2023-24 Saskatoon Blades Statistics
Team Record: 50-13-2 (SO: 0-3) - 105 points
Finishing 1st in the WHL's East Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Brennan Sonne (50-13, 2 OTL)
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
The Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League ended the 2023-24 season with a record of 50 wins and 13 losses (and 2 overtime losses), with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 105 points finishing first in the WHL's East Division.
The Blades topped the league with just 163 goals allowed. Saskatoon scored 255 goals. Egor Sidorov netted 50 goals for the squad, while Brandon Lisowsky tallied 30 or more also. Trevor Wong contributed 86 assists. Austin Elliott notched 29 wins in front of the net for the team, plus Evan Gardner added 15 or more wins, too. Evan Gardner recorded a 1.91 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Brennan Sonne coached the team. The 2023-24 Saskatoon Blades lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Wong | C | 68 | 15 | 86 | 101 | 39 | +22 | 5 | 2 |
| Egor Sidorov | LW | 66 | 50 | 38 | 88 | 66 | +8 | 16 | 0 |
| Brandon Lisowsky | C | 68 | 42 | 38 | 80 | 40 | +26 | 13 | 0 |
| Tanner Molendyk | D | 50 | 10 | 46 | 56 | 18 | +40 | 2 | 0 |
| Easton Armstrong | RW | 58 | 28 | 19 | 47 | 64 | +21 | 11 | 0 |
| Fraser Minten | LW | 36 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 21 | +20 | 4 | 0 |
| Charlie Wright | D | 68 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 35 | +4 | 2 | 0 |
| Tyler Parr | C | 66 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 32 | +5 | 2 | 3 |
| Ben Saunderson | D | 67 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 27 | +39 | 0 | 0 |
| Rowan Calvert | LW | 68 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 15 | +8 | 4 | 1 |
| Alexander Suzdalev | LW | 30 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 4 | +8 | 1 | 0 |
| Vaughn Watterodt | C | 59 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 65 | +8 | 0 | 0 |
| Lukas Hansen | C | 53 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Grayden Siepmann | D | 53 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 7 | +12 | 0 | 0 |
| Misha Volotovskii | LW | 59 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 18 | +6 | 0 | 1 |
| Rhett Melnyk | RW | 53 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | +3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jordan Keller | LW | 23 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | +4 | 2 | 0 |
| John Babcock | D | 29 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 33 | +13 | 0 | 0 |
| Hudson Kibblewhite | RW | 38 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +4 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan Tastad | D | 44 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 29 | +3 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Barcik | D | 28 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicholas Andrusiak | D | 30 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | +14 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Klimpke | D | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +4 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Moore | C | 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William James | RW | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Gardner | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Elliott | G | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Martin | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Poll | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Shugrue | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
| Colten Worthington | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fraser Leonard | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Herman | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Olsen | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Smyth Rebman | F | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1294 | 253 | 437 | 690 | 598 | 256 | 66 | 7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Elliott | 43 | 2437:00 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 97 | 2.39 | 1010 | 913 | .904 | |
| Evan Gardner | 30 | 1665:00 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 1.91 | 724 | 671 | .927 | |
| Empty Net | 19:00 | 0 | 10 | 31.58 | ||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 4121 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 160 | 2.33 | 1744 | 1584 | .908 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Wong | C | 16 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor Sidorov | LW | 16 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Brandon Lisowsky | C | 16 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Tanner Molendyk | D | 16 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Easton Armstrong | RW | 11 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Fraser Minten | LW | 16 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Wright | D | 16 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyler Parr | C | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Saunderson | D | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rowan Calvert | LW | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Suzdalev | LW | 16 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Vaughn Watterodt | C | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lukas Hansen | C | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Grayden Siepmann | D | 16 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Misha Volotovskii | LW | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhett Melnyk | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Babcock | D | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hudson Kibblewhite | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan Tastad | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicholas Andrusiak | D | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| William James | RW | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Gardner | G | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Elliott | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 307 | 64 | 109 | 173 | 104 | 90 | 12 | 2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Elliott | 3 | 122:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.95 | 53 | 47 | .887 |
| Evan Gardner | 15 | 901:00 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 2.33 | 390 | 355 | .910 |
| Empty Net | 0 | 6:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 18 | 1029 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 2.45 | 444 | 402 | .905 |
