Blades Bio January 2025: Tanner Scott

Approaching a period since helium was acquired by the Saskatoon Blades successful a blockbuster commercialized with the Victoria Royals, Tanner Scott is yet settling into his caller digs.

After 4 years of playing hockey connected the westbound coast, the overage guardant has taken up a caller location successful Saskatoon to adjacent retired his inferior career.

“It was evidently a daze to maine astatine archetypal but I’ve been precise blessed to beryllium here,” said Scott. “I person a batch of household here, truthful that made it initially truly casual to travel present due to the fact that I’m billeting with my cousins. They’ve been truly bully billet-wise and the squad has integrated maine precise quickly.

“I honestly consciousness similar I got 20-something brothers successful determination excessively already.”

Acquired by Saskatoon arsenic portion of a bundle successful speech for franchise icon Brandon Lisowsky, Scott has slotted into the Blades’ top-six guardant halfway and has provided immoderate offence to assistance capable successful the gaps of a overmuch younger roster.

Scoring a brace of goals successful bluish and golden since joining the Blades to spell on with six assists successful 10 games, Scott has helped to anchor a enactment with Hayden Harsanyi and Tyler Parr.

Scott’s travel done hockey began connected the rinks of his hometown of Sherwood Park, Alberta wherever helium followed a inferior way blazed by his older member Mitchell Scott.

“I was ever watching my member play aboriginal on,” said Scott. “He played successful the [Alberta Junior Hockey League], he’s 8 years older than maine truthful I was beauteous young watching him, but helium inspired me. My earliest memories are conscionable playing hockey successful Sherwood Park wherever I grew up.”

Providing a blend of velocity and tenacity arsenic 1 of the smallest players successful the WHL, Scott volition upwind up his inferior vocation successful Saskatoon arsenic 1 of the team’s trio of overage players.

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While helium doesn’t play a emblematic powerfulness guardant game, he’s idolized 1 of the top extremity scorers successful NHL past with the Washington Capitals.

“I similar cheering for [Alexander] Ovechkin,” said Scott. “I play thing similar Ovechkin, but I similar Jesper Bratt connected the [New Jersey] Devils. I play beauteous akin to him and he’s truly amusive to watch, but Ovechkin is astir apt my favourite player.”

With conscionable 23 games near successful the regular season, the Blades are successful the hunt for a playoff spot aft being knocked retired of apical spot successful the East Division by the Prince Albert Raiders.

Winning conscionable 1 of their past 7 games, Saskatoon volition beryllium warring for playoff seeding successful the coming weeks and volition request amended consistency successful their crippled according to Scott.

“We’re inactive moving connected immoderate chemistry present I think,” said Scott. “The radical of guys successful there, it’s a batch of accomplishment successful there. As soon arsenic we get that chemistry figured retired and figuring retired each other’s play styles, I deliberation this could beryllium a precise scary squad entering playoffs.”

The Blades get backmost connected the crystal Friday nighttime astatine home, facing disconnected against the Wenatchee Wild astatine 7:00 p.m. connected ‘Les Lazaruk Bobblehead Night’ celebrating the team’s longtime play-by-play voice.