Regina Pats set to battle Saskatoon Blades in WHL first-round action
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The third-seeded Saskatoon Blades and the sixth-seeded Regina Pats will face off in the first round of the WHL playoffs starting Friday night.
The WHL playoffs are about to begin and with it, comes one of the province’s best rivalries.
The third-seeded Saskatoon Blades and the sixth-seeded Regina Pats will face off in the first round of the playoffs, starting Friday night.
It marks the first time the provincial rivals have had to play each other in the playoffs since 2006.
Now 17 years later, the Pats head north to the SaskTel Centre for Game 1 of a seven-game series.
After finishing with a record of 48-15-4-1, the Blades have had a season to remember. This season marked the third-best winning percentage in franchise history, and the most number of wins in a 68-game schedule.
The Blades lineup is deep with five players scoring 20-plus goals and nine with over double digits.
Egor Sidorov is coming off a breakout sophomore season after scoring a career-high 40 goals and 76 points while only dressing in 53 games.
Captain Aidan De La Gorgendiere also had a career season scoring 65 points.