As good as Marek Schlenker was Saturday, Evan Gardner was even better Sunday as the Saskatoon Blades blanked the Pats 4-0 in Regina.

Gardner stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season and ninth of his career, tying him with Andrei Makarov for second in franchise history. His best stop was a scorpion-like, right leg kick save off Zachary Lansard late in the second period with the Bridge City Bunch only ahead 2-0. Coupled with Saturday’s 3-2 overtime win over the Pats, the Blue and Gold swept the home-and-home series coming out of the Christmas break with their Big-City Saskatchewan rivals, upping their overall season record to 19-14-3. Tristen Doyle, Hayden Harsanyi, Jack Kachkowski and Cohen Lewko scored the Blades’ goals – Lewko’s tally was his first in the Western Hockey League. Saskatoon out-shot Regina 37-28 in their final game of the 2025 calendar year. Next action for the Bridge City Bunch is a New Year’s Day matinee in Brandon and a Saturday, January 3 home game against the Wheat Kings at SaskTel Centre. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast, Les Lazaruk’s Post-Game Show interviews with head coach Dan Da Silva, Gardner and Lewko plus the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L website…..

SASKATOON Goals SASKATOON PLAYERS (plus) REGINA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time  G-As1-As2 1st 19:57  47-71-19 19 26 37 47 71 6 18 21 27 55 2nd 6:50  36-4-3 3 4 36 41 77 6 22 49 51 55 3rd 4:08  26-27 13 26 27 47 37 42 55 57 3rd 8:46 SH  37 4 20 37 77 6 21 25 27 55

REGINA Goals REGINA PLAYERS (plus) SASKATOON PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time  G-As1-As2