REGINA PATS FINISH

ALBERTA TRIP IN RED DEER

AS THEY LOST 4-1 with 2

EMPTY NET GOALS

by: Ron "Scoreboard" Johnston

October 15, 2011

The Regina Pats finish their three game road trip tonight in Red Deer, puck drop is 7:30 p.m., pregame with Dan Plaster at 7:05 p.m. and colorman Gerad Waldo. This will be the first of four meetings of the season between Regina Pats and the Red Deer Rebels. Three of the four games last year went into over time, with Regina winning both of the games at the Enmax Centrium in a shootout.

So far this season the Pats are 5-1 on the road and have won both games on this trip. Last night with several of the 19 year olds benched, Regina went with a younger team and beat Edmonton 6-3, at the time Edmonton was top team in the East Conference. The East Division has become a dog race as only 1 point separates first place and third. It is Saskatoon and Regina with 14 points, followed by Moose Jaw with 13, then Brandon with 11.

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First Period: Goaltenders: Regina - Adam Beukeboom; Red Deer - Patrik Bartosak

Scoring: Red Deer scored first, starting in their zone, with Locke Muller coming out of the penalty box and takes a pass and passes to Elson. It resulted in a 3 on 1 break with Turner Elson scoring at 11:14, also assisted by Aaron Boreiko. With only 34.9 seconds left in the period, Brandon Davidson scored on a jumping puck that changed directions, assisted by Ricard Blidstrand and Jordan Weal.

Penalties: 3:35 Red Deer - Josh Cowen (Inter. on Goaltender); 9:04 Red Deer - Locke Muller (Interference); 11:14 Regina Pats - Brandon Davidson (High Sticking); Red Deer - Adam Kambeitz (Cross Checking)

Score: Tied 1-1; Shots: Red Deer 11-7

Second Period:

Scoring: Red Deer scored on a power play, a sharp angle shot and took a 2-1 lead as Mathew Dumba passes out front of net and the puck goes off Regina Pats goaltender Adam Beukeboom at 12:28, assisted by Alex Petrovic and Colten Mayor

Penalties: 0:29 Regina Pats - Dayden Hunt (Hooking); 8:42 Regina Pats - Dominik Volek (Elbowing); 12:05 Regina Pats - Campbell Elynuik (Slashing); 14:34 Regina Pats - Art Bidlevskii (Roughing); Red Deer - Colten Mayor (Roughing)

Score: Red Deer 2-1; Shots: Regina Pats 13-10

Third Period: Regina Pats came close to scoring as Jordan Weal hit the goal post with 8 minutes remaining in the period.

Scoring: Red Deer scores 2 empty net goals. The first had John Pearson finally scoring with 46.9 left, after the Rebels had 5 chances, assisted by Chad Robinson. The second was by Tyson Ness at 19:35, assisted by Josh Cowen.

Penalties: 6:02 Red Deer - Josh Cowen (Holding)