REGINA — The Regina Pats and Moose Jaw Warriors found themselves in a goaltending battle on Saturday night in Regina, and it would be a former Warrior who came away with the victory.
Keets Fawcett scored the game-winner with 35 seconds remaining and Matthew Hutchison would have a 31-save showing against his former team as the Pats came away with a 2-1 win.
Regina improves to 9-9-2-1 and now have points in four straight games, while Moose Jaw falls to 10-10-1-1 and are a single point ahead of the Pats in sixth in the Eastern Conference.
The Warriors opened scoring early in the contest, and it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise at this point that Lynden Lakovic figured into the proceedings. The Warriors captain forced a turnover high in the Regina zone to create a mini two-on-one with Landen McFadden, and McFadden would put home Lakovic’s cross-crease pass with 6:59 gone in the contest.
Landen McFadden scores at the doorstep with a saucer pass from Lynden Lakovic 😮💨@MJWARRIORS pic.twitter.com/7RxQ454K6i
— Western Hockey League (@TheWHL) November 16, 2025
The goal was McFadden’s eighth of the season and extended Lakovic’s point streak to 13 games, the longest ongoing streak in the WHL.
The rest of the period was largely uneventful, with Regina getting a couple of successful penalty kills later in the period and Moose Jaw holding a 13-8 edge in shots.
Neither team had much by way of momentum in the first half of the second period, but Pats goaltender Hutchison — who was acquired in a trade with Moose Jaw two weeks ago — made a couple of big saves in close on Lakovic, one of those a partial breakaway with just over eight minutes remaining in the frame.
Regina turned a handful of shifts into some decent scoring chances not long after, but it was Kyle Jones’ turn to make the big saves in the Warriors’ net.
Zachary Lansard had the best scoring chance for the Pats in the latter half of the period, but Jones would make the save of the night, diving across his crease to make a glove save on Cohen Klassen’s backdoor pass.
Great move, better save!
Kyle Jones denies the Pats attempt to tie the game.@MJWARRIORS pic.twitter.com/2jLppnyA03
— Western Hockey League (@TheWHL) November 16, 2025
Regina would snap Jones’ shutout bid with 6:38 gone in the third period. Ephram McNutt got off a shot from the point that would hit Klassen in front of the net, and he’d gather up the rebound and put a shot home for his sixth goal of the season.
Never too late, Klassen ties this game late in the third!@WHLPats I #NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/NPPnryR54T
— Western Hockey League (@TheWHL) November 16, 2025
The Warriors’ Kash Andresen had a chance to give his team the lead late in the game when he was sprung on a breakaway, and moments later Regina’s Julien Maze had a scoring opportunity in close, but both goaltenders would come up big to preserve the tie.
A late high sticking penalty gave Regina a chance to finish things off before overtime, and they’d get the job done.
Lansard got off a shot from the high slot, and while Jones made the initial save, the puck would drop behind him and Fawcett would poke it into the open goal for the game-winner with 35 seconds remaining.
ANOTHER KEETS FAWCETT GAME-WINNER 🦸♂️🤯
The Brandt Centre is rocking 🫨#ReginaPatsHockey | #REGvsMJ pic.twitter.com/9vC6hSBkXM
— Regina Pats (@WHLPats) November 16, 2025
Hutchison would finish with 31 saves to earn the win, Jones had 35 saves while taking the loss.
The Warriors are back in action on Tuesday when they host the Brandon Wheat Kings (7 p.m., Temple Gardens Centre) while Regina hits the road for their U.S. Division road trip and take the Spokane Chiefs on Wednesday, with puck drop at 9:05 p.m.
