ICYMI: Eliminated: Season ends for Saskatoon Blades with first-round playoff exit
With a 6-3 loss to the host Moose Jaw Warriors on Friday night, the Blades were eliminated from the playoffs as Moose Jaw took their best-of-seven Western Hockey League playoff series four games to one.
“We didn’t quit, but it was difficult,” admitted Blades head coach Brennan Sonne in his year-end media conference Sunday. “You want to start with the lead. You score the first goal and you win 65 per cent of the time. You score the second goal and it goes up to 75 per cent. Jagger Firkus had a pair of goals for Moose Jaw, which got singles from Denton Metaychuk, Thomas Tien, Atley Calvert and Robert Baco, with the latter scoring into an empty net as the Blades pulled goalie Nolan Maier for an extra attacker.“It still hurts,” Maier admitted Sunday following team exit meetings. “None of us wanted it to end like that or at all. We all thought we had more in us.