Blades Late Rally Comes Up Just Short in Regina

It was a case of too little, too late Friday night for the Saskatoon Blades in Regina.

Three, third period goals left the Bridge City Bunch one short in a 4-3 loss to the Pats, extending the Blue and Gold’s winless streak to five games.  The Blades failed to score on four power play chances in a scoreless first period, with Regina responding with three goals in the second frame to take control of the game. Former Saskatoon winger Zach Moore squeezed a goal in between all the Bridge City Bunch markers in the third as Regina ended a run of six consecutive regular-season head-to-head losses to the Blue and Gold, dating back to October, 2023. Two of the Saskatoon goals came with netminder Ethan McCallum on the bench for an extra attacker. Ben Riche, Tyler Parr and Isaac Poll, with his first career W-H-L tally, scored for the Blades while Brandon Lisowsky extended his points streak to eight games with two assists. The Pats improved to 8-17-5 for the season while Saskatoon is now 17-9-4 with one game remaining before a 12-day break for Christmas. That contest comes up Sunday at SaskTel Centre at 4 o’clock against the Brandon Wheat Kings. Following are the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast, Les Lazaruk’s Post-Game Show interview with Bridge City Bunch bench boss Dan Da Silva plus Les’ first intermission chat with Pats’ General Manager Alan Millar. In addition is the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L…..

SASKATOON Goals SASKATOON PLAYERS (plus) REGINA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time  G-As1-As2 3rd 5:22  13-4-8 4 8 13 19 20 4 18 20 36 52 3rd 15:22 PP  19-8-20 3rd 17:12  20-21-25 8 19 20 21 25 28 4 5 11 13 42

REGINA Goals REGINA PLAYERS (plus) SASKATOON PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time  G-As1-As2 2nd 1:07  3-13-42 3 13 42 44 72 9 17 21 25 52 2nd 10:30 PP  27-52-42 2nd 11:52  38-24 24 34 36 37 38 2 3 11 18 88 3rd 7:12  18 4 5 18 20 52 2 3 8 19 20