GAME 5 PREVIEW | Blades host Rebels for $5 Night presented by SIGA Rewards
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Fans can get their tickets for just $5 as the Saskatoon Blades welcome the Red Deer Rebels to SaskTel Centre for the first of four meetings this season. It’s $5 Night presented by SIGA Rewards with puck drop slated for 7:00pm.
The upper bowl is already selling quick as another 7,000+ fans are expected through the doors for tonight’s contest. Skip dinner as burgers and beer are $5 all night long! We’re handing out a $5 bill to random fans after every whistle. Yes, EVERY whistle. Who said icings and offsides couldn’t be exciting?
Make sure to pop by the Frozen Pond to check out select merchandise on sale for $5 this evening only.
Blades fans get their first taste of goalie Evan Gardner, and forwards Hunter Laing and David Lewandowski in action at home. The trio of NHL drafted stars returned to the Blades prior to last weekend’s games on the road. Gardner went 1-1 with a .943 save percentage (SV%) following his return from Columbus Blue Jackets training camp. Laing returned from Calgary Flames camp, while Lewandowski came back from his first Edmonton Oilers camp. Both men recorded a goal and an assist in Friday’s 5-3 win over Lethbridge.
If you haven’t purchased your $5 ticket for the best entertainment in the Western Hockey League (WHL), what’re you waiting for?
Last time out
The Blades return home after a 1-1 Southern Alberta road trip last weekend. After trailing 3-0 in the first period last Friday against the Lethbridge Hurricanes, Saskatoon scored five unanswered goals to win 5-3. Blue Jackets prospect Gardner came in for relief of Ethan McCallum and stopped all 17 shots against. It wasn’t the same fate for the Blue and Gold the next night in Medicine Hat as they fell 4-1 to the defending WHL Champion Tigers. Tonight marks the Blades’ second home game of the season. Saskatoon previously defeated the East Division’s top Prince Albert Raiders 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, Sept. 20 in the home opener. Entering this evening 2-2 on the season, Saskatoon sits seventh in the Eastern Conference with four points.
The Good Guys
20-year-old alternate captain Rowan Calvert extended his point streak to four games with the lone goal in Saturday’s loss to Medicine Hat. The Moose Jaw, SK native leads the team in points with four goals and one assist through four games. Calvert has a goal on the man-advantage this season after scoring 16 last year on the powerplay, tied for second in the WHL in 2024-25. Fellow 20-year-old forward Dominik Petr extended his point streak to four games with an assist on Calvert’s goal. Petr has two goals and two assists through four games this season.
The opposition
The Rebels enter tonight’s contest eighth in the Eastern Conference with a 1-2-0-0 record. The visitors picked up their first win of the season on Saturday at home against the Hurricanes in a 4-2 victory. Newly named captain Talon Brigley scored the game-winner 3:42 into the third period, giving him a team-leading three points (1G, 2A) in three games on the season. Minnesota Wild prospect Chase Wutzke returned between the pipes for Red Deer in the win, stopping 16 shots en route to his first win of the season.
Milestone watch
Rowan Calvert is six points away from 100 in his WHL career
Dominik Petr is four points away from 100 in his WHL career
Jack Kachkowski is six games away from 100 in his WHL career
Tristen Doyle is eight games away from 200 in his WHL career
Evan Gardner needs five more wins for 50 in his WHL career
Watch and listen
Fans can watch tonight’s game for FREE on Victory+ TV. Coverage begins 15 minutes before puck drop hosted by Tanner Chubey. Click HERE to make your free account today.
Voice of the Blades Les Lazaruk will have the call on 600 CJWW. Coverage begins at 6:45pm with the pre-game show hosted by Lazaruk and colour commentator Jackson Imrie.
Post game
