2019 Eastern Conference qf game 4 – Wednesday, march 27th, 2019 @ 7:00Pm, Mosaic Place Series: 3-0 SAS

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 (3-0) PP – 2/11 = 18.2% PK – 7/8 = 87.5% OT Record: 1-0

2019 Playoffs Moose Jaw Warriors (0-3) PP – 1/8 = 12.5% PK – 9/11 = 81.8% OT Record: 0-1

The last game… Max Gerlach (4) scored the game winning goal on a 2-man advantage in the third period as the Blades took a 3-0 series lead last night with a 3-2 victory in Moose Jaw. Kyle Crnkovic (1) and Kirby Dach (2) also scored for the Blades, Nolan Kneen and Ryan Hughes each had 2 assists… Nolan Maier made 22 saves on 24 shots. Carson Denomie (2) and Keenan Taphorn scored for Moose Jaw while Adam Evanoff made 37 saves in goal. Head to head… Saskatoon has outshot Moose Jaw by a total of 108-69 in thevseries… Max Gerlach (4G) and Kirby Dach (2G-2A) lead Saskatoon’s offense. Three Blades’ defensemen have 3 assists in the series; Dawson Davidson, Nolan Kneen, and Brandon Schuldhaus, Carson Denomie (2G-1A) leads Moose Jaw’s offense and has two of their five goals in the series. Nolan Maier is 3-0 with a league best 1.64GAA in the playoffs… Brodan Salmond started game one for Moose Jaw before Adam Evanoff took the reins to maintain a .928SV% in the series despite going 0-2. Mad Max… Max Gerlach has scored in all three games in the series and is riding a six game goal scoring streak dating back to the regular season which includes 8 goals. Gerlach now has 9 goals in 14 career playoff games. Season series… The Blades won the regular 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 defenseman 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. 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 regular season starts to go along with a .918SV% and 2.40GAA and 2 shutouts. Through two playoff games Maier has stopped 43/45 shots faced. 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 prior to this series

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 3-2 ot/f SAS Game 2: March 23 @ Sas – 7pm 3-1 SAS Game 3: March 26 @ MJ – 7pm 3-2 SAS 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 Max Gerlach – 3gp: 4G Kirby dach – 3gp: 2g-2a

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

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

Team playoff stats

situation record 1-goal games 2-0 2-goal games 1-0 3-plus-goal games 0-0 Scoring first 2-0 Opp. scoring first 1-0 Leading after 2 per. 2-0 Trailing after 2 per. 1-0 Tied after 2 per. 0-0 Overtime Record 1-0 Out-shooting opp. 3-0 Out-shot by opp. 0-0 Shots are even 0-0

Situation GF GA

5-on-5 6 4 4-on-4 3-on-3

5-on-4 pp 1 5-on-3 pp 1 4-on-3 pp 5-on-4 sh 1 5-on-3 sh 4-on-3 sh

6-on-5 1 TOTALS 9 5

ROUND 1 SERIES HOME ROAD

VS MOOSE JAW 3-0 2-0 1-0

playoff Leaders:

Goals: Gerlach (4) Assists: 3 tied (3) Points: gerlach, dach (4) Penalty Minutes: mckay (9) +/-: 6 tied (+2)

PPG: Gerlach (2) SOG: Gerlach (18) GWG: Gerlach (2) Rookie Pts: crnkovic, robins (1) Faceoff %: florchuk (57.8%)

