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Blades Score Early, Defeat Pats 6-2

November 5, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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Saskatoon, Sask. - The Regina Pats allowed three unanswered goals in the opening seven minutes of the first period, leading to a 6-2 loss to the Saskatoon Blades on Sunday inside the SaskTel Centre.

The Pats got a multi-point effort from Sam Oremba (1G-1A) as well as a power play goal from Tanner Howe in the loss. Kelton Pyne got the start and was pulled after allowing four goals on 14 shots in 12:23 of ice-time. Ewan Huet played the final 47:33 of the game, allowing just two goals on 36 shots.

Egor Sidorov scored a hat-trick for the Blades, Trevor Wong tallied five points (1G-4A), Easton Armstrong had three points (1G-2A) Rowan Calvert added a single and Evan Gardner made 24 saves for his third victory of the season.

THEY SAID IT

"It was a tough start. We obviously weren't looking to get started that way, playing a 5-on-3 right off the start and giving up a couple of goals early. That puts you behind the eight ball and gives them momentum. It just carried on from there. We lacked commitment and effort at times for the first 40 minutes. I thought in the third period we played a little harder and [tried to] earn a little respect for Wednesday night [against Saskatoon]." - Regina Pats Assistant Coach Ken Schneider

FINAL SCORE: Blades 6, Pats 2

THE GOALS

First Period

1-0 Blades at 2:26 - Egor Sidorov (11), assisted by Trevor Wong & Easton Armstrong (5-on-3 PP) // With the Pats having penalty trouble early, the Blades worked the puck around on a two-man advantage, where the puck got to Sidorov who buried the shot to give the Blades a 1-0 lead early on.

2-0 Blades at 3:10 - Egor Sidorov (12), assisted by Easton Armstrong & Trevor Wong (5-on-4 PP) // The Blades entered the Pats zone with speed and Armstrong fed Sidorov a pass and he flipped the puck over Pyne's glove to extend the Blades lead to 2-0, less than a minute after they opened the scoring.

3-0 Blades at 6:28 - Trevor Wong (5), assisted by Tanner Molendyk // Wong jumped around a Pats defender and snuck a shot through Pyne's five-hole to extend the Blades lead to three at 3-0.

3-1 Pats at 11:23 - Sam Oremba (4), assisted by Zackary Shantz & Corbin Vaughan // Shantz's shot was initially stopped by Gardner but the rebound bounced around the crease and Oremba was able to knock it past the Blades goaltender to get the Pats on the board, now trailing 3-1.

4-1 Blades at 12:23 - Egor Sidorov (13), assisted by Trevor Wong& Ben Saunderson // The Blades sent a long-range shot which was kicked out by Pyne right into the slot to Sidorov who snapped home the rebound to restore the Blades's three-goal lead at 4-1.

Second Period

4-2 Pats at 7:29 - Tanner Howe (10), assisted by Sam Oremba & Borya Valis (5-on-4 PP) // The Pats won an offensive zone face-off and they quickly worked it deep where Oremba sent a pass to Howe in front of Gardner and he fired it home to pull the Pats to within a pair at 4-2.

5-2 Blades at 10:20 - Rowan Calvert (2), assisted by Trevor Wong // A turnover turned into a Blades rush led by Wong. His shot was stopped but Calvert picked up the loose puck and deposited it into a yawning cage to restore the Blades three-goal lead at 5-2.

Third Period

6-2 Blades at 19:01 - Easton Armstrong (10), assisted by Egor Sidorov & Tanner Molendyk (PP) // Sidorov's long shot was deflected in by Armstrong and past Huet to seal the contest at 6-2.

THE STATISTICS

SOG: Regina - 11-9-6-26 | Saskatoon - 20-19-11-50

PP: Regina - 1/2 | Saskatoon - 3/5

Face-offs: Regina - 33 | Saskatoon - 32

THE GOALTENDING BATTLE

Regina: Kelton Pyne (10 saves / 14 shots in 12:23) & Ewan Huet (34 saves/ 36 shots in 47:33)

Saskatoon: Evan Gardner (24 saves / 26 shots)

THE 3 STARS

First: Egor Sidorov - Blades (3G-1A)

Second: Tyler Wong- Blades (1G-4A)

Third: Easton Armstrong - Blades (1G-2A)

JUST NOTES

Sam Oremba has scored in back-to-back games giving him three goals in his last two contests and four on the season. He added an assist to give him four points in his last two contests (2G-2A).

Tanner Howe notched his 10th goal of the season, which was his first point in three games.

Zackary Shantz picked up his first point in four games with an assist on the Pats' first goal.

Corbin Vaughan has a pair of points in his last three games (1G-1A).

Borya Valis has four points (2G-2A) in his last two games.

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