PATS FALL 5-4 IN TRI-CITY
TRI-CITY – The Regina Pats mounted a furious third period comeback but fell 5-4 on the road to the Tri-City Americans on Saturday night.
In the first, the Americans got an early goal from Edge Lambert at 3:25 to take a 1-0 lead. Tri-City added another on the powerplay with three minutes left in the frame and it was 2-0 at the break. In the second, the Pats got a five-minute major powerplay and a subsequent two minute five on three man advantage but were unable to convert. Moments later the Americans went up 3-0 on a goal from Sasha Mutala. It stayed 3-0 until late in the frame when Tri-City scored another powerplay goal to take a 4-0 lead to the intermission. In the third, Drew Englot got the Pats on the board five minutes in with his seventh. The Americans responded with a shorthanded goal to go up 5-1. The Pats started a comeback after that when Riley Krane got his 10th, Nikita Sedov his fourth and Drew Englot his eighth to get the Pats within a goal with less than a minute left. The Americans held on in the final 38 seconds to take the two points in a 5-4 final.
The Pats outshot the Americans 41-40, the powerplay was two for seven and the penalty kill one for three. Drew Englot and Logan Nijhoff led the offence with two point nights, while Donovan Buskey made 35 saves.
The Pats (12-22-3-2) are right back at it on Sunday when they visit the Everett Silvertips at 6 p.m. Regina time on 620 CKRM.
(Phil Andrews/ReginaPats.com)
