Fifth-rated defeated second-ranked Saturday night, a victory that may very well keep the Saskatoon Blades in the C-H-L’s Top 10 rankings next week.
The fifth-rated Bridge City Bunch played “Saskatoon Blades” hockey in a 4-2 triumph over the second-ranked Seattle Thunderbirds. The Blue and Gold scored at least four goals, allowed no more than two, were disciplined, won the special teams battle and played a solid team game in both ends of the ice – back-stopped by steady to spectacular goaltending. Egor Sidorov broke a 1-1 tie with a late second period power play goal, then added two more tallies in the third period for his third hat-trick of the season, while Austin Elliott (pictured) stopped 30 of 32 shots as the Blades improved their record to 27-8-3. Trevor Wong opened the game’s scoring for Saskatoon, who finished with a 3-2-0 record against U-S Division visitors this season. Saskatoon product and defenceman Kevin Korchinski closed out the game’s scoring as the T-Birds fell to 30-7-2 overall, winding up their six-game East Division road trip with a 3-3-0 record. The Bridge City Bunch play four games in five nights next week, starting with a Tuesday trip to Moose Jaw to face the Warriors. Game time is 7 o’clock with CJWW’s broadcast beginning at 6:45 p.m. Following is the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L, audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast and Post-Game Show interviews with Sidorov, head coach Brennan Sonne and defenceman Spencer Shugrue…..
Seattle Thunderbirds 2 at Saskatoon Blades 4 – Status: Final
Saturday, January 14, 2023 – SaskTel Centre – Saskatoon, SK
Seattle 0 1 1 – 2
Saskatoon 1 1 2 – 4
1st Period-1, Saskatoon, Wong 15 (Chiasson, De La Gorgendiere), 13:53. Penalties-Wong Sas (slashing), 1:09; Korchinski Sea (cross checking), 8:45; Allan Sea (tripping), 17:05.
2nd Period-2, Seattle, Myatovic 16 11:12. 3, Saskatoon, Sidorov 20 (De La Gorgendiere, Wong), 18:36 (PP). Penalties-Saunderson Sas (hooking), 3:32; Prokop Sea (cross checking), 13:03; Sanders Sea (boarding), 18:08.
3rd Period-4, Saskatoon, Sidorov 21 (Wong, Gustafson), 5:46. 5, Saskatoon, Sidorov 22 (Roulette), 11:28. 6, Seattle, Korchinski 4 (Lambert, Davidson), 16:59. Penalties-No Penalties
Shots on Goal-Seattle 5-11-16-32. Saskatoon 10-5-7-22.
Power Play Opportunities-Seattle 0 / 2; Saskatoon 1 / 4.
Goalies-Seattle, Ratzlaff 15-5-0-1 (22 shots-18 saves). Saskatoon, Elliott 15-3-2-0 (32 shots-30 saves).
A-4,605
Referees-Taylor Burzminski (83), Brian MacDonald (7).
Linesmen-Tanner McGregor (55), Devan Thiessen (94).
