The Regina Pats ended their homestand on a positive note as they defeated the Edmonton Oil Kings 7-4.
Offensively, Borya Valis and Connor Bedard led the way for the Pats, Valis picked up his first career hat trick and added an assist, while Bedard recorded five points ( 1G-4A) in the victory, the Pats captain also extended his point streak to 16 games.
Braxton Whitehead, Alexander Suzdalev, and Layton Feist also scored for Regina in the win.
Stanislav Svozil extended his point streak to six games with an assist.
Jakob Brook earned his point of the season with an assist.
Drew Sim earned the win in net as he made 18 saves.
Regina outshot Edmonton 31-22.
Head coach John Paddock says that Valis talents were on display Wednesday night.
“He’s got a lot of talent, he can shoot the puck, he’s playing with players that will get him the puck, and he’ll get them the puck, it’s a real building block for him this season.”
Paddock added that it was important for the Pats to have a solid contribution from Whitehead.
“We know he is a smart intelligent player, he’s in a lot of different situations, he’s a compliment guy, he can be the checker on a line, makes plays as the season goes on and gets some points, he’s a vital player to our team.”
Whitehead was relieved to score his first goal of the season.
“It feels great, it took long enough obviously, it was exciting, it was kind of a shock, I didn’t realize it happened until everybody came and hugged me.”
Next action for the Pats is this weekend when they play three games in three nights. They will begin the weekend in Swift Current for Friday night matchup against the Broncos.
620 CKRM will have coverage of the game, beginning with the pregame show at 6:35, opening faceoff is 7:00.
