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Saskatoon Blades Hockey The Place To Be! HOME NEWS TEAM GAME DAY MVPS (FANS) MULTIMEDIA COMMUNITY PROMOTIONS TICKETS TEAM STORE Blades Roster In The System How They Were Built Staff Team Stats Records History Volunteers Blades Alumni WHL Club Directory Contact Us Game Stats League Standings Team Schedule Keys To The Game Player Awards Team Contests Pokechecks Lair Kids Zone Blades Booster Club Blue Crew Things To Do Login Picture Of The Year Goalie Mask Coupons Colouring Contests Ask A Blade Games Links Crafts And Recipes Listen Live Web TV Photo Gallery Wallpaper Shutter Stopper Donation Requests Blades In The Community Month By Month Blades Weekly Junior Blade Olympian Sport Player Of The Week Blades @ Your Events Elite Jr Blade Program Current Programs Acklands Grainger Point Man Hits For Humanity Teacher Recognition Adopt A School RCMP Project Faceoff Read To Succeed Mentorship Program Novice Hockey Program Game Day Subway Fresh Alert Corporate Sponsors 5050 Numbers Game Tickets Giveaway Success Platinum Sponsors Gold Sponsors Silver Sponsors Preferred Restaurants Single Game Tickets Group Tickets Season Tickets Flex Pack Tickets Playoff Tickets Fundraising Tickets For Kids Seating Information Ticket Policies Club Seat Tutorial Minor Hockey Team Experiences Canadian Tire Team Packs DQ Birthday Party NEXT GAME Vs March 910 705 PM Blades RosterIn The SystemHow They Were BuiltStaffTeam StatsRecordsHistoryVolunteersBlades AlumniWHL Club DirectoryContact UsBlades Celebrate Long Success Blades in the Bigs Alumni in Saskatoon The Cup That Almost Was Blades Jerseys All Time Team Put me in Coach! Jack McLeodSaskatoon Blades celebrate long success as junior franchise by Tom Eremondi of StarPhoenix Creative Services On Saturday September 20 2004 when the Saskatoon Blades took to the ice for their home opener against the Regina Pats it will mark the 40th consecutive season that they have done so a junior team The reasons for the Blades storied success are manifold but three major factors come to mind ownership dedicated to the community fans dedicated to the team and players dedicated to the game19641971 The Early Years The first few years of the Blades existence were rough Teams and leagues came and went while the Saskatoon team struggled to build a winning product This had nothing to do with its original owner Jim Piggott but more the nature of the team and the fledgling state of junior hockey in the 1960sThe team was more of a farm team than an independent franchise We quite often lost players to other leagues remembers Gord Granberg one of the original Blades in 1964 Owner Piggott who previously owned the Saskatoon Quakers as a minorpro team intended for the franchise to feed his new team the Los Angeles Blades of the now defunct professional Western Hockey LeagueThe team not only served in feeding the LA...