The Saskatoon Blades are a Canadian major junior ice hockey team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Founded in 1964, the Blades were a charter team of the then-Western Canada Junior Hockey League in 1966, and are the only club that has played every season in the league in its original location. Today, the team plays in the East Division of the Western Hockey League's Eastern Conference, and hosts games at the SaskTel Centre. Despite five regular season titles and five appearances in the championship series, the Blades have never won the Ed Chynoweth Cup as league playoff champions.
The Blades and Regina Pats facing off in Game 7 of their 2023 first round playoff series.
Brayden Schenn playing for the Blades in 2011, wearing a non-Pac Man era jersey.
The Blades face-off against the Moose Jaw Warriors in the 2024 Eastern Conference Final.
The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada, alongside the Ontario Hockey League and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League. Teams play for the Ed Chynoweth Cup, with the winner moving on to play for the Memorial Cup, Canada's national junior championship. WHL teams have won the Memorial Cup 19 times. The WHL is composed of 22 teams divided into two conferences of two divisions. The Eastern Conference comprises 11 teams from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, while the Western Conference comprises eleven teams from British Columbia and the American states of Washington and Oregon.
Bobby Clarke's Flin Flon Bombers jersey on display at the 2007 Memorial Cup in Vancouver.
The Moose Jaw Warriors in action against the Saskatoon Blades.
The Vancouver Giants celebrate their 2007 Memorial Cup victory.
The Spokane Chiefs' 2008 Memorial Cup banner.
