Couple of Blades’ Nemesis Give Encore Performances in Hurricanes Victory

A couple of “seconds” against the Saskatoon Blades were enough to give the Lethbridge Hurricanes a 2-0 victory Tuesday night.

For the second time this season, Jackson Unger posted a clean sheet by stopping 29 Bridge City Bunch shots while Chase Petersen tallied what turned out to be the winning goal in the first period, his second of the campaign and both against the Blue and Gold. The result clinched an Eastern Conference playoff spot for the 35-19-3 Canes for a ninth straight season. Saskatoon product and Lethbridge defenceman Logan McCutcheon assisted on Petersen’s goal and added a short-handed marker in what was likely the last game the 20-year-old would play at SaskTel Centre. The Blades were oh-for-6 on the power play and are 1-for-17 on the man advantage over their last five games. The loss dropped Saskatoon’s record to 30-19-7 and kept their Magic Number to clinch a post-season berth at seven points. The Bridge City Bunch are off until the weekend when they visit Moose Jaw Saturday and host Edmonton on Sunday. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast, Post-Game Show interviews with head coach Dan Da Silva and right winger Tyler Parr plus the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L website…..

Game Report 1021827

Western Hockey League

PLAYED AT: SaskTel Centre – Saskatoon, SK
Date: Feb 25, 2025

Visiting Team: Lethbridge Hurricanes
Manager:

Home Team: Saskatoon Blades
Manager:

LETHBRIDGE LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Cleaver, Koen
G	35	Unger, Jackson
A	2	McCutcheon, Logan (OA)
	4	Adair, Carsen
	6	Tipler, Kale
C	8	Chadwick, Noah
	9	Doyle, Tristen
	10	Smith, Shane
	11	Cozens, Luke
	12	Norrie, Cameron
	15	Gizowski, Kooper
	17	Anderson, Kai (AP)
A	19	Edwards, Brayden (OA)
	20	Petersen, Chase
	21	Wilson, Anthony
	22	Price, Caden
	24	Port, Vojtech
	25	Andresen, Kash
	26	Johnson, Trae
	29	Yager, Brayden

LETHBRIDGE PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	29	2:00	Slashing	1:51	1		1:51	3:51
2nd	22	2:00	Cross Checking	0:54	1		0:54	2:54
2nd	21	2:00	Checking to the Head (48.2)	3:30	1		3:30	5:30
2nd	26	2:00	Hooking	5:35	1		5:35	7:35
2nd	12	2:00	Inter. on Goaltender	11:58	1		11:58	13:58
3rd	25	2:00	High Sticking	1:54	1		1:54	3:54

SASKATOON LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Budd, Ryley (AP)
G	33	McCallum, Ethan
C	2	Saunderson, Ben (OA)
	3	Martin, Jordan
	9	Olsen, Zach
	13	Poll, Isaac
	18	Lodge, Kohen (AP)
A	20	Parr, Tyler
	21	Siepmann, Grayden (OA)
A	23	Calvert, Rowan
	25	Williams, Cooper
	26	Harsanyi, Hayden
	27	Laing, Hunter
	29	Scott, Tanner (OA)
	37	Kachkowski, Jack
	41	Lavallee, Jack (AP)
	52	Tastad, Morgan
	72	James, William
	77	Mathies, Kazden
	86	Lewandowski, David

SASKATOON PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
2nd	72	2:00	Tripping	8:09	1		8:09	10:09
3rd	25	2:00	Slashing	3:08	1		3:08	5:08

LETHBRIDGE Goals				LETHBRIDGE PLAYERS (plus)					SASKATOON PLAYERS (minus)
Per.	Time		G-As1-As2
1st	12:35		20-24-2	2	15	17	20	24	13	25	27	37	86
2nd	2:14	SH	2-11-19	2	4	11	19		2	25	27	77	86

SASKATOON Goals

SASKATOON PLAYERS (plus)

LETHBRIDGE PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
LETHBRIDGE	0 / 2
SASKATOON	0 / 6

PENALTY SUMMARY
LETHBRIDGE	12 min / 6 inf
SASKATOON	4 min / 2 inf

POINT SUMMARY
LETHBRIDGE	2 G + 4 A = 6 Pts
SASKATOON	0 G + A = 0 Pts

SCORING	1	2	3	Total
LETHBRIDGE	1	1	0	2
SASKATOON	0	0	0	0

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)	1	2	3	Tot.	On	Off
LET – Unger (60:00) (W)	5	14	11	30	/0:00	3rd/20:00
SAS – McCallum (58:00) (L)	13	3	9	25	/0:00	3rd/18:00

Stars of the Game	TIME OF GAME:
LET – 35 Unger	Start:	7:03 PM
LET – 2 McCutcheon	End:	9:26 PM
SAS – 33 McCallum	Attendance:	3478

OFFICIALS

Referee: Adam Forbes (62)

Referee: Troy Murray (34)

Linesmen: Tanner McGregor (55)

Linesmen: Levi Schutz (110)

CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official Western Hockey League Game Report.