WHEAT KINGS SINK PATS 5-2
Regina, Sask. — The Regina Pats had a lacklustre performance on Saturday night in front of a season-high 6,241 fans, and were defeated 5-2 by the Brandon Wheat Kings.
Although they out-shot the visitors 28-26, there wasn’t a consistent enough effort and the team looked out of sorts for the majority of the night.
“Just being around this group and being here every day, I just think we’re a fragile group right now,” Pats assistant coach Brad Herauf said. “We’re almost like a whipped dog right now and I think with our young group — which we are — we’re learning to win and this is just something else we’re learning. We’ve been asking a lot of kids for six, eight weeks now and guys have been jumping up and and then stepping up, and it’s hard to be consistent in this league.”
The Pats started well, with Zack Stringer opening the scoring on the power play — his 10th of the season. Brandon, however, struck three times in a span of 1:11 late in the first period, and never looked back.
The Wheat Kings added a pair of second period goals, spending nearly half of the game up by a 5-1 score. In the end, four different Wheat Kings scored: Rylen Roersma (2), Vincent Iorio, Ben Thornton and Tyson Zimmer.
Connor Bedard scored late in the third period on a power play, giving him 44 goals on the season.
Regina’s power play went 2-for-3, while their penalty kill went perfect 2-for-2.
(ReginaPats.com)
I have been around hockey a long time. They have a young core group. To win its a 19 yr old league and that simply is not the Regina Pats. No need to pick on anyone as they give up a lot of 2 on 1s and let other teams crowd the crease. I will renew my season ticket and the season was good enough for. It is a privilidge to watch Conor Bedard. This era and a player like him reminds me of when Jeff Friesen. That guy was a machine and top 10 pick. If they can get… Read more »