Whoever coined the phrase, “Turnabout is fair play,” had the Saskatoon Blades in mind Saturday night.

In the first W-H-L regular-season game played at SaskTel Centre in 575 days, the Bridge City Bunch rebounded from a 7-1 thrashing Friday in Moose Jaw to double up the Warriors 4-2 in front of 4,352 fans. Just as it was Friday in Moose Jaw, the home team was out-shot and out-chanced Saturday, but received superior goaltending and special teams play to garner the two points. Nolan Maier bounced back from Friday’s sub-par effort to stop 32 of 34 shots while the Blue and Gold killed off all four Warriors’ power plays and scored a short-handed goal in the process. That tally by Tristen Robins turned out to be the game-winner, making a winner of Brennan Sonne (pictured), his first win as a W-H-L and Blades’ head coach. Trevor Wong and Josh Paulhus notched their first goals in a Saskatoon uniform to stake the Bridge City Bunch to a 2-0 lead after the first period. Robins’ short-handed tally made it 3-1 in the third period and Kyle Crnkovic finished the game scoring into an empty net. Next action for the Blue and Gold is Saturday in Brandon to open another home-and-home series with the return match at SaskTel Centre on October 13th. Following are CJWW’s Post-Game Show interviews Les Lazaruk did with Sonne, Maier and Robins, plus the game summary, courtesy the  W-H-L…..

Moose Jaw Warriors 2 at Saskatoon Blades 4 – Status: Final
Saturday, October 2, 2021 – SaskTel Centre – Saskatoon, SK

Moose Jaw 0 1 1 – 2
Saskatoon 2 0 2 – 4

1st Period-1, Saskatoon, Wong 1 (Rhinehart), 2:07. 2, Saskatoon, Paulhus 1 (Sidorov), 19:46. Penalties-De La Gorgendiere Sas (holding), 10:26.

2nd Period-3, Moose Jaw, Hunt 2 (Mateychuk, Korczak), 19:26. Penalties-Robins Sas (high sticking), 4:20; Baco Mj (interference), 14:45.

3rd Period-4, Saskatoon, Robins 1   7:15 (SH). 5, Moose Jaw, Firkus 1   12:28. 6, Saskatoon, Crnkovic 1 (Robins), 19:34 (EN). Penalties-Wright Sas (hooking), 6:39; Hunt Mj (unsportsmanlike cnd., checking to the head), 10:22; Robins Sas (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 10:22; Paulhus Sas (boarding), 13:33.

Shots on Goal-Moose Jaw 14-10-10-34. Saskatoon 11-12-5-28.
Power Play Opportunities-Moose Jaw 0 / 4; Saskatoon 0 / 2.
Goalies-Moose Jaw, Mirwald 0-1-0-0 (27 shots-24 saves). Saskatoon, Maier 1-1-0-0 (34 shots-32 saves).
A-4,352
Referees-Aydon Brown, Adam Forbes (62).
Linesmen-Tanner McGregor (55), Devan Thiessen (94).