2019 Eastern Conference qf game 1 – Friday march 22nd, 2019 @ 7:00Pm, Sasktel Centre Series: 0-0

Regular Season Saskatoon Blades (45-15-8-0 – 98pts) 2nd – East Division 2nd – Eastern Conference PP – 65/297 = 21.9% (10th in WHL) PK – 193/237 = 81.4% (5th in WHL) Final 10 games: (8-2-0-0)

Regular Season Moose Jaw Warriors (40-20-6-2 – 88pts) 3rd – East Division 5th – Eastern Conference PP – 70/255 = 27.5% (3rd in WHL) PK – 178/221 = 80.5% (7th in WHL) Final 10 games: (6-4-0-0)

2019 Playoffs Saskatoon Blades (0-0) PP – 0/0 = 0% PK – 0/0 = 0% OT Record:

2019 Playoffs Moose Jaw Warriors (0-0) PP – 0/0 = 0% PK – 0/0 = 0% OT Record:

Tonight… The Blades make their long awaited return to the post-season for the first time since 2013, hosting the Moose Jaw Warriors in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal. This is just the second time in history of the WHL that the Blades and Warriors have met in the post-season; Moose Jaw won a first round series 4-2 back in 2003. Saskatoon finished the season in 2nd place in the Eastern Conference and East Division, the Warriors were 3rd in the East Division and 5th in the conference. Head to head… The Blades won the season series 5-1, including the last four meetings, two of which were earlier in the month of March. All games in the season series ended in regulation time. Saskatoon was 7/25 (28%) on the power play in the season series and 14/18 (77.8%) on the PK. Max Gerlach (5G-3A-8PTS) led the Blades offense in the season series, Gary Haden (3-4-7) and Kirby Dach (2-5-7) were close behind with 7pts each. Tristin Langan led the Warriors with 6G-3A-9PTS in 5 games vs the Blades this season, Justin Almeida was second with 2G-6A-8PTS. Season Summary… Saskatoon finished the 2018-19 season having won 15 of their last 17 games to hit 98 points on the season. This is their 7th best total in franchise history. 20-year-old defenceman Dawson Davidson led the team in scoring from the blue line with 75 points. Davidson was named to the Eastern Conference’s 1st All-Star team, and finished tied with Moose Jaw’s Josh Brook for most points by a d-man in the WHL. Max Gerlach finished one point behind Davidson with 74, including 42 goals which tied for 6th most in the WHL. Top CHL prospect for the 2019 NHL Draft, Kirby Dach, finished 3rd in teams scoring with 73 points, and had the highest points-per-game on the Blades roster at 1.18PPG. In goal, Nolan Maier piled up 36 wins which was the 3rd most in the WHL. The 2001 born sophomore finished with a stat line of 2.63GAA - .910SV% - 36-10-4-0 and 4 shutouts.

The Opponent… The Moose Jaw Warriors boast a lethal lineup of two of the top three scorers in the WHL. Tristin Langan finished second in the WHL scoring race with 113 points and his linemate Justin Almeida was right behind with 111. Playing between those two is rookie Brayden Tracey who led all WHL rookies with 81 points. On the back end, the Warriors have two of the league’s top defenders in Josh Brook, who tied for the WHL scoring race among defensemen with Saskatoon’s Dawson Davidson at 75, and Vancouver Canucks signed prospect, Jett Woo who had 66 points. Mr. 300… Dawson Davidson finished his WHL regular season career with 301 games played. Not only did Davidson have an impressive year with 75 points, he is also the owner of the longest assist streak in the WHL this season at 15 games and 24 assists. He had 21 multi-point games this season and 3 goals and 2 assists vs Moose Jaw in 6 meetings. Nolan Being Nolan… Since January 1st, Nolan Maier is 19-2-2-0 in 23 starts to go along with a .918SV% and 2.40GAA and 2 shutouts. The Texan Sniper… Max Gerlach finished the season on a 5-game point streak with four goals and four assists. Draft watch… Kirby Dach is ranked #2 among North American skaters behind only consensus #1 pick Jack Hughes. Emil Malysjev is ranked 208th among North American skaters. Nolan Maier was rated a ‘C’ in the September rankings and finished 3rd in the WHL with 36 wins this season. Maier also won a gold medal alongside Dach with Team Canada at the 2018 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup in Edmonton, Alta. Chase Wouters went undrafted last June but did attend Tampa Bay Lightning’s summer, rookie, and main camps. WHL Playoff experience

