Blades Flip the Script From Wednesday to Friday in Out-Lasting Rebels

One of two teams playing Friday night was guaranteed to end a winless streak and, in the end, it was the Saskatoon Blades who managed to do that with a 4-3 overtime triumph over the Red Deer Rebels.

Hayden Harsanyi (pictured) sent most of the crowd of 4,247 fans at SaskTel Centre home happy by scoring on a breakaway just 56 seconds into extra time. That allowed the Bridge City Bunch to put the brakes on a three-game winless skid while extending Red Deer’s winless run to 11 games. The Blue and Gold had a reversal of fortune from Wednesday when they let a 3-1, third period lead slip away in a 4-3 shootout loss to Portland. On Friday, the Blades went into the third period facing a 3-1 deficit. But, Cooper Williams scored twice to force O-T, setting the stage for Harsanyi’s heroics. For 17-year-old Harsanyi, it was his third goal in four games since joining Saskatoon from Medicine Hat in the blockbuster trade that moved Tanner Molendyk to the Tigers. Harsanyi has registered points in all four games with the Bridge City Bunch. Grayden Siepmann also scored for the Blue and Gold while David Lewandowski chipped in a pair of assists. The Blades improved to 23-14-5 for the season, a record they will take into a Sunday contest at SaskTel Centre against Swift Current. Game time is 4 o’clock with CJWW’s broadcast beginning at 3:45. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast, Post-Game Show comments from head coach Dan Da Silva, Harsanyi and Williams plus the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L…..

Game Report 1021651

Western Hockey League

PLAYED AT: SaskTel Centre – Saskatoon, SK
Date: Jan 17, 2025

Visiting Team: Red Deer Rebels
Manager:

Home Team: Saskatoon Blades
Manager:

RED DEER LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	33	Wutzke, Chase
G	35	Kondro, Matthew (AP)
	2	Thurston, Derek
	3	Missura, Jake
	4	Vlooswyk, Luke
	5	Dowhaniuk, Keaton (OA)
	6	Pederson, Doogan
	7	Semenov, Gleb
A	8	Weir, Jace (OA)
	9	Gard, Matthew
A	11	Fuder, Jaxon
	12	Calhoon, Brett
	14	Drancak, Samuel
	15	MacDougall, Parker
	18	Parmar, Nishaan
	19	Schmidt, Nolan
	21	Hamilton, Beckett
	24	Toporowski, Dmitri
	25	Coupland, Ty
A	26	Brigley, Talon

RED DEER PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	4	2:00	Cross Checking	3:56	1		3:56	4:01
1st	11	2:00	Checking from Behind	11:52	1		11:52
1st	11	10:00	Game Misconduct	11:52			9:52
2nd	24	5:00	Major-Fighting	2:10			2:10	8:33
2nd	18	2:00	Roughing	8:45	1		8:45	10:45
3rd	9	2:00	Slashing	5:00	1		5:00	6:30

SASKATOON LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	33	McCallum, Ethan
G	35	Gardner, Evan
C	2	Saunderson, Ben (OA)
	3	Martin, Jordan
	4	Klimpke, Brayden
	9	Olsen, Zach
	11	Kibblewhite, Hudson
	13	Poll, Isaac
	14	Worthington, Colten
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)
	32	Dej, František
	52	Tastad, Morgan
	77	Mathies, Kazden
	86	Lewandowski, David

SASKATOON PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
2nd	27	5:00	Major-Fighting	2:10			2:10	8:33
2nd	86	2:00	Holding	4:00	1		4:00	6:00
2nd	86	2:00	Hooking	10:05	1		10:05	12:05

RED DEER Goals				RED DEER PLAYERS (plus)					SASKATOON PLAYERS (minus)
Per.	Time		G-As1-As2
1st	2:01		25-9-6	5	6	9	18	25	2	3	9	23	32
1st	16:25	SH	12	5	6	12	26		11	21	25	27	86
2nd	3:07		12-3-8	3	8	12	14	26	9	21	23	32	52

SASKATOON Goals				SASKATOON PLAYERS (plus)					RED DEER PLAYERS (minus)
Per.	Time		G-As1-As2
1st	4:01	PP	21-23
3rd	4:07		25-86-4	4	13	25	27	86	6	8	12	14	26
3rd	6:30	PP	25-27-86
OT	:56		26-25	2	25	26			2	9	25

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
RED DEER	0 / 2
SASKATOON	2 / 4

PENALTY SUMMARY
RED DEER	23 min / 6 inf
SASKATOON	9 min / 3 inf

POINT SUMMARY
RED DEER	3 G + 4 A = 7 Pts
SASKATOON	4 G + 6 A = 10 Pts

SCORING	1	2	3	OT	Total
RED DEER	2	1	0	0	3
SASKATOON	1	0	2	1	4

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)	1	2	3	OT	Tot.	On	Off
RD – Wutzke (60:56) (OTL)	9	11	10	0	30	/0:00	OT/0:56
SAS – Gardner (60:56) (W)	4	7	5	1	17	/0:00	OT/0:56

Stars of the Game	TIME OF GAME:
SAS – 25 Williams	Start:	7:03 PM
RD – 12 Calhoon	End:	9:25 PM
SAS – 26 Harsanyi	Attendance:	4247

OFFICIALS

Referee: Mike Campbell (89)

Referee: Ty Skene (19)

Linesmen: Tanner McGregor (55)

Linesmen: Justin Primeau (112)

CERTIFIED CORRECT

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