Third Period Rally Allows Blades to Avoid a Hit(men)

For the second time this season, the Saskatoon Blades overcame a deficit going into the third period to win. Rowan Calvert and Hunter Laing scored in the third period to give the Bridge City Bunch a 2-1 triumph in Calgary Friday night.

The Blue and Gold rode the stellar goaltending of Evan Gardner (pictured) to the come-from-behind victory as the Blades avenged a 4-1 loss at SaskTel Centre to the Hitmen last Saturday. Gardner stopped 26 of 27 shots, allowing only an early first period power play deflection goal by Landon Amrhein, as the 19-year-old Columbus draft pick out-duelled Eric Tu, who blocked 19 of 21 shots. The decision pulled Saskatoon, now 12-8-2 for the season, alongside 12-5-2 Calgary for third place in the Eastern Conference – each with 26 points. The Bridge City Bunch move on to Red Deer Saturday, to complete a mini, two-game Alberta road trip against the Rebels. CJWW’s broadcast starts at 6:45 p.m. with the play-by-play at 7 o’clock. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast plus Les Lazaruk’s Post-Game Show interview with head coach Dan Da Silva and the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L website…..

Game Report 1022342

Western Hockey League

PLAYED AT: Scotiabank Saddledome – Calgary, AB
Date: Nov 14, 2025
GAME NOTES: Timeout Saskatoon 2nd @ 16:59. Timeout Calgary 3rd @ 18:55.

Visiting Team: Saskatoon Blades
Manager:

Home Team: Calgary Hitmen
Head Coach: Dustin Friesen
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	8	2:00	Boarding	3:03	1		3:03	4:07
1st	77	2:00	Tripping	8:12	1		8:12	10:12
3rd	56	2:00	Roughing	2:02			2:02	4:02
3rd	8	2:00	Holding	16:50	1		16:50	18:50
3rd	23	2:00	Roughing	20:00			20:00
3rd	8	2:00	Roughing	20:00			20:00

CALGARY LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Hesse, Aidan
G	31	Tu, Eric
	4	Hamilton, Calder
	5	Williams, Bobby
C	6	Hurtig, Axel (OA)
	7	Aura, Hunter
	8	Molgachev, Andrei
	9	Lodewyk, Harrison (OA)
	12	Pisarczyk, Wyatt
A	15	Gorzynski, Brandon
	16	MacBeath, Ben
	17	Amrhein, Landon
A	18	Moore, Ethan (OA)
	19	Ng, Rylan
	21	Jundt, Keaton
	22	Dach, Kale
	25	Hildebrandt, Shaun
	34	Wilke, Caine
	38	Schollar, Hayden
	39	Trevors, Luc

CALGARY PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	18	2:00	Slashing	4:50	1		4:50	6:50
1st	34	2:00	Tripping	10:43	1		10:43	12:43
2nd	21	2:00	Tripping	2:16	1		2:16	4:16
2nd	38	2:00	Tripping	7:39	1		7:39	9:39
2nd	4	2:00	Holding	14:44	1		14:44	16:44
3rd	18	2:00	Roughing	2:02			2:02	4:02
3rd	9	4:00	Roughing Double Minor	20:00			20:00
3rd	9	10:00	10-Minute Misconduct	20:00			20:00
3rd	18	2:00	Roughing	20:00			20:00

SASKATOON Goals			SASKATOON PLAYERS (plus)					CALGARY PLAYERS (minus)
Per.	Time	G-As1-As2
3rd	5:01	23	19	23	47	56	71	4	5	25	38	39
3rd	15:34	27-11	11	16	27	37	47	7	8	16	18	34

CALGARY Goals

CALGARY PLAYERS (plus)

SASKATOON PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

4:07

17-15-34

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
SASKATOON	0 / 5
CALGARY	1 / 3

PENALTY SUMMARY
SASKATOON	12 min / 6 inf
CALGARY	28 min / 10 inf (9)

POINT SUMMARY
SASKATOON	2 G + 1 A = 3 Pts
CALGARY	1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts

SCORING	1	2	3	Total
SASKATOON	0	0	2	2
CALGARY	1	0	0	1

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)	1	2	3	Tot.	On	Off
SAS – Gardner (60:00) (W)	12	5	9	26	/0:00	3rd/20:00
CGY – Tu (58:43) (L)	6	4	9	19	/0:00	3rd/18:43

Stars of the Game	TIME OF GAME:
SAS – 35 Gardner	Start:	7:02 PM
CGY – 31 Tu	End:	9:19 PM
SAS – 27 Laing	Attendance:	3206

OFFICIALS

Referee: Simon Desbiens (129)

Referee: Kayden Knutson (31)

Linesmen: Matthew DeWald (47)

Linesmen: Jason Nedinis (33)

CERTIFIED CORRECT

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