Sunday, May 19, 2013

Former Viper Bayda Big Help For Blades:

This is in todays Morning Star Newspaper:

Bayda big help for Blades

By Kevin Mitchell - Vernon Morning Star

Published: May 19, 2013

Ryan Bayda, who boosted the Vernon Vipers to the 1999 Royal Bank Cup title, helped the Saskatoon Blades prepare for the Memorial Cup at a practice last Monday in Warman.

Bayda, a former Carolina Hurricane back in Toon Town after a third year in Germany, and nine other pros or university players, scrimmaged against the Blades, whose last WHL game was March 27.

The group simulated some of the powerplay schemes used by teams in the running for the Major Junior tournament.

“It gives the Blades some competition instead of just playing against each other,” Bayda told The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. “When you do that, you start to learn everyone’s tendencies and start cheating a little bit.”

Bayda, as a 17-year-old, racked up 82 points on the Vipers’ powerful KBG line with Tyler Knight and Lanny Gare before going to the University of North Dakota.

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