The Saskatoon Blades find themselves solidly in fifth place in the W-H-L’s Eastern Conference heading into five games in the next 10 days, four of them at SaskTel Centre and the other in Prince Albert next weekend.

The Bridge City Bunch are four points back of Moose Jaw and four ahead of Brandon. The Warriors hold the final opening round spot that carries home-ice advantage. The top eight teams make the post-season. Blue and Gold head coach Brennan Sonne (pictured) admits he’s watching the standings closely…..

The Blades have home games Friday against Winnipeg and Saturday versus Red Deer, both teams ahead of them in the standings. Game time both nights is 7 o’clock at SaskTel Centre with the Pre-Game Show on CJWW at 6:30. Following are more comments from Sonne ahead of the weekend contests…..