Player GP G A PTS #9 Max Gerlach, RW 11 5 4 9

#14 Gary Haden, LW 6 2 0 2

#17 Eric Florchuk, C 2 0 0 0

#28 Cyle McNabb, C/RW 6 0 0 0

#39 Riley McKay, LW 7 0 0 0

#53 Ryan Hughes, C/LW 27 4 8 12

#4 Dawson Davidson, D 18 2 3 5

#6 Brandon Schuldhaus, D 39 0 6 6

#27 Nolan Kneen, D 13 0 1 1

#52 Reece Harsch, D 25 0 1 1

Round 1 Schedule Game 1: March 22 @ Sas – 7pm Game 2: March 23 @ Sas – 7pm Game 3: March 26 @ MJ – 7pm Game 4: March 27 @ MJ – 7pm Game 5: March 29 @ Sas – 7pm* Game 6: March 30 @ mj – 7pm* Game 7: April 1 @ Sas – 7pm* * if necessary

Current Streaks n/A

Roster breakdown: 14 Forwards 8 Defenseman 2 Goalies

Age Breakdown:

1998 – 3 2001 – 5 1999 – 7 2002 – 3 2000 – 5 2003 – 1

Reg. season Leaders: Goals: Gerlach (42) Assists: Davidson (62) Points: Davidson (75) Penalty Minutes: mckay (149) +/-: davidson (+27)

PPG: Gerlach (15) SOG: Gerlach (252) GWG: haden (8) Rookie Pts: crnkovic (31) Faceoff %: wouters (55.4%)

Goalies: SV%: maier (.910) GAA: maier (2.64) wins: maier (36) so: MAIER (4)

How they were built

Round # Player (Overall - Year) 1st 4 Wouters(19th - 2015), Dach(2nd – 2016), De la gorgendiere(5th – 2017), crnkovic(10th – 2017)

2nd 1 Maier(25th – 2016)

3rd 1 luding(66th – 2014)

Euro 2 malysjev (23rd - 2018), roykas-marthinsen(83rd – 2018) List 2 kaddoura (2016), Schmidt (2017)

Trade 12 mckay(SPO), harsch (SEA), kneen (KAM), Gerlach (MH), davidson (REG), florchuk (VIC), robins (REG), SCHULDHAUS (MJ), Haden (MH), Huber (CGY), Hughes (POR), MCNABB (KTN)

Date Acquired From In exchange for Oct. 2 ’98 D Brandon Schuldhaus Moose Jaw 2019 5th rd pick, 2020 2nd rd pick

Oct. 11 2020 3rd round pick Kelowna 2000 f Michael farren Oct. 25 ’99 f gary haden Medicine hat ’99 f logan Christensen Oct. 30 ’00 f zach Huber Calgary 2020 6th rd pick Nov. 26 ’99 d Nolan kneen Kamloops ’99 d Jackson caller, 2020 2nd rd pick (reg), 2020 3rd rd pick (kel) Dec. 10 2019 4th round pick Victoria ’99 d jake Kustra, 2019 7th rd pick (vic) Jan. 2 ’99 D Reece Harsch Seattle ’01 D Zach Ashton, 2022 5th rd pick Jan. 2 2021 5th rd pick (van) Vancouver ’00 D Seth Bafaro Jan. 7 ’00 F Cyle McNabb Kootenay ’00 F Brandon Machado, 2021 5th rd pick

