The Saskatoon Blades (29-18-0-1) take their two game winning streak on the road as they battle the Moose Jaw Warriors (29-14-5-1) tonight .

The Blades come into the game currently tied for 5th overall in the Eastern Conference along with the Calgary Hitmen.  The Blades trail the Warriors by 5 points in the standings with one less game played.

The Saskatoon Blades are coming off of a wild, 9-6 win over the Victoria Royals last Saturday night. The Blades were led by Dalton Thrower (3 goals), Michael Burns (2 goals, 2 assists) and Duncan Siemens (4 assists).

Burns and Lukas Sutter were also an impressive +6 in the game as the Blades went 1 for 5 on the PP and were perfect on the penalty kill, holding the fort on three shorthanded situations.

16 year old goaltender Alex Moodie won his 9th game in 13 appearances this season as he stopped 22 shots.

Tonight marks the 4th meeting of the season between the Blades and the Warriors.  Saskatoon has won one and lost two so far this year against Moose Jaw.

- 4-3 win in Saskatoon on October 11th - Nicholls and Collins with two points each

- 3-2 loss in Moose Jaw on November 4th - Olsen and Nicholls each scored for Saskatoon

- 4-2 loss in Saskatoon on December 16th - Stransky and Paradis each scored for Saskatoon

Saskatoon went 6-2 against the Warriors last season.

Moodie Back To Midget

The Saskatoon Blades have returned goaltender Alex Moodie to the Winnipeg Wild of the Manitoba Midget AAA League.

The 16 year old was fantastic as a stop-gap for Andrey Makarov, who was away at the World Juniors, then suffered a concussion in his return to the Blades in early January.

Moodie won 9 of his 12 starts, including posting his first career WHL shutout in Brandon on January 11th.

8 Game Streak

20 year old forward Michael Burns is on a tear for the Saskatoon Blades. He had a 4 point night last game to stretch his current point streak to 8 games.  In those 8 games, Burns has 5 goals and 10 assists for 15 points. 

Burns also has points in 12 of his last 13 games.

Schmidt's Game Winners

The Saskatoon Blades have got an offensive boost from defenceman Kyle Schmidt over the last two games.

After two points in his first 35 games, Schmidt has put up 3 points in his last two games.  Among those 3 recent points have been 2 goals, both of which were game winners for the Blades.

The native of Waldheim, Saskatchewan also recently played in his 100th career WHL game.

Attack From The Back End

Defenceman Dalton Thrower has been providing some much needed offence for the Saskatoon Blades since the Christmas break.

Thrower currently ranks tied for 6th in the WHL in defensive scoring with 12 goals and 38 points in 48 games.

In the 13 games since the Christmas break, Thrower has posted 8 goals and 19 points.  Thrower's hat-trick last game against Victoria also marked the 5th time this season that he has registered atleast 3 points in a game.

Blades Statistical Leaders

- Matej Stransky leads the team with 25 goals and 48 points.

- Jesse Paradis leads the team with 28 assists.

- Michael Burns leads the team with a +25 rating.

- Lukas Sutter leads the team with 125 penalty minutes.

-  Stransky leads the team with 7 powerplay goals.

- Jesse Paradis and Josh Nicholls lead the team with 3 shorthanded goals.

- Stransky and  Sutter lead the team with 5 game winning goals.  

Milestones

- Chris Collins registered 2 points last game to reach 100 in his career

- Michael Burns registered 4 points last game to reach 100 in his career

- Darren Dietz is 1 PIM away from 150 in his career

- Connor Cox is 5 games away from 200 in his career

- Jake Trask is 8 games away from 250 in his career

- Jake Trask is 9 points away from 150 in his career

- Duncan Siemens is 11 points away from 100 in his career

Tonight's game goes at 7:00 PM from Moose Jaw. If you can't watch live or online, make sure you tune in to 92.9 The Bull to listen along, starting with the pre-game show at 6:30 PM.

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