Posts About "Saskatoon Blades"
Chase Wouters to Become Saskatoon Blades' Longest-Serving Captain
July 23rd, 2020 The past two seasons have brought a great deal of change to the Saskatoon Blades but one of the constants throughout has been their on-ice leader. Chase Wouters played his fourth full Western Hockey League season in 2019-20, and his second as captain of the Blades. As Saskatoon's first-round bantam draft selection, 18th overall in...
Saskatoon Blades' Top-5 NHL Alumni
July 19th, 2020 The Saskatoon Blades have a history that dates back to the 1960s in the Western Hockey League and its predecessors. Though that history is not steeped in postseason team success, with no Ed Chynoweth Cup or Memorial Cup titles since their inception in 1964, fans in the Bridge City have witnessed the junior careers of numerous future...
5 Saskatoon Blades Make Cut in NHL Central Scouting Draft Rankings
July 8th, 2020 The 2019-20 Western Hockey League season provided a glimpse of what is to come on the ice for the Saskatoon Blades in the coming seasons. After the emergence of the team’s young core this past season, expectations are high for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which could feature the most Blades content in more than 30 years. Five...
Saskatoon Blades Swing Big at 2020 CHL Import Draft
July 2nd, 2020 The Saskatoon Blades had a chance to take a big swing with their first-round selection in the 2020 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft on Tuesday, and they did just that. With the 33rd-overall pick, the Western Hockey League club took highly touted prospect Brad Lambert from Finland....
Saskatoon Blades Goaltenders Could Put Team Over the Top in 2020-21
June 28th, 2020 The Saskatoon Blades are heading into the 2020-21 season with confidence in net with the ability to return veteran goalies Nolan Maier and Koen MacInnes. Quality goaltending can be, and often-times is, a game-changer in junior hockey. A top-flight netminder can steal games for a lesser-talented club and can cover up flaws and...
Saskatoon Blades Coach Love Is Pulling All the Right Strings
June 25th, 2020 Mitch Love made a name for himself as a rough and tumble defenceman in the Western Hockey League (WHL), and he is doing the same now as head coach of the Saskatoon Blades. Coach Mitch Love of the Saskatoon Blades (Steve Hiscock/Saskatoon Blades) A product of the town of Quesnel, BC, a town located a little more than 100...
Saskatoon Blades' 1st-Round NHL Draft Picks Since 2000
June 18th, 2020 Inspired by 2019 third-overall NHL Draft selection Kirby Dach, I thought we would take a retrospective look at each of the seven first-round draft selections that the Saskatoon Blades have produced in the new millennium. Saskatoon has a rich history dating back to the 1960s, so to make this story a bit more manageable in size and to...
Saskatoon Blades Summer To-Do List
June 12th, 2020 Summertime means roster decision time for clubs across the Canadian Hockey League, and the Western Hockey League’s Saskatoon Blades are no exception. Tristen Robins of the Saskatoon Blades, middle (second from right), celebrates with his teammates, including fellow 2020 draft eligible Kyle Crnkovic (16). (Steve Hiscock/Saskatoon...
Saskatoon Blades Overagers Bring Stability in Transition Year
June 8th, 2020 In a season marked by change with new faces in different roles, the Saskatoon Blades were able to remain a factor in the Western Hockey League’s Eastern Conference in 2019-20, thanks in large part to the stability provided by this year’s crop of overage players. At the outset of the season, the Blades knew they had adjustments to...
Saskatoon Blades: Youth on Display in Retooling Season
June 6th, 2020 Call it a retooling season for the Saskatoon Blades, not rebuilding. Expectations were high for the Blades coming into the 2019-20 campaign, and rightly so, after they finished the 2018-19 season with 98 points and reached the second round of the playoffs, where they bowed out to the eventual league champion Prince Albert...
Predraft Interview With Habs Prospect Nikita Scherbak
July 25th, 2014 Before getting drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, Nikita Scherbak had a great debut season in the WHL with the Saskatoon Blades. In this pre-draft interview by Roman Soloviev, Scherbak talks about crossing the Ocean, shares his views about the NHL draft and reveals his nicknames in Saskatoon. * Original article © rsport.ru, Roman...
NHL Draft War Room: Nikita Scherbak
May 13th, 2014 by Eldon MacDonald (edited by @ChrisRalphTHW) Nikita Scherbak THW’s NHL Draft War Room Rankings (E-Mac): #21 (April 2014) THW’s NHL Draft Rankings – The Next Ones Edition (aka Chris’s List): #21 (March 2014) Hashtag: #MrOnTheSpot Nickname: Scherby Team: #27, Saskatoon, WHL Position: Right Wing Shoots:...
QMJHL: A Two Horse Race
November 1st, 2012 Yes. It's only been a month and a half. Yes. It's very early in the season. Yes. There are still roughly anywhere between 51-53 games yet to be played. However, the QMJHL has become a two-team battle as to who will represent the league in the Memorial Cup. Right out of the gate, the Quebec Remparts and the Halifax...
