Motivated by the presence of family members from Belarus being in attendance Friday night, Egor Sidorov (pictured) scored three goals and assisted on Trevor Wong’s game winner to pace the Saskatoon Blades to a 4-2 victory over the Red Deer Rebels.
A third round pick this past June by the Anaheim Ducks in the N-H-L Draft, the 19-year-old Sidorov recorded his fourth hat-trick of the season in the first game his family watched him live in North America. His output paced the Bridge City Bunch to their fourth straight win and upped their season record to 20-8-1. Sidorov now has 28 goals for the season in 27 games played. The Blue and Gold play the middle game of three in three nights Saturday when they visit the Moose Jaw Warriors. 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, Post-Game Show interviews with head coach Brennan Sonne, defenceman Tanner Molendyk and centre Fraser Minten plus the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L…..
Red Deer Rebels 2 at Saskatoon Blades 4 – Status: Final
Friday, December 8, 2023 – SaskTel Centre – Saskatoon, SK
Red Deer 1 0 1 – 2
Saskatoon 1 1 2 – 4
1st Period-1, Saskatoon, Sidorov 26 (Minten, Lisowsky), 7:58. 2, Red Deer, Samuel Drancak 5 (Jean Jr., Quentin Bourne), 17:44. Penalties-Lindgren Rd (holding), 3:09.
2nd Period-3, Saskatoon, Sidorov 27 (Molendyk, Wong), 6:14 (PP). Penalties-served by Mayo Rd (too many men), 5:25; Armstrong Sas (boarding, boarding), 11:58.
3rd Period-4, Red Deer, Samuel Drancak 6 (Brigley, Formanek), 11:43 (PP). 5, Saskatoon, Wong 7 (Sidorov), 13:25. 6, Saskatoon, Sidorov 28 (Wong, Saunderson), 19:52 (EN). Penalties-Formanek Rd (kneeing), 6:20; Saunderson Sas (tripping), 10:05.
Shots on Goal-Red Deer 4-8-7-19. Saskatoon 10-8-6-24.
Power Play Opportunities-Red Deer 1 / 3; Saskatoon 1 / 3.
Goalies-Red Deer, Stoesser 7-7-0-1 (23 shots-20 saves). Saskatoon, Elliott 14-4-1-0 (19 shots-17 saves).
A-3,758
Referees-Troy Murray (34), Jesse Wood-Schatz (21).
Linesmen-Riley Carriere (72), Tanner McGregor (55).
