The trio of N-H-L campers that made their regular-season debuts Saturday for the Saskatoon Blades ended up having an immediate impact as the Bridge City Bunch out-lasted the Tigers 3-2 in overtime in Medicine Hat.
From Austin Elliott stopping 29 of 31 shots to Tanner Molendyk forcing overtime and assisting on the game-winning tally to Egor Sidorov (pictured) sniping the deciding tally at 4:06 of the extra period, those three guys were welcome additions to the Blue and Gold line-up as the team improved to 2-1-0 for the season and handed the Tigers their first loss, now 3-0-1. Brandon Lisowsky also scored for the Blades and added an assist while captain Trevor Wong chipped in three helpers in the 200th game of his W-H-L career. Saskatoon never led until Sidorov’s O-T winner, out-shot 31-30 overall – Molendyk and Sidorov accounted for more than half of the Bridge City Bunch’s 30 shots on goal with nine and eight, respectively. The win was the 10th straight head-to-head success for the Blue and Gold over Medicine Hat, dating back to December, 2019. The Blades face a quick turn-around as they take on the Calgary Hitmen Sunday at 2 o’clock at the Saddledome. CJWW’s broadcast begins at 1:45 p.m. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast, Les Lazaruk’s Post-Game Show interview with H-C Brennan Sonne and the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L…..
Saskatoon Blades 3 (OT) at Medicine Hat Tigers 2 – Status: Final OT
Saturday, September 30, 2023 – Co-op Place – Medicine Hat, AB
Saskatoon 0 1 1 1 – 3
Medicine Hat 0 2 0 0 – 2
1st Period- No Scoring.Penalties-served by Mrsic Mh (too many men), 2:54; Hodass Mh (boarding), 3:02; Molendyk Sas (hooking), 5:25; Mrsic Mh (cross checking), 6:07; Saunderson Sas (roughing), 16:56; Boehm Mh (roughing), 16:56.
2nd Period-1, Medicine Hat, Mrsic 2 (McKenna, Van Mulligen), 4:10. 2, Saskatoon, Lisowsky 1 (Wong, Parr), 14:34. 3, Medicine Hat, Smith 4 (St. Martin, Hodass), 14:49. Penalties-Hodass Mh (roughing), 0:54; Hanas Mh (slashing), 5:15; Rebman Sas (misconduct – mouthguard), 12:47; Parsons Mh (high sticking), 19:41.
3rd Period-4, Saskatoon, Molendyk 1 (Wong, Lisowsky), 15:08. Penalties-Lisowsky Sas (tripping), 6:26; Wiesblatt Mh (interference), 7:48; Wright Sas (interference), 9:14; MacKenzie Mh (slashing), 13:03; Shugrue Sas (holding), 16:01.
OT Period-5, Saskatoon, Sidorov 1 (Molendyk, Wong), 4:06. Penalties-No Penalties
Shots on Goal-Saskatoon 13-4-9-4-30. Medicine Hat 10-9-11-1-31.
Power Play Opportunities-Saskatoon 0 / 8; Medicine Hat 0 / 4.
Goalies-Saskatoon, Elliott 1-0-0-0 (31 shots-29 saves). Medicine Hat, May 3-0-1-0 (30 shots-27 saves).
A-3,241
Referees-Ward Pateman (124), Kevin Webinger (6).
Linesmen-Marcus Gerow (139), Jason Nedinis (33).
