It wasn’t quite a carbon copy of Friday’s 1-0 extra time triumph in Lethbridge, but the Saskatoon Blades got a similar result on Saturday with a 4-3 overtime victory over the Tigers in Medicine Hat.
Fraser Minten (pictured) finished a 2-on-1 break at 1:08 of O-T to give the Bridge City Bunch a 10th consecutive win. It was Minten’s second goal of the night while Brandon Lisowsky scored the other two goals for the Blue and Gold as they rallied from a 2-0 first period deficit to improve their record to 41-9-5. Lisowsky added an assist for a three-point game while Trevor Wong chipped in two helpers for the Blades as they upped their consecutive game streak with points in the standings to 13 games (12-0-1) and improved their head-to-head winning streak over the Tigers to 12 games dating back to December, 2019 – six of them in Medicine Hat. Saskatoon looks to finish up their current three-game road trip with another win when they visit the Brandon Wheat Kings Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Following is the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L, the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast and Les Lazaruk’s Post-Game Show interview with head coach Brennan Sonne…..
Saskatoon Blades 4 (OT) at Medicine Hat Tigers 3 – Status: Final OT
Saturday, February 17, 2024 – Co-op Place – Medicine Hat, AB
Saskatoon 1 1 1 1 – 4
Medicine Hat 2 0 1 0 – 3
1st Period-1, Medicine Hat, St. Martin 20 6:05 (SH). 2, Medicine Hat, Smith 27 (McKenna, Mrsic), 13:27 (PP). 3, Saskatoon, Lisowsky 31 (Wong), 15:52. Penalties-McCann Mh (high sticking), 5:55; McCann Mh (slashing), 10:38; Wong Sas (high sticking, high sticking), 11:45.
2nd Period-4, Saskatoon, Lisowsky 32 (Wong), 19:55. Penalties-Sidorov Sas (delay of game), 3:46; served by Sidorov Sas (too many men), 6:39; Kibblewhite Sas (tripping), 13:33.
3rd Period-5, Saskatoon, Minten 17 (Molendyk, Watterodt), 4:57. 6, Medicine Hat, Mrsic 15 (MacKenzie, Krebs), 12:28. Penalties-No Penalties
OT Period-7, Saskatoon, Minten 18 (Lisowsky), 1:08. Penalties-No Penalties
Shots on Goal-Saskatoon 6-6-10-2-24. Medicine Hat 11-8-4-0-23.
Power Play Opportunities-Saskatoon 0 / 2; Medicine Hat 1 / 5.
Goalies-Saskatoon, Elliott 25-4-2-1 (23 shots-20 saves). Medicine Hat, McCallum 10-6-1-0 (24 shots-20 saves).
A-3,626
Referees-Troy Murray (34), Ty Skene (19).
Linesmen-Greg Sarauer (68), Michael Roberts (87).
