The Saskatoon Blades have been putting themselves behind the 8-ball with recent slow starts. Article content

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It happened again in Medicine Hat.

The Blades are hoping — well, they’re banking on it — that it won’t happen Friday when they host the Red Deer Rebels.

Game-time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre.

“It’s frustrating,” says Blades head coach Dan DaSilva, “when you get behind three-nothing in back-to-back games, for sure.”

DaSilva says messaging to the players is “just about preparation: simplifying our game, getting to play Blades hockey as soon as we can.”

DaSilva says the Blades did just that in the latter parts of both of their games over the weekend.

“The back half of those games; the last 40 minutes of both of thos

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