Consistently Inconsistent Blades Beaten by Canes at Home

The Saskatoon Blades looked to be in good shape going into third period Saturday night, tied at 1-1 and holding a 20-10 advantage on the shot clock. But, it was the Lethbridge Hurricanes that hushed the crowd of 4,397 at SaskTel Centre with three goals, then cruised to a 4-2 triumph.

The loss kept the Bridge City Bunch from jumping over Brandon into second place in the W-H-L’s East Division and fifth place in the Eastern Conference as the Wheat Kings lost 5-2 in Prince Albert Saturday. The 26-22-4 Blue and Gold remain a point back of the Wheaties, who have one game in hand. The Canes, meanwhile, ended a 12-game road losing streak and improved to 16-35-1 for the season – still nine points back of Red Deer for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Conference. Kazden Mathies and Tyler Parr tallied for the Blades, who ended up out-shooting Lethbridge 35-20. Hurricanes’ goaltender Koen Cleaver was the first star for the second time in 10 days against Saskatoon. After rallying for a 4-3 overtime victory Friday in Regina, the Bridge City Bunch failed to put together a second consecutive win – and haven’t done so in two weeks, losing six of their last eight games and being out-scored 31-16. The Blue and Gold continue to have better success on the road than at home with records of 14-10-3 away from SaskTel Centre, compared to 12-12-1 in the friendly confines. The Blades’ next action is Wednesday at home against Regina. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast, Post-Game Show interviews with head coach Dan Da Silva and Parr plus the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L website…..

Game Report 1022703

Western Hockey League

PLAYED AT: SaskTel Centre – Saskatoon, SK
Date: Feb 7, 2026

Visiting Team: Lethbridge Hurricanes
Manager:

Home Team: Saskatoon Blades
Manager:

LETHBRIDGE LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Cleaver, Koen
G	35	Kuntz, Cohen (AP)
	3	Scott, Will
A	4	Adair, Carsen
	5	Pichette, Grady
	6	Smith, Brayden
	9	Duell, Kade
	11	Heger, Kyle
	12	Lafournaise, Tyden
	14	Evans, Jake
A	15	Longley, Kayden
	16	Daneault, Easton
	17	Anderson, Kai
	19	Chenier, Oli
	22	Kibblewhite, Hudson
	23	Fabrizi, Matteo (OA)
	24	Malinek, Tomas
	27	Lesiuk, Gavin
	28	Lima, Lukas
A	29	Berge, Owen

LETHBRIDGE PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	23	5:00	Major-Fighting	0:22			0:22	6:52
2nd	29	2:00	Closing Hand on Puck	5:50	1		5:50	7:50
2nd	24	2:00	Interference	9:03	1		9:03	10:23

SASKATOON LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Budd, Ryley
G	35	Gardner, Evan
A	4	Klimpke, Brayden
	11	Lewandowski, David
	13	Poll, Isaac
	16	Williams, Cooper
	19	Clark, Gavin
C	20	Parr, Tyler (OA)
A	23	Calvert, Rowan (OA)
	25	Mitchell-McElhone, Triston
	26	Harsanyi, Hayden
A	27	Laing, Hunter
	37	Kachkowski, Jack
	41	Lavallee, Jack
	43	Dumas, Luke (AP)
	47	Doyle, Tristen
	55	Moreland, Mason (AP)
	71	Bowtell, Ben
	77	Mathies, Kazden
	88	Pul, Elias

SASKATOON PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	20	5:00	Major-Fighting	0:22			0:22	6:52
3rd	25	2:00	Cross Checking	0:18	1		0:18	2:18
3rd	23	2:00	Hooking	5:33	1		5:33	5:59

LETHBRIDGE Goals				LETHBRIDGE PLAYERS (plus)					SASKATOON PLAYERS (minus)
Per.	Time		G-As1-As2
1st	7:32		22-4-17	4	17	19	22	23	11	13	16	27	47
3rd	5:59	PP	29
3rd	11:32		29-16-27	4	16	23	27	29	4	11	16	37	71
3rd	12:22		27	3	11	16	27	29	13	23	26	47	77

SASKATOON Goals				SASKATOON PLAYERS (plus)					LETHBRIDGE PLAYERS (minus)
Per.	Time		G-As1-As2
2nd	10:23	PP	77-16-11
3rd	14:06		20-37	4	20	26	37	77	3	9	11	12	15

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
LETHBRIDGE	1 / 2
SASKATOON	1 / 2

PENALTY SUMMARY
LETHBRIDGE	9 min / 3 inf
SASKATOON	9 min / 3 inf

POINT SUMMARY
LETHBRIDGE	4 G + 4 A = 8 Pts
SASKATOON	2 G + 3 A = 5 Pts

SCORING	1	2	3	Total
LETHBRIDGE	1	0	3	4
SASKATOON	0	1	1	2

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)	1	2	3	Tot.	On	Off
LET – Cleaver (60:00) (W)	6	13	14	33	/0:00	3rd/20:00
SAS – Gardner (57:24) (L)	6	3	7	16	/0:00	3rd/17:24
SAS – Gardner (0:21) (L)	0	0	0	0	/18:49	3rd/19:10

Stars of the Game	TIME OF GAME:
LET – 30 Cleaver	Start:	7:05 PM
LET – 29 Berge	End:	9:30 PM
SAS – 20 Parr	Attendance:	4397

OFFICIALS

Referee: Ridge Brooks (161)

Referee: Corey Koop (53)

Linesmen: Justin Primeau (112)

Linesmen: Andrew Sawatsky (123)

CERTIFIED CORRECT

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