Four-goal second period powers Raiders past Pats
Photo Courtesy of Keith Hershmiller/WHL Prince Albert Raiders forward Justin Nachbaur, left, turns around to see his deflected shot in the back of the Regina Pats net on Tuesday night at the Brandt Centre.
Once the Prince Albert Raiders offence got rolling on Tuesday night, it was hard for the Regina Pats to slow them down.
The Raiders scored four times in nearly five-and-a-half minutes during the second period of play as they would go on to pick up a 4-2 victory over the Pats at the Brandt Centre.
“I thought that was one of our best team games so far here,” Raiders head coach Marc Habscheid said. “We’ve lost a key defenceman with Nolan Allan leaving (for the World Under-18’s) and I thought our young guys did a good job of stepping up on the blueline and moving the puck up the ice.”
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The Prince Albert Raiders were inches away from forcing overtime on Thursday night at the Brandt Centre.
Blueliner Remy Aquilon wrapped his way around the Saskatoon Blades net and found Dallyn Peekeekoot in front, but his shot and a rebound attempt by Reece Vitelli were turned aside by Blades goaltender Nolan Maier.
The Blades would seal their 5-3 victory on the following shift as Caiden Daley raced down the ice to score on an empty cage to hand their Raiders their second straight loss.
“I thought we worked hard but some little mistakes that we made in our game cost us in the end as they (the Blades) were able to put it in the back of the net,” Vitelli said. “If we clean those mistakes up, we have a different result.”
By Ryan McNally
Photo Courtesy: Keith Hershmiller
The experience of the Winnipeg Ice was too much for the young Regina Pats at the Brandt Centre on Saturday afternoon.
The Pats lost 5-2 to the Ice, dropping their second in a row and bringing their record down to 4-6-2.
Head Coach Dave Struch says the Pats’ youth got exposed against a veteran Winnipeg team.
“We couldn’t handle their 12 high-end forwards , and that’s in a nut shell really,” Struch said. “We know that we want to get the puck in deep against these guys, take advantage of their young defencemen, and (Saturday) there was not enough of that from our young guys.”
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