Jan. 10 ’99 F Ryan Hughes Portland ’99 F Josh Paterson, 2020 2nd (SC), 2021 4th

2018-19 regular season TEAM RECORDS

situation record

1-goal games 15-4-8-0

2-goal games 11-5-0-0

3-plus-goal games 19-6-0-0

Scoring first 27-10-7-0

Opp. scoring first 18-5-1-0 Leading after 2 per. 34-2-4-0

Trailing after 2 per. 3-8-3-0

Tied after 2 per. 8-5-1-0

Overtime Record 4-8

Shootout Record 3-0

Out-shooting opp. 32-5-3-0

Out-shot by opp. 11-8-5-0

Shots are even 2-2-0-0

vs. BC 3-1-1-0

vs. US 3-2-0-0

vs. Central 16-4-4-0

vs. East 23-8-3-0

This Date in Blades History: March 22, 1970…All eight teams in the Western Canada Hockey League made the playoffs that season and the Blades benefitted from that…and put a scare into the Calgary Centennials in the opening round. Coming off an 18-41-1 regular-season, which left Saskatoon last in the Western Division, the Blades waltzed into the Stampede Corral and shocked the Centennials 4-1 in Game 1. Saskatoon also won Games 3 and 5, but couldn’t close out the series, losing in Game 7 to a Calgary team that was 38 points better than them in the regular-season at 37-22-1. One member of that Blades’ team…current assistant coach Jerome Engele.

Month Games Record Home Road

September 4 3-1-0-0 2-0-0-0 1-1-0-0

October 12 6-4-2-0 2-2-1-0 4-2-1-0

November 12 7-4-1-0 2-2-0-0 5-2-1-0

December 10 6-2-2-0 3-1-1-0 3-1-1-0

January 11 7-2-2-0 5-1-2-0 2-1-0-0

February 12 10-1-1-0 4-0-1-0 6-1-0-0

March 7 6-1-0-0 5-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 Totals 68 45-15-8-0 23-6-5-0 22-9-3-0

# PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG OT 1ST SO-G SOA SOGW SO%

2 Schmidt,Randen LW 41 1 3 4 4 22 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%

4 Davidson,Dawson D 68 13 62 75 27 35 9 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 50.0%

5 DeLaGorgendiere,Aidan D 47 0 5 5 7 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%

6 Schuldhaus,Brandon D 62 8 23 31 16 48 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%

9 Gerlach,Max RW 68 42 32 74 7 24 15 0 5 1 8 0 2 0 0.0%

11 Robins,Tristen C 68 9 16 25 7 26 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0.0%

14 Haden,Gary C 64 31 34 65 19 18 7 1 8 0 8 0 1 0 0.0%

16 Crnkovic,Kyle LW 52 11 20 31 3 10 4 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 100.0%

17 Florchuk,Eric C 68 21 29 50 10 40 6 2 7 0 5 0 1 0 0.0%

19 Huber,Zach RW 61 8 3 11 -6 51 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0%

23 Malysjev,Emil D 63 3 14 17 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0%

24 Roykas-Marthinsen,Kristian LW 62 13 16 29 12 30 1 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 0.0%

27 Kneen,Nolan D 55 6 39 45 24 53 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0%

28 McNabb,Cyle RW 59 7 3 10 -8 18 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0.0%

29 Kaddoura,Majid D 41 1 1 2 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%

39 McKay,Riley LW 68 12 15 27 16 149 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 50.0%

44 Wouters,Chase C 68 15 24 39 22 61 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0.0%

52 Harsch,Reece D 57 4 16 20 -10 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%

53 Hughes,Ryan D 61 30 39 69 13 54 12 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0.0%

77 Dach,Kirby C 62 25 48 73 15 40 3 1 5 1 4 2 3 1 66.6%

31 Luding,Dorrin G 18 0 2 273 Maier,Nolan G 53 0 1 1# PLAYER POS GP GAA SV% W L OTL SOL MINS SVS GA SO SOW SOGA SOSVS SO%

