Hitmen drop 2-0 decision to Blades in Saskatoon

The Hitmen came up empty Saturday night, dropping a hard-fought 2-0 decision to the Saskatoon Blades. Egr Sidorov's goal at 10:39 of the first period opened the scoring and was the only goal for most of the night, until Vaugn Watterodt's empty-netter with 20 seconds remaining in the game sealed the deal for the Blades. The Hitmen outshot the Blades 31-27 but couldn't put the puck behind Austin Elliot. Ethan Buenaventura stopped 25 shots for the Hitmen. The defeat made it a lost weekend in Saskat