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Blades Catch Back Up in East Division First Place Race With Shutout Win Over Pats

By Les Lazaruk Mar 16, 2025 | 9:43 PM

The Saskatoon Blades are going into the final week of the W-H-L regular-season in a tie for first place in the East Division after blanking the visiting Regina Pats 4-0 Sunday.

Evan Gardner (pictured) stopped 23 shots for his second straight shutout. The 18-year-old sophomore from Fort St. John, B-C, has three clean sheets for the season and seven for his career, tied for third in Bridge City Bunch franchise history with Braden Holtby. A second round pick of the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2024 N-H-L Draft, Gardner has played 126:19 without allowing a goal. Offensively, David Lewandowski’s first period goal was the winner with Cooper Williams, Jordan Martin and Kohen Lodge also scoring for the 36-22-7 Blue and Gold. Williams added an assist while Hunter Laing chipped in a pair of helpers. For 17-year-old Williams, he has assists and points in five of the last six Blades’ games – the Calgary product posting four goals and seven helpers for 11 points in that time. For the season, Williams has 20 goals, the fourth Saskatoon player to reach that plateau, and 55 points, which is tied for second-most among W-H-L rookies. The Bridge City Bunch out-shot the 15-42-8 Pats 39-23, giving the Blue and Gold five wins in six head-to-head meetings with Regina during the season. The Blades’ 79 points leaves them tied with Brandon for top spot in the East Division, setting the stage for a head-to-head match-up on Wednesday in the Western Manitoba city. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast, Post-Game Show interviews with head coach Dan Da Silva, Gardner and Williams plus the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L…..





Game Report 1021919 Western Hockey League
PLAYED AT: SaskTel Centre – Saskatoon, SK
Date: Mar 16, 2025
Visiting Team: Regina Pats
Manager:
Home Team: Saskatoon Blades
Manager:
REGINA LINEUP
Pos No.  Name
G 31  Pyne, Kelton
G 70  Huet, Ewan
4  Bridgeman, Kolten
A 5  Babcock, John (OA)
A 18  Moore, Zach
20  Bear, Connor
21  Brown, Ashton
24  Egland, Jace
27  Brown, Caden
34  Pantelakis, Zach
36  Smith, Brayden
38  Deschamps, Dayton
39  Handby, Cohen (AP)
44  Paranych, Matt
45  Failler, Sam (AP)
46  Lacelle, Kristian
47  Kuzma, Cameron
55  McNutt, Ephram
57  Lansard, Zachary
72  Maze, Julien
REGINA PENALTIES
Per. No. Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
3rd 20 2:00  Kneeing 2:15 1 2:15 3:04
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
18  Lodge, Kohen (AP)
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
37  Kachkowski, Jack
52  Tastad, Morgan
86  Lewandowski, David
SASKATOON PENALTIES
Per. No. Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
3rd 23 2:00  Cross Checking 9:56 1 9:56
REGINA Goals REGINA PLAYERS (plus) SASKATOON PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time  G-As1-As2
SASKATOON Goals SASKATOON PLAYERS (plus) REGINA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time  G-As1-As2
1st 12:58  86-25-21 13 21 23 25 86 4 21 24 44 72
3rd 3:04 PP  25-27-4
3rd 9:33  3-2-27 2 3 25 27 86 4 44 45 47 57
3rd 15:08  18-9 2 3 9 11 18 5 39 55 57 72
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
REGINA 0 / 1
SASKATOON 1 / 1

PENALTY SUMMARY
REGINA 2 min / 1 inf
SASKATOON 2 min / 1 inf

POINT SUMMARY
REGINA 0 G + A = 0 Pts
SASKATOON 4 G + 7 A = 11 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
REGINA 0 0 0 0
SASKATOON 1 0 3 4
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
REG – Huet (60:00) (L) 13 9 13 35 /0:00 3rd/20:00
SAS – Gardner (60:00) (W) 6 6 11 23 /0:00 3rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
 SAS – 25 Williams  Start: 4:05 PM
 SAS – 35 Gardner  End: 6:19 PM
 SAS – 26 Harsanyi  Attendance: 6320
OFFICIALS
Referee: Adam Bloski (16)
Referee: Brayden Glynn (96)
Linesmen: Marc Guitard (116)
Linesmen: Tanner McGregor (55)

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