PATS FALL 6-2 IN SPOKANE

SPOKANE, WA – The Regina Pats concluded their U.S. Division road trip with a 6-2 loss in Spokane to the Chiefs on Saturday night. 

In the first, the Chiefs scored first at the 2:49 mark thanks to Erik Atchison to lead 1-0. The Pats outshot Spokane 7-3 for the rest of the period, but it remained 1-0 after the first. In the second, the Chiefs extended the lead to 2-0, 12 minutes into the period on a goal from Reed Jacobson. Less than two minutes later, Carson Denomie set up Logan Nijhoff back door on the powerplay for his ninth to cut the lead to 2-1 and that was the score after 40 minutes. In the third, the Chiefs scored three times in a span of 1:18 to open up a 5-1 lead. They added another with less than six minutes to play and it was 6-1. Zack Smith got one back for the Pats with 3:25 left, his ninth to make it 6-2 and that was the final score.

The Pats were outshot 40-35, the powerplay was one for seven, the penalty kill six for seven, while Donovan Buskey and Danton Belluk combined to make 34 saves.

The Pats (13-25-3-2) will return home to take on the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Brandt Centre. 

(Phil Andrews, ReginaPats.com/Photo: Spokane Chiefs)