Blades do Enough in Two Periods to Overcome Comeback-Minded Pats

The Saskatoon Blades followed up a strong, beginning to end overtime victory Friday in Brandon with a solid opening 40 minutes Saturday, then held on for a 5-3 victory over the visiting Regina Pats.

Tanner Scott (pictured) opened the scoring and potted the eventual winning goal for the 27-16-6 Bridge City Bunch as they extended their winning streak to four games and remained tied for first place in the W-H-L’s East Division with Prince Albert. Hayden Harsanyi also tallied twice for the Blue and Gold while Kazden Mathies potted a goal and added an assist. Scott, Harsanyi and Mathies are all newcomers to the Blades since the Christmas break. The offence from the trio provided Saskatoon with a 5-1 lead after two periods before the 14-30-6 Pats scored twice in 53 seconds early in the third period to put a scare into the Bridge City Bunch before 4,245 fans. The five goals was the first time the Blue and Gold scored five in a game since a December 28, 5-2 victory in Regina. Saskatoon starts a week of four games against teams all occupying a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference when they welcome former Blades Tanner Molendyk and Misha Volotovskii along with the rest of the Conference-leading Medicine Hat Tigers at SaskTel Centre on Tuesday. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast, Post-Game Show comments from head coach Dan Da Silva, Scott and Harsanyi plus the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L…..

REGINA Goals REGINA PLAYERS (plus) SASKATOON PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time  G-As1-As2 1st 2:38  21-57-5 5 21 38 57 72 2 3 11 29 72 3rd 4:28  27-37-5 4 5 27 37 47 3 9 52 72 77 3rd 5:21  6 6 21 55 57 72 21 25 27 37 86

SASKATOON Goals SASKATOON PLAYERS (plus) REGINA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time  G-As1-As2 1st 1:31  29-4-11 4 11 29 37 72 4 24 44 47 52 1st 4:18  26-23-20 2 3 20 23 26 6 13 27 37 72 1st 15:34  77-13-37 4 9 13 37 77 6 18 34 55 72 2nd 10:15  29-77 2 3 29 72 77 5 18 47 52 55 2nd 15:07  26-27 2 4 26 27 86 6 13 20 38 57