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Blades Quell Hurricanes Thanks to Gardner’s “Sweet” Goaltending

By Les Lazaruk Nov 29, 2024 | 11:49 PM

Fittingly enough, Evan Gardner and Zach Olsen played a big role in the Saskatoon Blades’ Friday night victory on Diabetes Awareness Night.

Both are Type 1 diabetics with Gardner stopping 30 shots and Olsen scoring a goal as the Bridge City Bunch downed the Lethbridge Hurricanes 4-1. It was the eighth straight win at home for the Blue and Gold as they upped their record to 16-6-2. Brandon Lisowsky, Rowan Calvert and Lukas Hansen also scored for the Blades in front of 3,650 fans at SaskTel Centre. Saskatoon returns to action Saturday night when they welcome the Swift Current Broncos. Game time is 7 p.m. with CJWW’s broadcast beginning at 6:45. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast, Post-Game comments from head coach Dan Da Silva, Olsen and Hansen and Les Lazaruk’s second intermission conversation with Bridge City Bunch President and General Manager Colin Priestner plus the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L…..






Game Report 1021462 Western Hockey League
PLAYED AT: SaskTel Centre – Saskatoon, SK
Date: Nov 29, 2024		 Visiting Team: Lethbridge Hurricanes
Manager:		 Home Team: Saskatoon Blades
Manager:
LETHBRIDGE LINEUP
Pos No.  Name
G 30  Cleaver, Koen
G 31  Smith, Brady
A 2  McCutcheon, Logan (OA)
4  Adair, Carsen
C 8  Chadwick, Noah
9  Doyle, Tristen
10  Smith, Shane
11  Cozens, Luke
14  Marques, Miguel
15  Gizowski, Kooper
17  Sharpe, Will
A 18  Wormald, Logan
A 19  Edwards, Brayden (OA)
20  Petersen, Chase
22  Pakkala, Hayden (OA)
24  Port, Vojtech
25  Andresen, Kash
26  Johnson, Trae
28  Braillard, Leo
29  Ward, Landen
LETHBRIDGE PENALTIES
Per. No. Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st 26 2:00  Tripping 12:41 1 12:41 10:41
2nd 29 2:00  Cross Checking 1:45 1 1:45 3:32
3rd 15 10:00  10-Minute Misconduct 15:40 1 15:40 4:47
3rd 10 2:00  Tripping 15:40 1 15:40 13:40
3rd 14 10:00  10-Minute Misconduct 18:28 18:28
3rd 18 2:00  Roughing 18:28 18:28
SASKATOON LINEUP
Pos No.  Name
G 33  McCallum, Ethan
G 35  Gardner, Evan
C 2  Saunderson, Ben (OA)
3  Martin, Jordan
4  Klimpke, Brayden
8  Lisowsky, Brandon (OA)
9  Olsen, Zach
13  Poll, Isaac
14  Worthington, Colten
17  Volotovskii, Misha
19  Riche, Ben
A 20  Parr, Tyler
21  Siepmann, Grayden (OA)
A 23  Calvert, Rowan
24  Molendyk, Tanner
25  Williams, Cooper
28  Hansen, Lukas
52  Tastad, Morgan
72  James, William
86  Lewandowski, David
SASKATOON PENALTIES
Per. No. Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st 3 2:00  Tripping 18:51 1 18:51 19:09
2nd 2 2:00  Holding 16:14 1 16:14 18:14
3rd 28 2:00  Roughing 18:31 18:31
LETHBRIDGE Goals LETHBRIDGE PLAYERS (plus) SASKATOON PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time  G-As1-As2
3rd 8:24  8-28-20 8 9 20 26 28 9 13 24 25 86
SASKATOON Goals SASKATOON PLAYERS (plus) LETHBRIDGE PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time  G-As1-As2
2nd 1:21  8 8 19 20 21 52 9 10 14 17 28
2nd 3:32 PP  23-24-19
3rd 6:31  28-21-72 2 21 28 72 86 2 14 17 18 19
3rd 6:53  9-14-17 2 4 9 14 17 2 8 14 17 19
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
LETHBRIDGE 0 / 2
SASKATOON 1 / 4

PENALTY SUMMARY
LETHBRIDGE 28 min / 6 inf
SASKATOON 6 min / 3 inf

POINT SUMMARY
LETHBRIDGE 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts
SASKATOON 4 G + 6 A = 10 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
LETHBRIDGE 0 0 1 1
SASKATOON 0 2 2 4
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
LET – Smith (60:00) (L) 12 9 13 34 /0:00 3rd/20:00
SAS – Gardner (60:00) (W) 10 16 4 30 /0:00 3rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
 SAS – 35 Gardner  Start: 7:05 PM
 SAS – 28 Hansen  End: 9:23 PM
 SAS – 9 Olsen  Attendance: 3650
OFFICIALS
Referee: Adam Bloski (16)
Referee: Ty Skene (19)
Linesmen: Marc Guitard (116)
Linesmen: Levi Schutz (110)

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