Pats win first of the season in a shoot-out
Regina, Saskatchewan – A pair of vetern defencemen cured what ailed the Pats tonight, they pick up their first win of the season 4-3 over the Saskatoon Blades in a shoot-out.
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17 year-old rookie goaltender Dawson Guhle won his first ever WHL start, stopping 29 of 32 Blade shots as well as denying Derek Hulak and Burke Galloimore in the shoot-out. Matt Strueby had a fantastic night notching a pair of goals (his 2nd and 3rd of the season) and had the shoot-out winner. while Tomas Hricina potted his first goal of the season.
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Specialty teams was key as the Pats penalty killers were a perfect 10 for 10 killing penalties, while the power play didn't get a chance to get things going with just two attepts. Matt Delahey and Colten Teubert were fantastic in their return to the Pats, grinding down the Blade forwards and making things easy for the rookie goaltender.
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The Pats will now get ready for the Moose Jaw Warriors Friday night at the Brandt Centre, a 7pm puck drop. The Blades will be back in Regina on Sunday night at 6pm.
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Saskatoon Blades 3 at Regina Pats 4 (SO) – Status: Final SO
rSep 23, 2009 – Brandt Centre – Regina, SK
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Saskatoon 0 1 2 0 – 3
rRegina 1 1 1 0 – 4
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1st Period-1, Regina, Strueby 2 8:25. Penalties-Sparrow Reg (holding), 10:28; Hricina Reg (interference), 13:28; Weal Reg (slashing), 15:20; Elliott Sas (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 15:49; Sparrow Reg (cross checking), 15:49; Teubert Reg (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 15:49; Leffler Reg (roughing, roughing, 10-minute misconduct), 16:34; Toomey Sas (tripping), 18:35.
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2nd Period-2, Regina, Hricina 1 (Bell), 3:11. 3, Saskatoon, Gallimore 2 (Hulak), 9:01. Penalties-Bell Reg (tripping), 9:44; Patterson Sas (tripping), 11:00; Sparrow Reg (holding), 17:46.
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3rd Period-4, Regina, Strueby 3 (Leffler, Delahey), 6:32. 5, Saskatoon, Hulak 1 (Gallimore, Elliott), 8:17. 6, Saskatoon, Gallimore 3 (Wintoneak, Hulak), 19:40. Penalties-Yaworski Sas (slashing), 9:41; Pym Reg (roughing), 17:06.
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OT Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Hricina Reg (checking from behind), 3:13.
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Shootout – Saskatoon 0 (Hulak NG, Gallimore NG), Regina 2 (Weal NG, Strueby G, Leffler G).
rShots on Goal-Saskatoon 14-4-12-2-0-32. Regina 6-9-9-1-1-26.
rPower Play Opportunities-Saskatoon 0 of 10; Regina 0 of 2.
rGoalies-Saskatoon, Morrison 1-0-0-1 (25 shots-22 saves). Regina, Guhle 1-0-0-0 (32 shots-29 saves).
rA-3,740
rReferees-Curtis Howe (118), Chad Williams (60).
rLinesmen-Cam Kuffner (31), Mathew Lawrence (34).
