Late Game Efforts Secure Victory for Blades

Category: ArticleDecember 3, 2009

Burke Gallimore (Edmonton, AB) scored in regulation while Derek Hulak (Saskatoon, SK) potted the shootout winner for the Blades, who snapped a two-game losing streak in the process.

The game was scoreless until the 13:47 mark of the third period. The Tigers grabbed a 1-0 lead on Bretton Cameron’s 23^rd of the season when he tipped home a Mark Isherwood point shot while on the power play.

Gallimore evened the contest in clutch fashion from the slot in front of the Tigers’ net, picking up his 10^th of the season with just 24.6 seconds left on the clock in regulation time.

The game went scoreless in the overtime period and headed to the shootout.

– Cameron tried to beat Blades’ goaltender Steven Stanford (Calgary, AB) with a deke and sent the puck wide of the net

– Gallimore went first for the Blades and had his low wrist shot stopped by Tigers’ goaltender Deven Dubyk

– Tristan King came up empty handed after trying get one past Stanford’s left pad

– Jeremy Boyer (Saskatoon, SK) was denied by Dubyk in the next Blades’ attempt

– Wacey Hamilton elected to try for Stanford’s right side on the Tigers’ third attempt and was stopped

– Charles Inglis (Saskatoon, SK) tried a snap shot on his attempt and missed the Tigers’ net

– In similar fashion, Mark Isherwood of the Tigers missed the Blades’ net
r– Finally on the Blades’ fourth attempt of the shootout, Hulak secured the victory with a nifty shot past Dubyk

Final score Saskatoon Blades 2, Medicine Hat Tigers 1 (SO).

Stanford turned aside 25 shots in regulation and all 4 shots in the shootout to earn the win between the pipes for the Blades. Dubyk stopped 30 of 31 shots in regulation and 3 of 4 shots in the shootout at the Tigers’ end.

With the victory, the Blades go to 21-5-0-3 for 45 points on the season and remain in first in the East Division, five points up on the second place Brandon Wheat Kings. The Tigers drop to 16-10-2-4 for 36 points on the campaign.

The Blades wrap up their road trip tomorrow night in Red Deer against the Rebels. Game time is 8:30 pm (Sask. Time). 92.9 The Bull will have all the action with play-by-play man Les Lazaruk. Fans can also tune into the game on WHL WebTV.

Late Game Efforts Secure Victory for Blades

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