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Saskatoon Blades
City:	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
League:	Western Hockey League
Conference:	Eastern
Division:	East
Founded:	1964-65
Home Arena:	Credit Union Centre
Colours:	navy blue, royal blue, silver and white
Head Coach:	Lorne Molleken
General Manager:	Lorne Molleken

The Saskatoon Blades are an ice hockey team in the Eastern Division of the Western Hockey League. They are based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, playing at the 11,310 seat Credit Union Centre.

Division titles won (regular season): 6 - 1972-73, 74-75, 75-76, 82-83, 87-88, 93-94

Conference titles won (playoffs): 2 (1991-92, 1993-94)

President's Cup Titles: 0

Memorial Cup Titles: 0

Contents 1 History 2 Players 3 Current Roster 3.1 NHL Alumni 3.2 Retired Numbers 4 Coaches 5 Season-by-season Record 6 See also 7 External links

The Saskatoon Blades were originally founded in 1964 as a team in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and transferred leagues in 1966-67 with the foundation of the Western Hockey League. They are the only team remaining in the league from the WHL's foundation still in their original city (the Regina Pats are also still around, but they dropped out of the WHL for a few seasons early on to go back to the SJHL). The Blades spent many seasons at the old Saskatoon Arena where they built up a strong fanbase and developed many top players. In 1988, they moved to Saskatchewan Place and hosted the Memorial Cup tournament in May, 1989, where they finished the round robin undefeated. However, the Blades lost in overtime in the Memorial Cup Final to the Swift Current Broncos. They also lost in the WHL league finals in 1992 and 1994 to the Kamloops Blazers in seven games. The Blades have never won the WHL Championship, and currently have the longest championship drought in the Canadian Hockey League.

The Blades are currently owned by the Brodsky Family. They have been a huge success at the gate, and have a great rivalry with the Regina Pats in what is dubbed the Highway 11 Rivalry. As many of the players are still in their mid-teens, Marion M. Graham Collegiate plays host to many of the players, due to the short distance from there to the arena.

Goaltenders
#		Player	Born	Place of Birth	Drafted
1		Braden Holtby	1989	Marshall, Saskatchewan	Eligible 2008
35		Garret Zemlak	1989	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Eligible 2007

Defencemen
#		Player	Born	Place of Birth	Drafted
3		Sam Klassen	1989	Watrous, Saskatchewan	Eligible 2007
4		Teigan Zahn	1990	Bethune, Saskatchewan	Eligible 2008
5		Bohdan Visnak	1988	Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic	Eligible 2007
6		Brad Cole - C	1986	Miniota, Manitoba	Free Agent
8		Ryan Funk	1989	Morden, Manitoba	Eligible 2007
24		Brett Ward	1987	Swift Current, Saskatchewan	Eligible 2007
27		Joe Logan	1986	Gull Lake, Saskatchewan	Free Agent

Forwards
#		Player	Position	Born	Place of Birth	Drafted
11		Rastislav Konency	LW	1988	Bratislava, Slovakia	Eligible 2007
14		Justin McCrae	C	1988	Cochrane, Alberta	Eligible 2007
16		Kenton Dulle	RW	1988	Regina, Saskatchewan	Eligible 2007
17		Derek Hulak	LW	1988	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Eligible 2007
18		Colton Gilles	C	1989	Surrey, British Columbia	Eligible 2007
19		Garrett Klotz	LW	1988	Regina, Saskatchewan	Eligible 2007
20		Walker Wintoneak	RW	1989	Flin Flon, Manitoba	Eligible 2007
21		Adam Geric	C	1989	Victoria, British Columbia	Free Agent
23		Ryan Menei	RW	1986	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Free Agent
25		Dustin Cameron	LW	1989	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Eligible 2007
26		Craig Cuthbert	RW	1988	Swift Current, Saskatchewan	Eligible 2007
29		Chris Cloud	C/LW	1988	Waywayseecappo, Manitoba	Eligible 2007
32		Gaelan Patterson	LW	1990	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Eligible 2008
39		Troy Crowley	LW	1989	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Eligible 2007
44		Blair Macaulay	RW	1988	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Eligible 2007

Dennis Abgrall Brent Ashton Blair Atcheynum Frank Banham Wade Belak Ryan Bonni Bob Bourne Dave Brown Murray Brumwell Jeff Buchanan Lindsay Carson Blair Chapman Kelly Chase Rich Chernomaz Tim Cheveldae Wendel Clark Pat Conacher Barry Cummins Larry DePalma Bruce Eakin Jerry Engele Martin Erat Garnet Exelby Bernie Federko

Perry Ganchar Michael Garnett Randy Gilhen Brian Glynn Lee Goren Mike Greenlay Marc Habscheid Bill Hajt Neil Hawryliw Dale Henry Bob Hoffmeyer Bill Hogaboam Doug Horbul Darcy Hordichuk Randy Ireland Grant Jennings Terry Johnson Kevin Kaminski Dean Kennedy Orest Kindrachuk Ralph Klassen Joe Kocur Roger Kortko Don Kozak

Dave Kryskow Lane Lambert James Latos Kirby Law Grant Ledyard Curtis Leschyshyn Dave Lewis Ron Loustel Keith Magnuson Norm Maracle Richard Matvichuk Chris McAllister Brad McCrimmon Todd McLellan Jim McTaggart Bill Oleschuk Dave Parro George Pesut Gerry Pinder Pat Price Terry Ruskowski Larry Sacharuk Don Saleski Terran Sandwith

