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The Saskatoon Blades had been higher than the Pink Deer Rebels in Western Hockey League motion Wednesday night time.
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In a battle of WHL Jap Convention heavyweights, the Blades downed the Rebels 5-2 earlier than an introduced crowd of two,934 followers at SaskTel Centre.
Egor Sidorov and Brandon Lisowsky every tallied twice to steer Saskatoon, which led 1-0 and 4-1 by durations. Jayden Wiens additionally scored for the Blades, who outshot the Rebels 38-10.
Craig Armstrong and Frantisek Formanek replied for Pink Deer, which fell to 38-17-1-3.
Saskatoon improved to 39-13-4-1.
Sidorov, from Belarus, completed the sport with a Gordie Howe hat-trick with two objectives, an help and a preventing main.
The Blades capitalized on three of 9 energy play possibilities. The Rebels had been 0-for-2.
Ethan Chadwick stopped eight pictures for the victory.
BLADE BITS: The Blades will play host to Brayden Yager and the Moose Jaw Warriors on Friday night time and Lethbridge Hurricanes on Saturday night time. Sport-time is 7 p.m. each nights at SaskTel Centre.
