Pats Top Warriors Friday At Brandt Centre

Regina, Sask. – The Regina Pats continued their strong run against the Moose Jaw Warriors with a 4–2 victory on Friday night at the Brandt Centre, marking their fifth win of the season against Moose Jaw and improving to 5-0-1 in the season series.

With back-to-back wins, the Pats moved into eighth place in the Eastern Conference with 43 points, now just two points back of Moose Jaw for seventh.

Moose Jaw opened the scoring early on the power play, as Landen McFadden capitalized at 2:15 of the first period. The Pats answered back midway through the frame when Ephram McNutt was rewarded for driving the net during a scramble, tying the game at 1–1.

Regina took control later in the opening period. Jace Egland won a battle along the wall and found Reese Hamilton in the slot, who blasted home his sixth of the season to give the Pats a 2–1 lead after 20 minutes.

The Pats extended their advantage in the second period when Dayce Derkatch stepped in from the left point and rifled a slap shot past Chase Wutzke at 7:37, pushing the lead to 3–1.

Moose Jaw made things interesting just 30 seconds into the third period, with McFadden striking again on the power play to pull the Warriors within one. From there, Regina leaned on strong defensive play and steady goaltending from Marek Schlenker who finished with 28 saves.

Egland sealed the win late with an empty-net goal at 19:44, finishing off a strong individual effort by Zach Moore to secure the 4–2 final.

(ReginaPats.com)