SV%: maier (.928) GAA: maier (1.64) wins: maier (3) so: n/a

# PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG GWG OT SHG

2 Schmidt,Randen LW 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 03 Ozar,Alex(AP) D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 Davidson,Dawson D 21 2 6 8 1 12 1 0 0 05 DeLaGorgendiere,Aidan D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06 Schuldhaus,Brandon D 42 0 9 9 2 31 0 0 0 09 Gerlach,Max RW 14 9 4 13 4 8 5 2 0 011 Robins,Tristen C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 014 Haden,Gary C 9 2 1 3 -2 4 0 0 0 016 Crnkovic,Kyle LW 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 017 Florchuk,Eric C 5 0 1 1 -1 6 0 0 0 019 Huber,Zach RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 023 Malysjev,Emil D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 024 Roykas-Marthinsen,Kristian LW 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 027 Kneen,Nolan D 16 0 4 4 3 11 0 0 0 028 McNabb,Cyle RW 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 029 Kaddoura,Majid D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 034 Dach,Colton(AP) C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 039 McKay,Riley LW 10 1 0 1 -1 24 0 0 0 044 Wouters,Chase C 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 052 Harsch,Reece D 28 0 2 2 -7 6 0 0 0 053 Hughes,Ryan D 30 4 10 14 -6 44 0 1 0 077 Dach,Kirby C 3 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 031 Luding,Dorrin G 0 0 0 0 073 Maier,Nolan G 3 0 0 0 0# PLAYER POS GP GAA SV% W L MINS SA SVS GA SO

31 LudingDorrin G 0 0.00 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

73 Maier,Nolan G 3 1.64 0.928 3 0 183 69 64 5 0

SASKATOONBLADES

CAREERPLAYOFFSTATS

# PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA GWG OT SHG SOG

2 Schmidt,Randen LW 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 03 Ozar,Alex(AP) D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 Davidson,Dawson D 3 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 75 DeLaGorgendiere,Aidan D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Schuldhaus,Brandon D 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 Gerlach,Max RW 3 4 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 1811 Robins,Tristen C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 114 Haden,Gary C 3 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1016 Crnkovic,Kyle LW 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 417 Florchuk,Eric C 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 819 Huber,Zach RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 Malysjev,Emil D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 424 Roykas-Marthinsen,Kristian LW 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 327 Kneen,Nolan D 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 328 McNabb,Cyle RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 Kaddoura,Majid D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 034 Dach,Colton(AP) C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 039 McKay,Riley LW 3 1 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 744 Wouters,Chase C 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 852 Harsch,Reece D 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 653 Hughes,Ryan D 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 677 Dach,Kirby C 3 2 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1031 Luding,Dorrin G 0 0 0 0 073 Maier,Nolan G 3 0 0 0 0# PLAYER POS GP GAA SV% W L MINS SA SVS GA SO

31 LudingDorrin G 0 0.00 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

73 Maier,Nolan G 3 1.64 0.928 3 0 183 69 64 5 0

SASKATOONBLADES

2019PLAYOFFSTATS

NO. FORWARDS POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN D.O.B 17-18 season GP G A PTS PIM LEAGUE DRAFT

2 Schmidt, Randen F/D L 5'11 160 Regina, SK Jan. 18/00 Saskatoon Blades 36 0 7 7 10 WHL Eligible 19

9 Gerlach, Max RW R 5'9 165 Flower Mound, TX, USA Apr. 4/98 Medicine Hat Tigers/Saskatoon Blades 65 35 35 70 28 WHL Free Agent

11 Robins, Tristen* C R 5'10" 171 Brandon, MB Nov. 15/01 Rink Hockey Academy Prep 31 20 34 54 51 CSSHL Eligible 20

14 Haden, Gary C L 5'10" 175 Airdrie, AB Jan. 23/99 Medicine Hat Tigers 70 17 25 42 24 WHL Eligible 19

16 Crnkovic, Kyle* LW L 5'6.5" 153 Chestermere, AB Feb. 10/02 Northern Alberta X-Treme Prep 30 36 28 64 30 CSSHL Eligible 20

17 Florchuk, Eric C L 6'2" 179 Fort Saskatchewan, AB Jan. 10/00 Victoria Royals/Saskatoon Blades 71 16 34 50 18 WHL WSH 18

