The Saskatoon Blades recorded their first win on their season-longest road trip Friday, slipping past the Seattle Thunderbirds 3-1 in Kent, Washington.
Lukas Hansen (pictured) scored the winning goal with 68 seconds left in the third period as the Bridge City Bunch are 1-2-0 on the swing, 16-8-0 overall for the season and won for the first time on the road over Seattle since December 30, 2009. Brandon Lisowsky gave the Blue and Gold a 1-0 lead – something they have done in all three games on the trip. That lead held up for about 33 minutes until the Thunderbirds tied it up early in the third period – setting the stage for Hansen’s winner. Egor Sidorov added an empty net goal in the dying seconds. The goaltenders weren’t over-worked, but were strong as Evan Gardner stopped 18 shots while Scott Ratzlaff blocked 19 for Seattle as the Blades out-shot the T-Birds 22-19. Saskatoon resumes their swing Saturday evening with their first visit in four years to Portland to play the Winterhawks. Game time is 8 o’clock with CJWW’s broadcast beginning with the Palliser Rooms E-Q-3 Cutting Edge Pre-Game Show at 7:45 p.m. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast, Les Lazaruk’s Post-Game Show interview with head coach Brennan Sonne and the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L…..
Saskatoon Blades 3 at Seattle Thunderbirds 1 – Status: Final
Friday, November 24, 2023 – accesso ShoWare Center – Kent, WA
Saskatoon 1 0 2 – 3
Seattle 0 0 1 – 1
1st Period-1, Saskatoon, Lisowsky 14 (Saunderson, Wong), 12:02. Penalties-Sidorov Sas (high sticking), 9:03.
2nd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Alarie Sea (boarding), 7:09; Molendyk Sas (holding), 11:34; Watterodt Sas (roughing), 19:51.
3rd Period-2, Seattle, Martorana 10 (Alarie, Mynio), 5:55. 3, Saskatoon, Hansen 7 (Watterodt, Armstrong), 18:52. 4, Saskatoon, Sidorov 21 19:53 (EN). Penalties-Mynio Sea (high sticking), 0:54.
Shots on Goal-Saskatoon 6-9-7-22. Seattle 6-3-10-19.
Power Play Opportunities-Saskatoon 0 / 2; Seattle 0 / 3.
Goalies-Saskatoon, Gardner 5-4-0-0 (19 shots-18 saves). Seattle, Ratzlaff 7-6-1-0 (21 shots-19 saves).
A-3,730
Referees-Jeff Ingram (82), Kacey Walker (156).
Linesmen-Michael McGowan (41).