31 LudingDorrin G 18 2.91 0.909 9 5 2 0 991 478 48 1 1 0 3 100.0%

73 Maier,Nolan G 53 2.64 0.910 36 10 6 0 3114 1381 137 4 2 2 11 84.6%

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2018-19PLAYERSTATS

Moose Jaw Warriors (0-0-0-0) vs. Saskatoon Blades (0-0-0-0)Mar 22, 2019 -- SaskTel Centre - Saskatoon, SK

GOALIES# Name Ht Wt GP W L OTL SO GAA SV%

30 Brodan Salmond 5'11 196 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.000

39 Adam Evanoff 6'0 196 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.000SKATERS

# Name Pos Ht Wt GP G A Pts. PIM +/-

2 Josh Brook D 6'1 192 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 Cory King D 5'9 162 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 Jett Woo D 6'0 203 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 Matthew Sanders D 6'2 203 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 Dalton Hamaliuk D 6'2 212 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 Brayden Tracey LW 6'0 174 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 Justin Almeida C 5'11 160 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 Daemon Hunt D 6'0 198 0 0 0 0 0 0

11 Yegor Buyalski RW 6'0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0

12 Cameron Sterling LW 6'0 191 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 Peyton McKenzie RW 5'7 175 0 0 0 0 0 0

14 Luke Ormsby RW 5'10 180 0 0 0 0 0 0

15 Eric Alarie C 6'1 196 0 0 0 0 0 0

16 Daniil Stepanov C 6'0 172 0 0 0 0 0 0

17 Alec Zawatsky LW 5'8 165 0 0 0 0 0 0

18 Tate Popple C 5'11 181 0 0 0 0 0 0

19 Kale Clouston RW 6'5 192 0 0 0 0 0 0

20 Alek Sukunda D 6'1 193 0 0 0 0 0 0

21 Drae Gardiner D 5'9 158 0 0 0 0 0 0

22 Kaeden Taphorn LW 6'1 180 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 Tristin Langan LW 6'0 206 0 0 0 0 0 0

26 Matthew Benson D 6'1 192 0 0 0 0 0 0

27 Keenan Taphorn RW 6'1 175 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 Kjell Kjemhus LW 5'10 186 0 0 0 0 0 0

34 Carson Denomie RW 6'0 195 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team Staff

Alan Millar General Manager

Tim Hunter Head Coach

GOALIES# Name Ht Wt GP W L OTL SO GAA SV%

31 Dorrin Luding 6'1 196 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.000

73 Nolan Maier 6'0 168 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.000SKATERS

# Name Pos Ht Wt GP G A Pts. PIM +/-

2 Randen Schmidt LW 5'11 160 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 Alex Ozar D 5'11 154 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 Dawson Davidson D 5'11 181 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 Aidan De La Gorgendiere D 6'0 177 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 Brandon Schuldhaus D 6'4 205 0 0 0 0 0 0

9 Max Gerlach RW 5'9 165 0 0 0 0 0 0

11 Tristen Robins C 5'10. 171 0 0 0 0 0 0

14 Gary Haden C 5'10 176 0 0 0 0 0 0

16 Kyle Crnkovic LW 5'6.5 153 0 0 0 0 0 0

17 Eric Florchuk C 6'2" 179 0 0 0 0 0 0

19 Zach Huber RW 5'11. 192 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 Emil Malysjev D 6'3.5 188 0 0 0 0 0 0

24 Kristian Roykas Marthinsen LW 6'0 187 0 0 0 0 0 0

27 Nolan Kneen D 6'0 187 0 0 0 0 0 0

28 Cyle McNabb RW 6'1" 191 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 Majid Kaddoura D 6'1.5 172 0 0 0 0 0 0

34 Colton Dach C 6'2 170 0 0 0 0 0 0

39 Riley McKay LW 5'11 192 0 0 0 0 0 0

44 Chase Wouters C 6'0 179 0 0 0 0 0 0

52 Reece Harsch D 6'3 198 0 0 0 0 0 0

53 Ryan Hughes C 5'8" 153 0 0 0 0 0 0

77 Kirby Dach C 6'3.5 195 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team Staff

Colin Priestner General Manager

Colin Priestner General Manager

Mitch Love Head Coach

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