RAIDERS DOUBLE UP PATS 6-3
PRINCE ALBERT – The Regina Pats took a 2-1 lead to the third in Prince Albert on Friday, but fell 6-3 to the Raiders at the Art Hauser Centre.
In the first, the Pats were outshot 13-12 but the game was scoreless after the opening stanza.
The Raiders took a 1-0 lead early in the second thanks to Spencer Moe, but five minutes later Drew Englot scored his first goal of his WHL career to tie the game for Regina. It stayed 1-1 until late in the frame, when Logan Nijhoff scored his third of the year and the Pats took a 2-1 lead into the second intermission.
In the third, the Raiders scored twice on the powerplay and added two more even strength to take a 5-2 lead. The Pats got one back from Logan Nijhoff, his second of the night and fourth of the season, with 2:27 left to play and it was 5-3. The Raiders would seal the victory with an empty netter in what was a 6-3 final.
The Pats were outshot 41-26, the powerplay was oh for three, the penalty kill was two for four, Logan Nijhoff led the offence with two goals and Max Paddock made 35 saves.
The Pats (2-11-1-0) will return to action on Sunday afternoon when they host the Red Deer Rebels at 4 p.m. at the Brandt Centre.
(Phil Andrews/ReginaPats.com)
This team will be hard to win 10 games this year. The west coast trip is coming ….. oh boy!!!
10 wins might be wishful thinking. poorest team I’ve seen in over a decade. PA didn’t fall into the abyss after going to the Memorial Cup and looks like they may go again this year. Kudos to Hunt. the Pats are poorly constructed team, questionable systems and coaching. GM looks like he is out of touch, very little success and mishandles and pushed them into the dark ages again. Big bosses better take a closer look at what’s going on. This type of performance by the hockey operations staff deserves some pink slips. This is bad.
The Pat’s need a major turnover top to bottom. New ownership would be the starting point. Get some real professional hockey people behind the franchise moving forward. It seems the current gm out of touch and should retire from the Junior circuit. The head coach out to lunch with very poor on ice strategy systems which is very obvious to any untrained eye in the stands. Please sell this club to competent people who know what they do.