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Hitmen drop 2-0 decision to Blades in Saskatoon

The Calgary Hitmen lost to Saskatoon Saturday night 2-0. (Photo: Steve Hiscock) The Calgary Hitmen lost to Saskatoon Saturday night 2-0. (Photo: Steve Hiscock)
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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 Evan Gardner, who made 36 saves for his first Western Hockey League shutout.

Ethan Buenaventura stopped 25 shots for the Hitmen.

The defeat made it a lost weekend in Saskatchewan for the Hitmen, who also dropped a 7-2 contest to the Prince Albert Raiders Friday night.

Sunday, the Hitmen announced that they have acquired forward Tyson Greenway from the Tri-City Americans in exchange for a 2026 second-round pick.

The Hitmen return to Alberta to take on the Hurricanes in Lethbridge Wednesday night before returning to the Saddledome Friday for a contest against defending WHL champions Seattle Thunderbirds.

Correction

A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Austin Elliot was goaltending for the Saskatoon Blades. 

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