Samuel Karsay scored both goals for the Regina Pats in regulation as they downed the Brandon Wheat Kings 3-2 in a shootout on Friday night.
Karsay opened the scoring and put the Pats ahead again in the second period.
Brady Turko and Kris Muissu had the equalizers for the Wheat Kings.
Taylor Tabashniuk stopped 25 of 27 shots during game play. He allowed one goal, to Muissu, on three attempts in the shootout.
Ellis Mieyette and Keets Fawcett scored in the breakaway contest for the Pats. Fawcett’s goal was the winner. The Pats improved to 8-6-0-1.
Ryley Budd made 27 saves in the Wheaties net as they fell to 11-6-0-1.
Blades edge Hitmen
Two goals from Konstantin Hutzinger paced the attack for the Saskatoon Blades in a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Hitmen.
Hutzinger’s second-period tally gave the Blades a 4-1 advantage and stood as the winner to help them improve to 7-5-3 on the season.
Hunter Laing netted his 11th goal of the campaign and Tyrone Sobry also scored for Saskatoon. Kazden Mathies had two assists. Martin Psohlavec turned aside 43 of 46 shots in net.
Blake Vanek, Andrei Molgachev, and Carter Sanderson had the Hitmen goals. Aidan Hesse made 32 saves. The Hitmen are now 9-7-0-1.
Warriors downed in extra time in Victoria
Victoria Royals forward Cameron Schmidt ended the game with 23 seconds left in overtime on a power play to hand the Moose Jaw Warriors a 4-3 loss.
Riley Thorpe scored twice for the Warriors, Casey Brown had their other goal, and Mathieu Lajoie recorded two assists in a losing effort.
Jordan Switzer made 35 saves as the Warriors dropped to 7-8-1 on the season.
Marek Peroutka, Savin Virk, and Hayden Moore had the first three goals for Victoria, which got 34 stops in net from Cole Prelusky. The Royals improved their record to 10-4.