19 Huber, Zach RW R 5'11.5 192 Grandora, SK Feb. 1/00 Calgary Hitmen 56 2 3 5 24 WHL Eligible 19

24 Roykas-Marthinsen, Kristian* LW L 6'0" 187 Lorenskog, Norway Aug. 28/99 Almtuna IS J20 23 23 8 31 22 J20 Elit WSH 17

28 McNabb, Cyle RW R 6'1" 191 Winnipeg, MB Sept. 15/00 Vancouver Giants 61 1 7 8 14 WHL Eligible 19

34 Dach, Colton 'AP' C L 6'2" 170 Fort Saskatchewan, AB Jan. 4/03 OHA Edmonton 30 22 47 69 28 CSSBHL Eligible 21

39 McKay, Riley LW L 5'11" 192 Swan River,MB Mar. 7/99 Spokane Chiefs 62 4 9 13 152 WHL Eligible 19

44 Wouters, Chase C R 6'0" 179 Lloydminster, AB Feb. 8/00 Saskatoon Blades 72 18 33 51 39 WHL Eligible 19

53 Hughes, Ryan C L 5'8" 155 Edmonton, AB Jul. 27/99 Portland Winterhawks 46 17 24 41 55 WHL Eligible 19

77 Dach, Kirby C R 6'3.5" 195 Fort Saskatchewan, AB Jan. 21/01 Saskatoon Blades 52 7 39 46 12 WHL Eligible 19

NO. DEFENCEMEN POS SH HT WT HOMETOWN D.O.B 17-18 season GP G A PTS PIM LEAGUE DRAFT

3 Ozar, Alex 'AP' D R 5'11" 154 Prince Albert, SK 24-Jan-02 Prince Albert Mintos 44 5 26 31 14 SMHL Eligible 20

4 Davidson, Dawson D L 5'11" 179 Moosomin, SK Apr 7/98 Regina Pats/Saskatoon Blades 69 10 33 43 63 WHL Free Agent

5 De La Gorgendiere, Aidan* D L 6' 177 Langley, BC Feb. 22/02 Yale Hockey Academy Prep 19 3 14 17 38 WHL Eligible 20

6 Schuldhaus, Brandon D L 6'4 205 Calgary, AB Feb. 23/98 Red Deer Rebels/Moose Jaw Warriors 64 8 19 27 49 WHL Free Agent

23 Malysjev, Emil* D L 6'3" 178 Uppsala, SWE May. 1/01 HV71 J20 29 0 4 4 2 SuperElit Eligible 19

27 Kneen, Nolan D R 6'0" 187 Duncan, BC Mar. 22/99 Kamloops Blazers 68 7 30 37 75 WHL Eligible 19

29 Kaddoura, Majid* D L 6'1.5" 172 Chestermere, AB Jun. 20/01 Edge School Prep 35 5 20 25 70 CSSHL Eligible 19

52 Harsch, Reece D R 6'3" 198 Grande Prairie, AB Jan. 7/99 Seattle Thunderbirds 53 10 15 25 25 WHL Eligible 19

NO. GOALTENDERS POS Catch HT WT HOMETOWN D.O.B 17-18 season GP MIN GA SO SV% GAA DRAFT

31 Luding, Dorrin G L 6'1" 196 Richmond, BC Apr. 30/99 Everett Silvertips/Seattle Thunderbirds 28 1428 90 1 0.886 3.755 Eligible 19

73 Maier, Nolan G L 6' 172 Yorkton, SK Jan. 10/01 Saskatoon Blades 43 2556 141 2 0.895 3.31 Eligible 19General Manager: Colin Priestner Head Coach: Mitch Love Goaltending Coach: Tim CheveldaeAssociate General Manager: Steve Hildebrand Associate Coach: Ryan MarshEquipment Manager: Chad Scharff Assistant Coach: Ryan KellerAthletic Therapist: Brenden Hope Assistant Coach: Jerome Engele

Saskatoon Blades Playoff Roster 2019