Cory Sarich Bobby Schmautz Scott Scissons Brent Severyn Todd Simpson Brian Skrudland Randy Smith Martin Sonnenberg Brent Sopel Lee Sorochan Daryl Stanley David Struch Todd Strueby Ken Sutton Ryan Tobler Rocky Trottier Tony Twist Shaun Van Allen Russ Walker Rhett Warrener Fred Williams Clarke Wilm Mark Wotton Trent Yawney

Bernie Federko is the only former Blade in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

• 7 Brent Ashton
• 10 Brian Skrudland
• 15 Bob Bourne
• 22 Wendel Clark
• 24 Bernie Federko

• Burns McDonald 1964-65
• George Agar 1964-65 to 1969-70
• George Senick 1969-70*
• Jackie McLeod 1970-71 to 1978-79
• Jerry Engele 1979-80
• Lorne Frey 1980-81
• Daryl Lubiniecki 1981-82 to 1983-84
• Marcel Comeau 1984-85 to 1988-89
• Terry Ruskowski 1989-90 to 1990-91
• Lorne Molleken - 1991-92 to 1994-95
• Donn Clark - 1995-96 to 1997-98
• Willie Desjardins - 1998*
• Brad McCrimmon - 1998-99 to 1999-2000
• Kevin Dickie - 2000-01 to 2003-04
• Jamie Reeve - 2003-04*
• Lorne Molleken - 2004-05 to present

*interm (regular head coach fired, sick or suspended)

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties OTL = Overtime losses Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1966-67	56	25	24	7	-	288	271	57	5th Overall	Lost quarter-final
1967-68	60	20	31	9	-	260	362	49	7th Overall	Lost quarter-final
1968-69	60	24	35	1	-	195	271	49	3rd West	Lost quarter-final
1969-70	60	18	41	1	-	202	282	37	4th West	Lost quarter-final
1970-71	66	29	36	1	-	295	299	59	3rd West	Lost quarter-final
1971-72	68	37	28	3	-	312	258	77	2nd East	Lost quarter-final
1972-73	68	46	11	11	-	323	184	103	1st East	Lost final
1973-74	68	30	29	9	-	283	272	69	4th East	Lost quarter-final
1974-75	70	38	22	10	-	344	244	86	1st East	Lost final
1975-76	72	43	19	10	-	390	269	96	1st East	Lost final
1976-77	72	30	30	12	-	317	290	72	2nd East	Lost preliminary round
1977-78	72	20	50	2	-	340	460	42	4th East	Out of playoffs
1978-79	72	26	32	14	-	385	398	66	2nd East	Lost East Division final
1979-80	72	27	40	5	-	331	382	59	7th East	Out of playoffs
1980-81	72	22	47	3	-	297	427	47	8th East	Out of playoffs
1981-82	72	44	26	2	-	450	343	90	3rd East	Lost East Division quarter-final
1982-83	72	52	19	1	-	467	303	105	1st East	Lost East Division semi-final
1983-84	72	36	36	0	-	347	350	72	7th East	Out of playoffs
1984-85	72	29	41	2	-	309	378	60	6th East	Lost East Division quarter-final
1985-86	72	38	28	6	-	381	360	81	4th East	Lost East Division semi-final
1986-87	72	44	26	2	-	369	282	90	2nd East	Lost East Division final
1987-88	72	41	22	3	-	381	294	97	1st East	Lost East Division final
1988-89	72	42	28	2	-	366	335	86	2nd East	Lost East Division final
1989-90	72	33	34	5	-	325	354	71	4th East	Lost East Division semi-final
1990-91	72	29	41	2	-	309	363	60	7th East	Out of playoffs
1991-92	72	38	29	5	-	315	260	81	3rd East	Lost final
1992-93	72	42	27	3	-	311	236	87	3rd East	Lost East Division semi-final
1993-94	72	49	22	1	-	326	229	99	1st East	Lost final
1994-95	72	41	23	8	-	324	254	90	3rd East	Lost East Division semi-final
1995-96	72	29	42	1	-	314	351	59	4th East	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
1996-97	72	18	48	6	-	227	344	42	6th East	Out of playoffs
1997-98	72	25	39	8	-	263	327	58	4th East	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
1998-99	72	16	49	7	-	184	291	39	6th East	Out of playoffs
1999-00	72	34	27	8	3	216	223	79	2nd East	Lost Eastern Conference semi-final
2000-01	72	19	43	5	5	193	265	48	5th East	Out of playoffs
2001-02	72	27	37	5	3	216	257	62	4th East	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
2002-03	72	40	27	5	0	234	205	85	3rd East	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
2003-04	72	7	52	11	2	140	279	27	5th East	Out of playoffs
2004-05	72	37	23	6	6	234	215	86	2nd East	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
Season	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
2005-06	72	41	25	2	4	232	217	88	2nd East	Lost Eastern Conference semi-final
2006-07	72	27	41	2	2	174	231	58	6th East	Out of playoffs

• List of ice hockey teams in Saskatchewan

• Blades official web site
• Saskatoon Blades News Coverage (The Star Phoenix)

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