Five goals were scored, all on the power play, with the Saskatoon Blades getting four of them in a 4-1 Sunday triumph over the Oil Kings in Edmonton.
The four man advantage markers were the most in one game this season for the Bridge City Bunch. Tyler Parr (pictured) opened the scoring by deflecting Charlie Wright’s point shot, then had the primary assist on Fraser Minten’s tally that turned out to be the game-winner. It was the sixth straight game in which the Blue and Gold opened the game’s scoring and the 32nd time in 44 games in which the Blades have lit the red light first, their record now 27-4-1 when that happens. Rowan Calvert and Brandon Lisowsky, who extended his goal-scoring streak to six games, also connected for Saskatoon – now 31-9-4 for the campaign. Gracyn Sawchyn prevented rookie Bridge City Bunch netminder Evan Gardner from posting his third shutout of the season when he notched a power play goal with 9:12 remaining in the third period. Edmonton dropped to 15-25-2 while being out-shot 31-19. The Blue and Gold begin their second and final three-game weekend on Friday when they travel to Prince Albert. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast plus Les Lazaruk’s Post-Game Show chat with Blades’ head coach Brennan Sonne and the game summary courtesy the W-H-L..
Saskatoon Blades 4 at Edmonton Oil Kings 1 – Status: Final
Sunday, January 21, 2024 – Rogers Place – Edmonton, AB
Saskatoon 1 2 1 – 4
Edmonton 0 0 1 – 1
1st Period-1, Saskatoon, Parr 8 (Wright, Suzdalev), 2:01 (PP). Penalties-Abougouche Edm (interference), 1:14.
2nd Period-2, Saskatoon, Minten 9 (Parr, Siepmann), 1:57 (PP). 3, Saskatoon, Calvert 8 (Saunderson, Babcock), 4:12 (PP). Penalties-Wright Sas (major-fighting), 1:19; Abougouche Edm (instigator, major-fighting, 10-minute misconduct), 1:19; Sawchyn Edm (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 2:16; Sidorov Sas (hooking), 5:45; Andrusiak Sas (holding), 8:48; Nash Edm (hooking), 9:30.
3rd Period-4, Saskatoon, Lisowsky 26 (Sidorov, Siepmann), 9:10 (PP). 5, Edmonton, Sawchyn 11 (Bruce, Hodnett), 10:48 (PP). Penalties-Bruce Edm (interference), 7:29; Tastad Sas (hooking), 10:23; Minten Sas (roughing), 11:04; Finnie Edm (roughing), 11:04; Szabo Edm (charging), 11:04; Parr Sas (hooking), 12:43.
Shots on Goal-Saskatoon 9-11-11-31. Edmonton 4-10-5-19.
Power Play Opportunities-Saskatoon 4 / 6; Edmonton 1 / 4.
Goalies-Saskatoon, Gardner 12-5-0-1 (19 shots-18 saves). Edmonton, Hay 14-12-0-1 (31 shots-27 saves).
A-7,952
Referees-Bryce Sebastian (64), Brian MacDonald (7).
Linesmen-Kristian Brown (147), Dylan Leaney (146).
