For two periods Wednesday, the game was goal-less and the Saskatoon Blades were in position to possibly take over fourth place in the W-H-L’s Eastern Conference and Nolan Maier could have the league’s career wins record for a goaltender all to himself.
Neither happened as the Lethbridge Hurricanes exploded for two goals 32 seconds apart in the first two-and-a-half minutes of the third frame and didn’t stop until they had rolled up a 6-1 triumph. The Canes improved to 30-30-4 and reduced their Magic Number to one point in order to clinch a playoff spot. Jordan Keller potted his first W-H-L goal for the 36-26-4 Bridge City Bunch, who remain one point back of Moose Jaw and five points ahead of Brandon in fifth place. The Blue and Gold have two home games left to play, the Warriors have four road games remaining and the Wheat Kings have five games to go, including two against Moose Jaw and one in Saskatoon. The Blades host the Prince Albert Raiders Friday at 7 o’clock at SaskTel Centre with the broadcast on CJWW at 6:30. Following is the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L and Les Lazaruk’s Post-Game Show interview with head coach Brennan Sonne…..
Saskatoon Blades 1 at Lethbridge Hurricanes 6 – Status: Final
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 – Enmax Centre – Lethbridge, AB
Saskatoon 0 0 1 – 1
Lethbridge 0 0 6 – 6
1st Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Lisowsky Sas (tripping), 3:51; Nolan Let (interference), 18:09.
2nd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Laventure Let (hooking), 8:13; Kovacs Let (holding), 14:04.
3rd Period-1, Lethbridge, Arntsen 6 (Thacker, Hall), 1:44. 2, Lethbridge, McCutcheon 4 (Reichle), 2:16. 3, Lethbridge, Wormald 12 (Marques, Arntsen), 9:40. 4, Saskatoon, Keller 1 (Paulhus, Volotovskii), 10:51. 5, Lethbridge, Arntsen 7 (Hall, Thacker), 13:42. 6, Lethbridge, Pauls 8 (Hall, Thacker), 15:31 (EN). 7, Lethbridge, Edwards 7 19:02. Penalties-Sidorov Sas (roughing), 15:18; Nolan Let (roughing), 15:18; Watterodt Sas (major-fighting, game misconduct), 17:16; Arntsen Let (major-fighting, game misconduct), 17:16.
Shots on Goal-Saskatoon 6-7-11-24. Lethbridge 14-6-17-37.
Power Play Opportunities-Saskatoon 0 / 3; Lethbridge 0 / 1.
Goalies-Saskatoon, Maier 29-23-3-1 (36 shots-31 saves). Lethbridge, Thomson 21-23-2-1 (24 shots-23 saves).
A-2,742
Referees-Kevin Webinger (6), Brian MacDonald (7).
Linesmen-Devin Kohlhauser (92), Gavin Enns (163).
