Three unanswered third period goals gave the Brandon Wheat Kings a 6-3 victory over the Saskatoon Blades Sunday at SaskTel Centre.
Although three months shy of his 16th birthday, Jaxon Jacobson paced the Wheaties, breaking a 3-3 tie just 93 seconds into the third period. The Brandon product also had two assists as the Wheat Kings swept a pre-season home-and-home series with the Bridge City Bunch, who are now 0-for-3 in dress rehearsals, ahead of the 2024-25 W-H-L regular-season. Tyler Parr scored twice for the Blue and Gold with 20-year-old defenceman Grayden Siepmann also tallying. Newcomer centre Ben Riche chipped in a pair of helpers for the Blades, who were out-shot 39-27. Saskatoon will look for their first exhibition win Friday when they visit the Prince Albert Raiders, then close out the pre-season Saturday against P-A in an annual contest in Warman. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast, plus Post-Game Show interviews with head coach Dan Da Silva and Parr, as well as the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L…..
Brandon Wheat Kings 6 at Saskatoon Blades 3 – Status: Final
Sunday, September 8, 2024 – SaskTel Centre – Saskatoon, SK
Brandon 1 2 3 – 6
Saskatoon 0 3 0 – 3
1st Period-1, Brandon, Flamand 1 (Michels, Johnson), 14:29. Penalties-No Penalties
2nd Period-2, Brandon, Ravndahl 1 (Jacobson), 2:50. 3, Saskatoon, Siepmann 1 (Riche), 4:06. 4, Brandon, Flamand 2 (Jacobson, Allard), 13:53 (PP). 5, Saskatoon, Parr 2 (Riche, Saunderson), 18:21. 6, Saskatoon, Parr 3 (Lisowsky), 19:58. Penalties-Flamand Bdn (boarding), 8:21; Riche Sas (hooking), 9:12; Williams Sas (delay of game), 12:28; Turko Bdn (tripping), 14:11.
3rd Period-7, Brandon, Jacobson 3 (Adam, Klippenstein), 1:33. 8, Brandon, Johnson 1 (Turko, Petr), 10:27 (PP). 9, Brandon, Bhathal 1 17:35 (EN). Penalties-Klippenstein Bdn (roughing), 6:55; Olsen Sas (roughing), 6:55; Calvert Sas (tripping), 8:48; Johnson Bdn (roughing), 14:21; Michels Bdn (roughing), 14:21; Siepmann Sas (roughing double minor), 14:21.
Shots on Goal-Brandon 10-16-13-39. Saskatoon 9-13-5-27.
Power Play Opportunities-Brandon 2 / 3; Saskatoon 0 / 2.
Goalies-Brandon, McFadyen 1-0-0-0 (27 shots-24 saves). Saskatoon, Gardner 0-1-0-0 (38 shots-33 saves).
A-500
Referees-Ridge Brooks (161), Brayden Glynn (96).
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