Oil Kings’ Imports Call Czech-Mate on Visiting Blades

Dan Da Silva’s 100th game as head coach of the Saskatoon Blades may not have been victorious, but it was much better than his 99th game as Bridge City Bunch bench boss.

After being bounced 9-3 Friday at home by Medicine Hat, the Blue and Gold started and ended well, but couldn’t solve the Edmonton Oil Kings’ trio of forwards from Czechia in a 6-5 setback. Miroslav Holinka, Max Curren and Adam Jecho combined for 10 points – each scoring a goal with Holinka and Curren adding three assists and Jecho chipping in one helper. It was the Blades’ third straight loss, leaving them with a record of 14-11-2. Rowan Calvert scored twice with Hayden Harsanyi, David Lewandowski and Tyler Parr adding single tallies. Parr’s goal came with Saskatoon playing short-handed. Calvert and Harsanyi opened the scoring with back-to-back power play goals 30 seconds apart, but Edmonton rallied to tie before Lewandowski gave the Bridge City Bunch a 3-2 lead after the first period. However, the Oil Kings scored a couple of man advantage goals in the second period, prompting Blue and Gold head coach Dan Da Silva to lift starting goaltender Evan Gardner in favour of Ethan McCallum for a second straight game. Edmonton didn’t trail after that as they won in their first home game in 25 days, improving their record to 20-6-2. It’s the fastest the Oil Kings have reached the 20-win mark in a season in franchise history. It was also Edmonton’s fourth straight home victory and snapped the Blades’ road winning streak at three games, despite holding a 34-25 edge in shots on goal. Saskatoon goes back on the road for their next game Wednesday in Brandon. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast, Les Lazaruk’s Post-Game Show interview with head coach Dan Da Silva plus the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L website…..

Game Report 1022414

Western Hockey League

PLAYED AT: Rogers Place – Edmonton, AB
Date: Nov 30, 2025
GAME NOTES: Time out SASK 19:25

Visiting Team: Saskatoon Blades
Manager:

Home Team: Edmonton Oil Kings
Head Coach: Jason Smith
Assistant Coach: Kyle Chipchura
Assistant Coach: Devan Praught
Trainer: Adrian Presnilla
Equipment Manager: Rogan Dean
Manager:

SASKATOON LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	33	McCallum, Ethan
G	35	Gardner, Evan
	3	Martin, Jordan
A	4	Klimpke, Brayden
	9	Olsen, Zach
	11	Lewandowski, David
	14	Gillis, Ewan (AP)
	16	Williams, Cooper
	19	Clark, Gavin
C	20	Parr, Tyler (OA)
A	23	Calvert, Rowan (OA)
	25	Mitchell-McElhone, Triston
	26	Harsanyi, Hayden
A	27	Laing, Hunter
	37	Kachkowski, Jack
	47	Doyle, Tristen
	56	Sobry, Tyrone
	71	Bowtell, Ben
	77	Mathies, Kazden
	82	Petr, Dominik (OA)

SASKATOON PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	26	2:00	Delay of Game	5:56	1		6:23	6:23
2nd	23	2:00	Hooking	1:51	1		1:51	3:35
2nd	71	2:00	Slashing	4:46	1		4:46	7:59
2nd	9	2:00	Roughing	4:46			4:46	5:10
2nd	47	2:00	Tripping	10:32	1		10:32	12:32
3rd	9	2:00	Roughing	4:31			4:31	6:31
3rd	16	2:00	Delay of Game	14:27	1		14:27	16:27

EDMONTON LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	31	Simcoe, Ethan
G	80	Snell, Parker
	3	Fiddler, Blake
	4	Pederson, Rhys
	5	Ta’amu, Noa
	6	Alcos, Parker
	7	Andersen, Poul
	8	Curran, Max
	10	Stroeder, Kayden
	12	Gojsic, Kanjyu
	20	Smith, Cage
	21	Iginla, Joe
A	23	Hanson, Landon
	27	Lee, Josh
	39	Craik, Brady (OA)
A	43	Jecho, Adam
A	47	MacKenzie, Ethan
	77	O’Neill, Andrew
	92	Holinka, Miroslav (OA)
	95	Sawchyn, Lukas

EDMONTON PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	23	2:00	High Sticking	2:27	2		2:27	3:47
1st	6	2:00	Interference	13:59	1		13:59	15:59
1st	47	2:00	High Sticking	18:12	1		18:12	0:38
2nd	6	2:00	Roughing	4:46			4:46	7:59
2nd	95	2:00	High Sticking	14:39	1		14:39	16:39
3rd	20	2:00	Roughing	4:31			4:31	6:31
3rd	6	2:00	Interference	6:29	1		6:29	8:29
3rd	43	2:00	Interference	9:26	1		9:26	11:26

SASKATOON Goals				SASKATOON PLAYERS (plus)						EDMONTON PLAYERS (minus)
Per.	Time		G-As1-As2
1st	3:17	PP	23-27-11
1st	3:47	PP	26-20-4
1st	17:48		11-27-16	11	16	27	47	56		3	4	8	21	95
3rd	16:21	SH	20-82-37	20	37	82
3rd	19:31		23-4-82	4	11	16	23	27	82	4	23	27	92	95

EDMONTON Goals				EDMONTON PLAYERS (plus)					SASKATOON PLAYERS (minus)
Per.	Time		G-As1-As2
1st	6:23	PP	8-92-47
1st	8:34		43-8-7	6	8	43	47	95	3	4	20	23	82
2nd	3:35	PP	77-95-92
2nd	5:10	PP	47-92-8
3rd	11:37		7-43-8	4	6	7	8	43	11	16	27	37	82
3rd	18:45	EN	92-95-23	6	23	47	92	95	4	11	16	23	27	82

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
SASKATOON	2 / 7
EDMONTON	3 / 5

PENALTY SUMMARY
SASKATOON	14 min / 7 inf
EDMONTON	16 min / 8 inf

POINT SUMMARY
SASKATOON	5 G + 10 A = 15 Pts
EDMONTON	6 G + 12 A = 18 Pts

SCORING	1	2	3	Total
SASKATOON	3	0	2	5
EDMONTON	2	2	2	6

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)	1	2	3	Tot.	On	Off
SAS – Gardner (25:10)	2	1	0	3	/0:00	2nd/5:10
SAS – McCallum (33:25) (L)	0	8	8	16	/5:10	3rd/18:35
SAS – McCallum (0:15) (L)	0	0	0	0	/18:45	3rd/19:00
SAS – McCallum (0:22) (L)	0	0	0	0	/19:32	3rd/19:54
EDM – Simcoe (60:00) (W)	8	8	13	29	/0:00	3rd/20:00