Pats Hold On, Defeat Broncos 4-3
October 8, 2022 – Western Hockey League (WHL) – Regina Pats News Release
Regina, Sask. – The Regina Pats, who led 4-0 at one point, were able to hold on to the lead, defeating the Swift Current Broncos 4-3 on Saturday night at the Brandt Centre.
Alexander Suzdalev scored twice for the Pats, who got single tallies from Tanner Howe and Connor Bedard. Drew Sim stopped 25 of 28 in a winning effort for the Pats. Bedard added a pair of assists for a three-point night to add to his WHL point-leading total of 15.
Mathew Ward, Brady Birnie, and Josh Filmon replied for the Broncos. Reid Dyck stopped 36 of 40 shots for the Broncos in the loss.
THE GOALS
First Period
REG 1-0 at 2:32 – Tanner Howe (4), assisted by Stanislav Svozil and Connor Bedard (PP) // With an early powerplay, the Pats worked the puck around the Broncos zone where Svozil fed a pass to the left faceoff circle for Howe. Howe had time and ripped a laser to the top corner beating Reid Dyck to give the Pats a 1-0 lead early.
REG 2-0 at 15:33 – Alexander Suzdalev (4), assisted by Parker Berge and Sam Oremba // The Pats were working the puck around the Broncos’ zone. Oremba picked up the puck and sent a pass to Berge at the point who let fly a wrist shot that was stopped by Dyck, but Suzdalev was standing at the top of the crease and jammed in his fourth of the season, giving the Pats a 2-0 lead late in the first period.
Second Period
REG 3-0 at 2:19 – Alexander Suzdalev (5), assisted by Stanislav Svozil and Connor Bedard (PP) // Svozil let a point blast go that was kicked out by the Bronco goalie, but the rebound went right to Suzdalev who tucked a backhand past Dyck to extend the Pats lead to 3-0.
REG 4-0 at 10:44 – Connor Bedard (7), assisted by Borya Valis and Tanner Howe // The Pats broke in on an offensive rush. Valis and Bedard worked a give-and-go with Bedard giving the Pats a 4-0 lead.
SC 4-1 at 13:20 – Mathew Ward (1), assisted by Grayson Burzynski // Burzynski found Ward breaking in past the Pats defence where he had time and tucked the puck through Drew Sim’s five-hole to get the Broncos to within three at 4-1.
Third Period
SC 4-2 at 2:57 – Brady Birnie (1), assisted by Josh Davies and Owen Pickering (SH) // The Broncos take advantage of a lackadaisical Pats powerplay and broke into the Pats zone with numbers. Sim made a nice save on Davies but he had trouble with the rebound and Birnie buried the puck to cut the lead to 4-2.
SC 4-3 at 10:09 – Josh Filmon (2), assisted by Mathew Ward and Owen Pickering (PP) // Ward’s point shot was blacked in front but the puck deflected to Filmon who fired it past Sim to bring the Broncos to within a single tally, down 4-3 with a powerplay goal.
STATISTICS
SOG: REG – 14-15-11-40 | SC – 5-10-13-28 PP: REG – 2/6 | SC – 1/1
Face-Offs: REG – 42 | SC – 25
GOALTENDING BATTLE
Regina: Drew Sim (28 shots/25 saves)
Swift Current: Reid Dyck (40 shots/36 saves)
3 STARS
First: Alexander Suzdalev (2G) – Pats Second: Tanner Howe (1G-1A) – Pats
Third: Connor Bedard (1G-2A) – Pats
NOTES
* Regina product Sam Oremba picked up his first point as a Pat with an assist on Suzdalev’s first goal of the game. * Despite allowing a powerplay marker, the Pats’ penalty kill remains strong at 82.1% on the season. * After going 0/4 on the powerplay against the ICE, the Pats went 2/6 with the advantage today. * Connor Bedard extended his point streak to seven games (7G-8A-15PTS). * Alexander Suzdalev now has five goals in six games to start the season.
UP NEXT
The Pats’ next home action is on Wednesday night, October 12 when they play host to the Prince Albert Raiders. Puck-drop is at 7:00 PM at the Brandt Centre.
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