Blades Finish Phase 1, Training Camp; Ready to Start Phase 2, Pre-Season Games

(Kirkness Cup team photos courtesy Steve Hiscock, Saskatoon Blades)

Four days of Saskatoon Blades’ training camp came to an end Sunday afternoon with Team Keller, named after former Bridge City Bunch player and assistant coach Ryan Keller, winning the Kirkness Cup, named in honour of the former popular Blades’ equipment and dressing room assistant.

Left winger Brandon Lisowsky, who scored 33 goals for the Blue and Gold last season and was drafted by Toronto over the summer, was on the winning squad and talked about the significance of winning the scrimmage tournament…..

Saskatoon head coach Brennan Sonne said training camp was “really, really good”…..

The Blades start the pre-season schedule Monday afternoon against the Prince Albert Raiders at the official opening of the Jim Neilson Sports Complex on the Big River First Nation. Head coach Sonne says the Bridge City Bunch playing in this game will be cool…..

Sonne says the Blue and Gold will ice a young 20-man roster for the first pre-season game…..

Following the end of training camp, the Blades reduced their roster from 73 players to 34, including three goaltenders, 13 defencemen and 18 forwards. Game time Monday is 1:15 p.m. Following are Les Lazaruk’s complete interviews with Lisowsky and Sonne, plus the Saskatoon pre-season roster…..