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McCallum’s Spectacular Save Sparks Blades to Victory Over Americans

By Les Lazaruk Oct 29, 2025 | 12:54 AM

It was the Highlight of the Night and the Save of the Night – and probably would’ve been even if there had been more than just the one game on Tuesday’s schedule.

Ethan McCallum (pictured) made a sliding, sprawling, glove save off Tri-Cities’ leading point-getter Jake Gudelj with the Americans leading 2-1 in the third period. A few seconds later, Kazden Mathies tied the score followed by the game winner by Cooper Williams and an empty net, insurance tally from Rowan Calvert, giving the Saskatoon Blades a 4-2 victory in Kennewick, Washington. The win was the first in three tries on their U-S Division road trip for the Bridge City Bunch. It was also the seventh straight head-to-head triumph for the Blue and Gold over the Ams and put an end to Tri-Cities’ three-game winning streak. Zach Olsen also tallied for the 10-5-0 Blades while McCallum stopped 29 shots as Saskatoon out-shot the Americans 36-31. The Bridge City Bunch continue their U-S swing Wednesday night in Spokane against the Chiefs. Game time is 8 o’clock with CJWW’s broadcast starting at 7:45. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast, Les Lazaruk’s Post-Game Show interviews with head coach Dan Da Silva and McCallum, as well as Les’ first intermission chat with Tri-Cities’ General Manager Bob Tory. Plus, the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L website is part of the post…..





Game Report 1022274 Western Hockey League
PLAYED AT: Toyota Center – Kennewick, WA
Date: Oct 28, 2025
GAME NOTES: Timeout Saskatoon @ 1:04 in the 3rd
Visiting Team: Saskatoon Blades
Manager:
Home Team: Tri-City Americans
Head Coach: Jody Hull
Manager:
SASKATOON LINEUP
Pos No.  Name
G 33  McCallum, Ethan
G 35  Gardner, Evan
3  Martin, Jordan
A 4  Klimpke, Brayden
8  Thurston, Derek
9  Olsen, Zach
11  Lewandowski, David
16  Williams, Cooper
17  Willhöft, Dustin
19  Clark, Gavin
C 20  Parr, Tyler (OA)
A 23  Calvert, Rowan (OA)
26  Harsanyi, Hayden
A 27  Laing, Hunter
37  Kachkowski, Jack
47  Doyle, Tristen
56  Sobry, Tyrone
71  Bowtell, Ben
77  Mathies, Kazden
82  Petr, Dominik (OA)
SASKATOON PENALTIES
Per. No. Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st 3 2:00  Hooking 0:54 1 0:54 2:54
2nd 19 2:00  Roughing 15:23 15:23 19:23
2nd 47 2:00  Tripping 17:21 17:21 19:21
3rd 9 2:00  Hooking 5:03 1 5:03 7:03
TRI-CITY LINEUP
Pos No.  Name
G 30  Wendt, Xavier
G 35  Grout, Ryan
2  LeBret, Dylan
3  Adam, Jaxen
4  Byrne, David
9  Pavao, Cruz
11  Koch, Cash
12  Dale, Connor (OA)
16  Virk, Savin
17  McKinnon, Jesse
19  Gudelj, Jake (OA)
20  Laing, Alexander
A 21  Savage, Carter (OA)
24  Martinson, Crew
25  Vanecek, Jakub
A 66  Garland, Gavin
71  Abougouche, Ismail
73  Krcal, David
A 77  Elick, Charlie
88  Racz, Tomas
TRI-CITY PENALTIES
Per. No. Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st 25 2:00  Tripping 4:46 1 4:46 6:46
1st 66 2:00  Roughing 18:52 1 18:52 0:52
2nd 3 5:00  Major-Fighting 15:23 1 15:23 0:23
2nd 3 2:00  Roughing 15:23 0:23 2:23
2nd 3 10:00  Game Misconduct 15:23 2:23 20:00
SASKATOON Goals SASKATOON PLAYERS (plus) TRI-CITY PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time  G-As1-As2
1st 15:52  9-77-3 3 4 9 23 77 3 9 16 19 25
3rd 8:05  77-23-9 3 4 9 23 77 17 20 21 73 77
3rd 13:05  16-27-47 8 11 16 27 47 9 16 19 21 77
3rd 19:27 EN  23-20-77 3 8 20 23 77 9 12 16 19 25 66
TRI-CITY Goals TRI-CITY PLAYERS (plus) SASKATOON PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time  G-As1-As2
1st 16:52  17 11 17 21 66 77 3 4 11 16 27
2nd 15:44 SH  66-16-2 2 16 25 66 9 11 16 27 47
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
SASKATOON 0 / 3
TRI-CITY 0 / 2

PENALTY SUMMARY
SASKATOON 8 min / 4 inf
TRI-CITY 21 min / 5 inf

POINT SUMMARY
SASKATOON 4 G + 8 A = 12 Pts
TRI-CITY 2 G + 2 A = 4 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
SASKATOON 1 0 3 4
TRI-CITY 1 1 0 2
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
SAS – McCallum (60:00) (W) 13 13 3 29 /0:00 3rd/20:00
TC – Wendt (59:31) (L) 11 12 9 32 /0:00 3rd/19:31
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
 SAS – 77 Mathies  Start: 7:09 PM
 SAS – 33 McCallum  End: 9:21 PM
 TC – 66 Garland  Attendance:
OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Campbell (89)
Referee: Brandon Koop (23)
Linesmen: Brayden Cameron (127)
Linesmen: Michael McGowan (41)

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