Ahead by a century: Blades wrap up 100-point season with win in Moose Jaw

The 2022-23 Saskatoon Blades have joined the century club.

A 6-3 victory over the host Moose Jaw Warriors on Saturday in their final game of the WHL regular season gave the Blades a 48-15-4-1 record and 101 points. It’s Saskatoon’s first 100-point season since the 2010-11 campaign.

Saskatoon finished second in the East Division, behind only the Winnipeg Ice (57-10-1-0). The Blades finished third in the Eastern Conference, behind Winnipeg and the Central Division-champion Red Deer Rebels (43-19-3-3).

The Blades are to face the sixth-place Regina Pats in a best-of-seven first-round playoff series. That series is to start Friday in Saskatoon.

On Saturday in Moose Jaw, the Blades scored two goals in each period — Brandon Lisowsky and Jayden Wiens in the first, Justin Lies and Rowan Calvert in the second, and Trevor Wong with a pair in the third (including one into an empty net).

Atley Calvert, with two, and Logan Dowhaniuk had goals for Moose Jaw in its regular-season finale.

The Warriors finished the regular season with a 41-24-0-3 record, good for fourth place in the conference. They’re to face the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the first round of the post-season; that series is to start Friday in Moose Jaw.

Ethan Chadwick turned aside 22 shots in the Saskatoon net. Jackson Unger made 25 saves for the Warriors.