Gould's five points hands Blades first loss in 6-3 Bronco victory

Rylan Gould had a career night while Ty Coupland’s first career hat-trick would end the undefeated streak of the Saskatoon Blades with a 6-3 Swift Current Bronco victory Friday night.

The Broncos would open the scoring at 7:28 on a Blades power play Rylan Gould (Headingly, MB) would break in on a shorthanded chance and beat goaltender Evan Gardner to give the Broncos a 1-0 lead from Clarke Caswell (Brandon, MB). The Blades would come back just under seven minutes later with Cooper Williams solving Reid Dyck (Steinbach, MB) drawing things even at 1-1 after 1.

Broncos fall in Saskatoon

The Blades would open the scoring at 6:28 as Cooper Williams would score his first WHL goal right after the first media timeout to make it 1-0 Saskatoon. Shortly after on a 4-on-4 that turned into a shortened power play would see Ty Coupland (North Vancouver, BC) score his first of the season from Brady Birnie (Regina, SK) & Luke Mistelbacher (Steinbach, MB) at 9:12 draws things even at 1-1.

Broncos drop home opener to Blades

Two, two goal periods by the Saskatoon Blades spoiled the Swift Current Broncos home-opener plans with a 4-1 defeat on Friday night.

The first period saw the Blades hit the post and crossbar in the first six minutes of the opening period of the season but at 8:04 the Blades would solve starting goaltender Reid Dyck (Winkler, MB) as Kohen Lodge would fire his 1st WHL goal to make it 1-0 Saskatoon. The Blades would take that lead into the second period.