Prince Albert Raiders 4 – Status: Final
Thursday, April 22, 2021 – Brandt Centre – Regina, SK
Saskatoon 0 0 0 – 0
Prince Albert 2 1 1 – 4
1st Period-1, Prince Albert, Wiesblatt 5 (Herman, Vitelli), 1:23. 2, Prince Albert, Goldsmith 1 (Wiesblatt), 16:27. Penalties-Nachbaur Pa (interference), 3:46; Pearce Pa (boarding), 9:56; Vitelli Pa (kneeing), 13:27.
2nd Period-3, Prince Albert, Kosior 3 (Pearce), 9:27. Penalties-Patrician Sas (tripping), 5:02; Horon Pa (too many men), 12:17; Bocharov Sas (major-fighting), 18:25; Crocker Pa (major-fighting), 18:25.
3rd Period-4, Prince Albert, Nachbaur 7 (Aquilon, Horon), 13:05. Penalties-Pearce Pa (high sticking), 0:16; Wouters Sas (roughing), 15:03; Nachbaur Pa (roughing, 10-minute misconduct), 15:03; Paulhus Sas (unsportsmanlike cnd., roughing), 15:42; Culling Pa (roughing), 15:42.
Shots on Goal-Saskatoon 6-9-5-20. Prince Albert 11-11-9-31.
Power Play Opportunities-Saskatoon 0 / 4; Prince Albert 0 / 2.
Goalies-Saskatoon, Maier 10-3-1-1 (31 shots-27 saves). Prince Albert, Paddock 7-6-0-0 (20 shots-20 saves).
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Referees-Cody Beach (76), Mike Langin (67).
Linesmen-Ryan Lundquist (106), Brent Vandermeulen (100).
