RAIDERS DOWN PATS 5-2

PRINCE ALBERT – The Regina Pats fell 5-2 in Prince Albert on Tuesday night to conclude their season series with the Raiders at the Art Hauser Centre.

In the first, the Raiders opened the scoring at 12:38 when Aliaksei Protas put home a rebound to make it 1-0. Protas added another on the powerplay late in the period and it was 2-0 Prince Albert after 20 minutes. In the second, Regina cut the lead in half when Riley Krane blocked a shot on the penalty kill and skated away on a breakaway, scoring his 16th of the season at 3:37 to make it 2-1. Prince Albert restored the two-goal lead at 15:17 on the powerplay and it was 3-1 after two. In the third, the Raiders got a goal from Ilya Usau to go up 4-1 six minutes in. The Pats got one back when Kyle Walker scored on his own rebound for his fifth at 8:22 and it was 4-2. Regina pulled Buskey for the extra attacker late, but the Raiders scored into the empty net and took the two points in a 5-2 final.  

The Pats were outshot 39-17, the powerplay was oh for three, the penalty kill was three for five with a shorthanded goal, while Donovan Buskey made 34 saves.

The Pats (19-30-3-2) are back in action on Friday night when they host the Saskatoon Blades at 7 p.m. at the Brandt Centre.

(Phil Andrews, ReginaPats.com/Photo: Lucas Chudleigh/Apollo Multimedia)