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Pats Put Down Cougars 5-1

December 3, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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Prince George, B.C. - The Prince George Cougars opened the scoring early in the first period, but the visiting Regina Pats replied with five unanswered goals in a 5-1 win at a sold-out CN Centre. The Pats rebounded from a tough loss in Kamloops on Wednesday with a brilliant effort tonight. Special teams were vital as the Pats went 2-for-5 on the powerplay and a perfect 7-for-7 on the penalty kill as they leave B.C. with a 4-1 record.

Four different Pats scored in the win, led by Connor Bedard who sniped his 25th and 26th of the season led the way. Tye Spencer (seventh), Tanner Howe (17th), and Easton Armstrong (eighth) added singles to round out the scoring. Drew Sim was stellar in net as he stopped 30 of 31 shots directed his way to pick up his ninth win of the season.

Caden Brown (eighth) replied for the Cougars while Ty Young stopped 24 of 29 shots in the loss.

THE GOALS

First Period

PG 0-1 at 1:42 - Caden Brown (7), assisted by Carter MacAdams // A turnover by the Pat defender led directly to a two-on-one rush where MacAdams fed a nice pass to Brown who made no mistake to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead on their first shot on goal.

REG 1-1 at 4:50 - Tye Spencer (7), assisted by Alexander Suzdalev and Riley Ginnell // Ginnell got the puck along the left boards, fed a pass to Suzdalev in the slot who threaded a nice pass to Spencer who was alone at the side of the net and he slipped it into the cage to give the Pats a 1-0 lead.

REG 2-1 at 13:56 - Tanner Howe (17), assisted by Borya Valis and Stanislav Svozil (PP) // Svozil's point shot was stopped by Young but he was unable to corral the loose puck in front, Valis and Howe whacked away at the biscuit but Howe connected and buried the puck to give the Pats a 2-1 lead.

Second Period

REG 3-1 at 20 seconds - Connor Bedard (25), assisted by Alexander Suzdalev and Stanislav Svozil (PP) // Bedard carried the puck into the zone pulled a quick toe drag, fired his patented wrist shot through the defender, and past Young to extend the Pats lead to two goals at 3-1.

Third Period

REG 4-1 at 13:12 - Connor Bedard (26), unassisted // With the Pats on an odd-man rush Bedard skated in on the left side and fired a wrist shot high glove side past Young to give the Pats a three-goal lead at 4-1.

REG 5-1 at 14:47 - Easton Armstrong (8), assisted by Layton Feist // With the Pats grinding in the Cougar zone, Feist chipped the puck on net and Armstrong grabbed the rebound, spun, and fired home the puck to extend the lead to four at 5-1.

STATISTICS

SOG: REG - 13-8-8-29 | PG - 8-12-11-31

PP: REG - 2/5 | PG - 0/7

Face-Offs: REG - 26 | PG - 22

GOALTENDING BATTLE

Regina: Drew Sim (31 shots/30 saves)

Prince George: Ty Young (29 shots/24 saves)

3 STARS

First: Bedard (2G, 8 shots) - Pats

Second: Svozil (2A, +2) - Pats

Third: Sim (30 saves on 31 shots) - Pats

NOTES

Connor Bedard extended his point streak to 26 games (26G-33A-59PTS) with a pair of goals. He has 37 points (16G-21A) over his last 14 games, 12 of which have been multi-point outings.

Tanner Howe continued his hot streak with a goal. He now has points in his last five games (7G-3A-10PTS) and 17 points (10G-7A) in his last nine games.

Alexander Suzdalev (two assists) has 23 points (9G-14A) in his last 13 games.

Stanislav Svozil picked up two assists to extend his point streak to seven games (2G-14A) and continued on his torrid pace and is now up to 32 points (4G-28A) on the season.

The last time the Pats played the Cougars in B.C. was on November 23, 2018, in a 5-3 loss.

UP NEXT

The Queen City Kids will head to Edmonton to play the rebuilding Oil Kings on Sunday, December 4th with the opening puck drop at 5:00 pm Saskatchewan time.

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