Seven different players scored the goals and 13 of 18 skaters hit the scoresheet as the Saskatoon Blades trimmed the Raiders 7-2 in Prince Albert Thursday night.
The victory ended a three-game losing streak for the Bridge City Bunch and gave Dan Da Silva (pictured) his first win as a W-H-L head coach in his first game as bench boss. Da Silva is taking over from Brennan Sonne, who is an assistant coach with Team Canada-White at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Prince Edward Island. The Blue and Gold scored the game’s final five goals, breaking a 2-2 tie with less than five minutes to go in the second period to improve their record to 9-5-0. Hudson Kibblewhite, Easton Armstrong, Lukas Hansen, Egor Sidorov, Tanner Molendyk, Ben Saunderson and Brandon Lisowsky tallied for the Blades as they out-shot P-A 33-26. Sidorov, Molendyk, Saunderson and Lisowsky each added an assist for two point nights while Jordan Keller and Charlie Wright each chipped in a pair of helpers. Ryder Ritchie and Brayden Dube replied for the Raiders, now 9-6-1 for the season. Prince Albert had won 4-1 in Regina on Wednesday. Saskatoon is back at it Friday night against B-C Division-leading Prince George at SaskTel Centre. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with the Palliser Rooms E-Q-3 Cutting Edge Pre-Game Show and the play-by-play at 7 o’clock. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast, Post-Game Show interviews with Da Silva and Molendyk plus the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L…..
Saskatoon Blades 7 at Prince Albert Raiders 2 – Status: Final
Thursday, November 2, 2023 – Art Hauser Centre – Prince Albert, SK
Saskatoon 1 2 4 – 7
Prince Albert 1 1 0 – 2
1st Period-1, Saskatoon, Kibblewhite 2 (Calvert), 6:41. 2, Prince Albert, Ritchie 10 (Hoffrogge, Oiring), 12:20 (PP). Penalties-Parr Sas (slashing), 11:06; Calvert Sas (tripping), 15:28; Pakkala Pa (cross checking), 20:00.
2nd Period-3, Saskatoon, Armstrong 9 (Molendyk, Saunderson), 4:39. 4, Prince Albert, Dube 6 (Oiring, Ritchie), 5:36. 5, Saskatoon, Hansen 5 (Keller, Wright), 15:38 (PP). Penalties-Parr Sas (high sticking), 1:20; Johnston Pa (hooking), 14:14.
3rd Period-6, Saskatoon, Sidorov 9 (Wong, Wright), 1:15. 7, Saskatoon, Molendyk 4 (Sidorov, Lisowsky), 5:21. 8, Saskatoon, Saunderson 2 (Keller, Parr), 12:05. 9, Saskatoon, Lisowsky 9 (Siepmann), 13:48. Penalties-Hansen Sas (holding, major-fighting), 14:29; Goldsmith Pa (holding, major-fighting), 14:29; Volotovskii Sas (cross checking), 16:23.
Shots on Goal-Saskatoon 8-11-14-33. Prince Albert 5-9-12-26.
Power Play Opportunities-Saskatoon 1 / 2; Prince Albert 1 / 4.
Goalies-Saskatoon, Elliott 7-3-0-0 (26 shots-24 saves). Prince Albert, Hildebrand 4-3-0-0 (33 shots-26 saves).
A-2,258
Referees-Brody McGrath (73), Brian MacDonald (7).
Linesmen-Justin Primeau (112), Troy Semenchuk (65).
