REGINA Pats forward Connor Bedard closed out his 15-year-old season with an emotional overtime win on Friday night. The rookie netted two goals, including the overtime winner, in a 2-1 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings. His final game of the season was a sentimental send off for Bedard. On Tuesday, he learned his grandfather Garth died in a motor vehicle accident in B.C. He’s definitely who I play for now and will for the rest of my life and it’s a really special game and I know he was watching me, Bedard said. An OT winner for Grandpa Garth. What a tribute from Connor Bedard.#JoinTheRegiment#SubwayWHLHubpic.twitter.com/lvqeGr5NaE
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Apr 9, 2021 8:05 PM
Regina Pats forward Connor Bedard points to the sky after scoring his first of two goals against the Brandon Wheat Kings on April 9, 2021. (Keith Hershmiller Photography)
It was an emotional game, but Regina Pats forward Connor Bedard honoured his grandfather with a two-goal performance Friday.
Bedard scored both of Regina’s goals in a 2-1 overtime win over the Brandon Wheat Kings at the Brandt Centre his first game since receiving the news his grandfather Garth had passed away.
On Wednesday, the WHL’s Pats announced Bedard’s grandfather was killed in a crash in B.C. on Tuesday.
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By Ryan McNally
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The experience of the Winnipeg Ice was too much for the young Regina Pats at the Brandt Centre on Saturday afternoon.
The Pats lost 5-2 to the Ice, dropping their second in a row and bringing their record down to 4-6-2.
Head Coach Dave Struch says the Pats’ youth got exposed against a veteran Winnipeg team.
“We couldn’t handle their 12 high-end forwards , and that’s in a nut shell really,” Struch said. “We know that we want to get the puck in deep against these guys, take advantage of their young defencemen, and (Saturday) there was not enough of that from our young guys.”
REGINA A few players sit on bench, looking out at a fresh sheet of ice in Regina’s Brandt Centre. It’s 30 minutes to game time and the familiar hustle and bustle of fans finding their way to their seats, concession crews working is gone. The rink has an eerie quiet to it, but the slow pace is welcome after to many who thought junior hockey wouldn’t happen this season at all. “Every day is a victory because we’re playing the game,” Dave Struch, Pats head coach said, after a 5-2 loss Saturday to the Winnipeg Ice.