A great way to start a string of six straight road games for the Saskatoon Blades Friday night.
Ben Riche (pictured) scored at 1:37 of overtime as the Bridge City Bunch out-lasted the Wheat Kings 4-3 in Brandon. It was the 19-year-old Bethune product’s second goal of the game. Add in an assist and Riche is tied for the scoring lead in the W-H-L with Vancouver forward Cameron Schmidt, each with 21 points. Line-mates Brandon Lisowsky and Tyler Parr also tallied for the Blue and Gold – now 10-2-1 for the season, leading the entire league. Lisowsky added two assists for a three-point game as well. The Blades never trailed, but the Wheaties kept coming back to tie the score on three different occasions, setting the stage for Riche’s winner. Saskatoon out-shot Brandon 40-37. The Bridge City Bunch’s next five games, all on the road, are a tour of the B-C Division which begins Friday, November 1 in Langley, B-C against the Vancouver Giants. Following are audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast plus Les Lazaruk’s Post-Game Show interviews with Riche and head coach Dan Da Silva, as well as the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L…..
Saskatoon Blades 4 (OT) at Brandon Wheat Kings 3 – Status: Final OT
Friday, October 25, 2024 – Westoba Place – Brandon, MB
Saskatoon 0 3 0 1 – 4
Brandon 0 2 1 0 – 3
1st Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Kibblewhite Sas (slew-footing), 6:59; Nguyen Bdn (hooking), 15:30.
2nd Period-1, Saskatoon, Parr 4 1:49. 2, Brandon, Jacobson 2 (Flamand, Shipley), 11:17. 3, Saskatoon, Riche 8 (Lisowsky), 12:21. 4, Brandon, Ronald 1 (Baumuller, Zacharias), 13:20. 5, Saskatoon, Lisowsky 4 (Riche, Siepmann), 19:40. Penalties-Riche Sas (too many men), 9:00.
3rd Period-6, Brandon, Jacobson 3 9:16. Penalties-Elick Bdn (delay of game), 7:13.
OT Period-7, Saskatoon, Riche 9 (Molendyk, Lisowsky), 1:37. Penalties-No Penalties
Shots on Goal-Saskatoon 14-10-14-2-40. Brandon 8-21-7-1-37.
Power Play Opportunities-Saskatoon 0 / 2; Brandon 0 / 3.
Goalies-Saskatoon, Gardner 6-2-1-0 (37 shots-34 saves). Brandon, Bjarnason 3-3-1-0 (40 shots-36 saves).
A-2,519
Referees-Taylor Friesen (79), Brody Sutter (74).
Linesmen-Nick Grenier (159), Matt Granger (103).
