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Third Period Comeback Falls Short in 4-1 Loss

November 2, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats dropped their second straight contest on Wednesday, falling 4-1 to the Prince Albert Raiders despite a late comeback inside the Brandt Centre.

The Pats trailed 2-0 through 40 minutes of action following a first period goal from Sloan Stanick and a second period marker from Cole Peardon. Corbin Vaughan would get the Pats on the board early in the third period with his third of the season, as the Pats began the third period with a lot of energy.

The Pats continued to pressure in the third, getting lots of opportunities on the power play, outshooting the Raiders 10-6 in the period. Regina almost cashed in as they had what looked like their tying goal waved off midway through the frame.

Niall Crocker's late third period power play goal put the Raiders up by two again, while Krzysztof Macias' empty netter sealed it for the Raiders who improve to 9-6-1 on the season. The Pats fall to 8-7-1 on the young season.

THEY SAID IT

"That was a rough one. Right from the beginning, it just didn't seem like we had the energy that we needed to have. In the third period we were better, but it was too little too late. We needed that energy [in the third period] right from puck drop. We need to work harder, and we created more opportunities when we did. We have to have that for 60 minutes and tonight we just didn't have that." - Regina Pats Assistant Coach Ken Schneider

FINAL SCORE: Raiders 4, Pats 1

THE GOALS

First Period

1-0 Raiders at 18:21 - Sloan Stanick (5), assisted by Krzysztof Macias & Harrison Lodewyk // The Raiders stormed in on an odd-man rush and Stanick ripped a shot from the left circle that beat Pyne off the post and into give the Raiders a 1-0 lead late in the opening period.

Second Period

2-0 Raiders at 10:18 - Cole Peardon (3), assisted by Hayden Pakkala & Easton Kovacs // The Raiders controlled the puck in the Pats zone for an extended period of time. Peardon ended up with a nice opportunity and he fired one past Pyne to extend the Raiders lead to a pair at 2-0.

Third Period

2-1 Pats at 2:39 - Corbin Vaughan (3), assisted by Parker Berge & Tye Spencer (4-on-4) // Vaughan kept the puck in at the blue line and did the work himself as he deked his way toward Coward and sent a shot that managed to get through the Raiders netminder to get the Pats on the board at 2-1.

3-1 Raiders at 15:02 - Niall Crocker (6), assisted by Ryder Ritchie & Jacob Hoffrogge (PP) // The Raiders worked the puck deep into the Pats zone where the puck was thrown to the net and Crocker was there to jam the puck past Pyne to give the Raiders a two-goal lead at 3-1.

4-1 Raiders at 18:05 - Krzysztof Macias (8), assisted by Sloan Stanick (EN) // With the Pats net empty the Raiders gained control of the puck and Macias buried the empty net goal to seal the contest for the Raiders.

THE STATISTICS

SOG: Regina - 6-7-10-23 | Prince Albert - 7-13-6-26

PP: Regina - 0/4 | Prince Albert - 1/7

Face-offs: Regina - 30 | Prince Albert - 33

THE GOALTENDING BATTLE

Regina: Kelton Pyne ( 22 saves / 25 shots)

Prince Albert: Chase Coward ( 22 saves / 23 shots)

THE 3 STARS

First: Sloan Stanick - Raiders (1G-1A)

Second: Chase Coward - Raiders (22 saves, win)

Third: Corbin Vaughan - Pats (1G)

JUST NOTES

2008-born forward, Cameron Kuzma made his Pats debut. He is the 1,257th skater (1,424th including goaltenders) to play in a regular season or playoff game for the franchise. Kuzma is also the first player to wear #47.

The Pats went 103:01 between goals when Corbin Vaughan scored the Pats' first goal in the third period.

Tye Spencer picked up his first point in four games, he now has 10 points in 15 games on the season (4G-6A)

Parker Berge notched an assist, he has 10 points (1G-9A) in his last eight games.

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