In this, their 55th season of existence in the W-H-L, the Saskatoon Blades now have 1,800 regular-season wins.

Blake Stevenson (pictured) snapped an eight-game goal-less drought with two tallies 1:46 apart and Nolan Maier stopped 27 shots for the shutout as the Bridge City Bunch blanked the Swift Current Broncos in Wednesday’s first game in the East Division “Dubble” in Regina. Captain Chase Wouters added the other goal for the Blue and Gold, now winners of four straight games and successful in nine consecutive head-to-head meetings with Speedy Creek. The 1,800th win came in the 3,820th game for Saskatoon in their W-H-L regular-season existence. As for Maier, he’s on the verge of setting another Blades’ career goaltending record. The Yorkton product’s second goose-egg of the Hub season was the ninth of his career, tied with Andrey Makarov for most in franchise history. The Bridge City Bunch will put their 13-2-2 record on the line again Thursday against the Regina Pats at 4 o’clock. That’s when the broadcast starts on 98-COOL. Following is the official game summary from the W-H-L…

Saskatoon Blades 3 at Swift Current Broncos 0 – Status: Final
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 – Brandt Centre – Regina, SK

Saskatoon 2 1 0 – 3
Swift Current 0 0 0 – 0

1st Period-1, Saskatoon, Stevenson 6 (Wyatt McLeod, Rhinehart), 10:35. 2, Saskatoon, Stevenson 7 (Patrician, Crnkovic), 12:21. Penalties-No Penalties

2nd Period-3, Saskatoon, Wouters 7 (Saunderson, Lisowsky), 2:43. Penalties-Morozoff Sas (slashing), 5:30; Farren Sc (cross checking), 5:30; De La Gorgendiere Sas (slashing), 14:08; Farren Sc (interference), 15:20.

3rd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Morozoff Sas (face off violation), 12:48.

Shots on Goal-Saskatoon 17-16-7-40. Swift Current 7-12-8-27.
Power Play Opportunities-Saskatoon 0 / 1; Swift Current 0 / 2.
Goalies-Saskatoon, Maier 10-1-1-0 (27 shots-27 saves). Swift Current, Poulter 2-9-1-0 (40 shots-37 saves).
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Referees-Mike Langin (67), Bob Millette (61).
Linesmen-Levi Schutz (110), Brent Vandermeulen (100).