Saskatoon Blades ready for rumble with Prince Albert in WHL’s opening round of playoffs

WATCH: Winning the Scotty Munro Trophy as WHL regular season champions, the Saskatoon Blades will begin their push for the franchise's first Ed Chynoweth Cup this week against their longtime rivals in the Prince Albert Raiders.Captain Trevor Wong entered the team’s history books first with a goal six seconds into the third period against the

With Saskatoon’s pair of victories over Prince Albert to close out the regular season, the Blades earned their fifth Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy in franchise history finishing with a Western Hockey League best 105 points and a 50-13-2-3 record.That has given the Blades the top seed in the Eastern Conference for playoffs and now will begin their chase for the Ed Chynoweth Cup with a first-round series against the Raiders locked in.

Head coach Brennan Sonne said the team has been tenacious in their preparation and expects that to carry over into their first-round series. While the Blades were able to overcome those early deficits against Regina and Red Deer to win in seven games each, they had little to no gas in the tank left for when the Eastern Conference finals rolled around.

“For us it’s been the next game up,” said Minten. “We haven’t been too far ahead. This is one of our goals; we want to win in the playoffs and Game 1 is the first step.” Sonne was non-committal over whether he’d use the same philosophy this spring as he did last year when it came to a consistent rotation with his goaltender deployment.

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