One day after falling to the Saskatoon Contacts at home, the Warriors rebounded with a 4-3 shootout win over the Regina Pat Canadians on Sunday at Mosaic Place to further solidify their hold on first place.
The Warriors now hold a 21-7-1-0 record, good enough for 43 points and a four-point lead over a logjam in second place between the Contacts, Saskatoon Blazers and Pat Canadians – three teams the Tribe just happen to have a series of games against in recent league action.
On Sunday, Davis Fry scored the only goal of the shootout as the Warriors emerged victorious from a back-and-forth battle.
The Pat Cs built a 2-0 lead by the 11 minute mark of the first period, but Connor McGrath would get one back with 29 seconds left in the period and Austin Reschny would tie things up 3:27 into the second.
McGrath would then put Moose Jaw ahead 3-2 with a power play goal 1:39 into the third, but that lead wouldn’t last long as Regina tied the game just over two minutes later.
Overtime would solve nothing, setting the stage for Dylan Ernst to stop all four Regina attempts in the shootout to secure the win.
The Warriors will have one more game before the Christmas break as they’ll travel to Saskatoon for a rematch with the Contacts on Thursday.
