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Pats Fight Until End in 2-1 Loss to Broncos

October 22, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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Swift Current, Sask. - The Swift Current Broncos defeated the Regina Pats 2-1 on Sunday afternoon inside the InnovationPlex.

The Broncos held a 1-0 lead throughout the majority of the game, after Tyson Laventure scored unassisted in the dying minutes of the first to put Swift Current up 1-0. That lead stood after one and two periods of play.

Clarke Caswell would redirect a centering pass from Laventure with 5:50 left in the third to put the Broncos up 2-0 before Zackary Shantz got Regina within one a minute later, at 2-1.

The Pats tied the game shortly after, but the goal was waved off as the officials ruled that Tye Spencer high-sticked the puck as he wacked it out of mid air and into the net. The was the second of two goals waved off as Valis scored with 32 seconds left in the second, but after further conversation, the officials ruled goalie interference as Sam Oremba went crashing into the net, taking out the Broncos goaltender.

Ewan Huet made 18 saves on 20 shots in the loss, while Reid Dyck stopped 23 of 24 in the Broncos win.

THEY SAID IT

I thought we played a really good game tonight. We didn't get rewarded for a lot of the hard work and good defence that we played. I thought our penalty kill was excellent. It kept us in the game. We did take a few penalties but our guys were up to the challenge. I think overall, we played pretty good game. If you look at the last six or seven minutes of the game, we started to play a lot more desperate and it showed as we played in their end of the rink. A bounce here or there, and a little luck, and it would have been a tie game. - Regina Pats Assistant Coach Ken Schneider

FINAL SCORE: Broncos 2, Pats 1

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THE GOALS

First Period

1-0 Broncos at 18:48 - Tyson Laventure (4), unassisted // Laventure got the puck in the mid-slot area and he let a wrist shot go that beat a screened Huet to his blocker side giving the Broncos a 1-0 lead late in the opening stanza.

Second Period

No scoring.

Third Period

2-0 Broncos at 14:10 - Clarke Caswell (3), assisted by Tyson Laventure & Brady Birnie // Laventure won a race for the puck and sent a harmless looking pass to the front of the Pats net where Caswell got a piece of it and chipped it past Huet to give the Broncos a 2-0 lead in the latter stages of the third period.

2-1 Pats at 15:10 - Zackary Shantz (3), assisted by Parker Berge // Berge's shot bounced around the crease area where Shantz was able to pick up the loose puck and tucked one past Dyck to break the shutout and get the Pats on the board now down 2-1.

THE STATISTICS

SOG: Regina - 8-12-4-24 | Swift Current - 7-4-9-20

PP: Regina - 0/3 | Swift Current 0/6

Face-offs: Regina - 27 | Swift Current - 28

THE GOALTENDING BATTLE

Regina: Ewan Huet (18 saves / 20 shots)

Swift Current: Reid Dyck (23 saves / 24 shots)

THE 3 STARS

First: Reid Dyck- Broncos (23 saves on 24 shots, win)

Second: Tyson Laventure- Broncos (1G-1A)

Third: Sam Oremba - Pats (5 SOG)

JUST NOTES

Zackary Shantz scored his third goal of the season and first in three games (his last goal was on October 11 vs. Calgary).

Parker Berge had an assist and now has eight points in his last five games (1G-7A)

Borya Valis's point streak came to an end at five games.

11 of the Pats 13 games this season have been decided by two goals or less. The Pats are now 3-2-1 in one-goal games.

The Pats had two goals called back during the contest.

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