Jonathan Hodgson
Jonathan covers the Saskatoon Blades and the WHL. He is a sports communications professional with extensive experience in baseball and hockey. His journalism experience includes bylines at Sports Spectrum and the Toronto Blue Jays, as well as the Canadian Baseball Network, Victoria Grizzlies and DUBNetwork.
Author's Posts
Reviewing Saskatoon Blades Trades at the 2018 Deadline
November 27th, 2020 Saskatoon Blades general manager Colin Priestner was moving and shaking at the 2018 Western Hockey League trade deadline. With the Blades in the midst of a mediocre 2017-18 season and likely to miss the playoffs for a fifth straight season, Priestner executed a series of bold moves that would set Saskatoon up for success, both in the...
5 Saskatoon Blades Who Became NHL Head Coaches
November 22nd, 2020 Inspired by the Saskatoon Blades' recent hiring of former Hockey Canada video coach Ryan Dietrich to head coach Mitch Love’s staff for the 2020-21 season, we are going to look back at five former Blades’ players who later coached in the NHL. The focus of this story is the five well-known current or one-time NHL head coaches...
3 Saskatoon Blades Connections at 2021 World Juniors
November 17th, 2020 The Saskatoon Blades and their fans will be keeping a close eye on the upcoming 2021 World Junior Championship, which begins on Dec. 25 in Edmonton, AB. The Western Hockey League club is represented by two current members and recent star alumnus Kirby Dach. The Chicago Blackhawks centre is on loan to Canada, contingent to the start...
Memorial Cup Champ Wacey Rabbit Mentors Indigenous Youth
October 30th, 2020 Wacey Rabbit enjoyed a distinguished five-year Western Hockey League career with the Saskatoon Blades and Vancouver Giants before embarking on a professional career that has taken him around the world and is now entering its fourteenth season. Along the way, the former captain of the Saskatoon Blades and 2007 Memorial Cup Champion...
Sharks' Tristen Robins Follows Father's Path Through Blades
October 26th, 2020 Tristen Robins realized his boyhood dream earlier this month, when the Saskatoon Blades’ star centerman was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the second round, 56th overall in the 2020 NHL Draft. Coming off a breakout 2019-20 Western Hockey League season where he totaled 33 goals and 73 points, THW’s Carson Shmyr wrote about how...
Legends Behind Saskatoon Blades' Retired Jersey Numbers
October 22nd, 2020 There is no more definitive way for a player’s legacy with his team to be cemented than to have his jersey number retired and raised to the rafters. The Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League (WHL) have bestowed that honour to six of their greatest alumni, having removed five jersey numbers from circulation in the...
