
Brandon Blow past Pats 8-3
September 12, 2015 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release
The Brandon Wheat Kings opened the scoring at the 11:24 mark of the first when Mark Matsuba scored unassisted. They would increase their lead 20 seconds later when Tyler Coulter scored making it 2-0. The Regina Pats got on the board in the second when Rykr Cole scored his second of the pre-season less than two minutes in. Brandon and Regina would match goal for goal after that when Brandon's Stelio Mattheos made it 3-1 on the power play. The Pats Jared Freadrich would get his first to make it 3-2 on the power play. The flurry would continue when the Wheat Kings Braylon Shmyr would get his second goal of the pre-season to make it 4-3 Wheat Kings. Regina's Colton Kroeker would make it 4-3 with less than one minute left in the second. In the third, Brandon would get four unanswered goals to beat the Pats 8-3.
Quick Hits
-The Regina Pats will return to the Brandt Centre on Wednesday, September 16th in pre-season action against the Prince Albert Raiders.
-Jared Freadrich scored his first goal as a member of the Regina Pats.
Named for the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, the Western Hockey League's Regina Pats are the oldest major junior hockey franchise in the world operating from its original location. Since their founding in 1917, the Pats have won three Memorial Cup championships and compete in the WHL's Eastern Division. To learn more about the Pats, call 306-337-1535 or visit www.reginapats.com.
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