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Both teams have three points out of their first two games, with the Raiders defeating the Regina Pats 6-3 to open the season before falling to the Warriors 2-1 in a shootout Sunday.
The Wheat Kings lost their first game to the Warriors 4-3 in overtime, before registering a 3-2 win over the Winnipeg ICE.
Wheat Kings captain Braden Schneider has been leading from the back. In two games, Schneider has two goals and an assist in his first two games. He’s tied for the team lead in both of those categories with 17-year-old forward Jake Chiasson, the 15
th overall pick in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft. The two have combined for four of the Wheat Kings’ six goals so far, with Brett Hyland and Ben McCartney scoring the other two.
WHL Roundup: Tate Popple scores his second goal in OT, Warriors edge Wheat Kings
March 12, 2021
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MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Tate Popple scored his second goal of the game 1:07 into overtime and the Moose Jaw Warriors opened their Western Hockey League season with a 4-3 victory over the Brandon Wheat Kings on Friday.
Cade Hayes and Eric Alarie also scored while Boston Bilious made 19 saves for the Warriors (1-0-0).
Ben McCartney, Jake Chiasson and Braden Scheider supplied the offence for the Wheat Kings (0-0-1).
Ethan Kruger stopped 27-of-31 shots for Brandon. -
RAIDERS 6 PATS 3
REGINA Ozzy Wiesblatt scored once and set up two more and Max Paddock made 28 saves against his former team as the Raiders (1-0-0) doubled up the Pats (0-1-0) in the first game of the season for both squads.