For 7,868 mostly Saskatoon fans, Sunday was perfect at SaskTel Centre!
The large majority had their curiosity quenched about Connor Bedard as the Regina superstar scored a goal and added an assist, but the Blades more than overcame his production as Jayden Wiens (pictured) scored a pair of power play goals to pace the Bridge City Bunch to a 5-2 triumph over the Pats. Austin Elliott made 32 saves for his seventh straight goaltending victory while the Blue and Gold improved to 14-4-0 for the season. Trevor Wong, Lukas Hansen and Vaughn Watterodt also tallied as the Blades won their third straight game. Bedard’s two-point game extended his points streak to 19 games and his seventh consecutive multi-point contest. The 17-year-old consensus first overall choice for the 2023 N-H-L Draft leads the W-H-L with 18 goals, 25 assists and 43 points. However, Regina is 9-9-2 for the season as Sunday’s game was the first of 10 straight on the road. Saskatoon is off until Friday when they host the Medicine Hat Tigers at 7 p.m. Following is the official game summary courtesy the W-H-L, the audio highlights from CJWW’s broadcast and Post-Game Show conversations with head coach Brennan Sonne, Wiens and Hansen…..
Regina Pats 2 at Saskatoon Blades 5 – Status: Final
Sunday, November 13, 2022 – SaskTel Centre – Saskatoon, SK
Regina 0 1 1 – 2
Saskatoon 2 1 2 – 5
1st Period-1, Saskatoon, Wong 8 (Lisowsky), 13:03. 2, Saskatoon, Wiens 4 (De La Gorgendiere), 14:59 (PP). Penalties-Svozil Reg (hooking), 1:31; Brook Reg (roughing), 14:53; Wiens Sas (holding opp. stick), 18:54.
2nd Period-3, Saskatoon, Hansen 3 (Keller), 17:02. 4, Regina, Bedard 18 (Valis), 18:35. Penalties-Hansen Sas (throwing stick), 11:48; Lisowsky Sas (interference), 20:00.
3rd Period-5, Regina, Suzdalev 10 (Bedard, Howe), 0:45 (PP). 6, Saskatoon, Wiens 5 (Sidorov, De La Gorgendiere), 10:27 (PP). 7, Saskatoon, Watterodt 3 18:50 (EN). Penalties-Sidorov Sas (slashing), 7:05; Feist Reg (interference), 9:51.
Shots on Goal-Regina 6-13-15-34. Saskatoon 8-7-12-27.
Power Play Opportunities-Regina 1 / 4; Saskatoon 2 / 3.
Goalies-Regina, Sim 6-4-1-0 (26 shots-22 saves). Saskatoon, Elliott 8-1-0-0 (34 shots-32 saves).
A-7,868
Referees-Adam Forbes (62), Mike Langin (67).
Linesmen-Tanner McGregor (55), Levi Schutz (110).
