Rebels fell to the Regina Pats Wednesday night in the first game of their 3 game Saskatchewan Road Swing.
Former Calgary Hitmen Keets Fawcett opened up the scoring for the Pats at 17:10 of the first period. The assist on the goal going to Martensville, Saskatchewan native Cohen Klassen.–1-0: Pats at 17:10 – Keets Fawcett (5), assisted by Cohen Klassen // Fawcett cut into the high slot and his wrist shot beat a screened Wutzke to give the Pats a 1-0 lead in the latter stages of the first period.
Shots on goal in the first period were 11-7 for the Pats
Luke Vlooswyk scored his second goal of the season at 1:27 of the second period to tie the game up at a goal apiece. The assists on the goal went to newcomer Parker MacDougall and Jaxon Fuder. (Fuder was wearing an A tonight) –Luke Vlooswyk (2), assisted by Parker McDougall & Jaxon Fuder // The puck bounced out to a pinching Vlooswyk, and he fired a shot high glove hand past a screened Huet to tie the game up at 1-1 early in the second period.
Nolan Schmidt picked up his second goal of the season unassisted at 2:37 of the second period to give the Rebels the lead.- Nolan Schmidt (2), unassisted // As a Pats defender crashed into Huet, Schmidt found the puck and beat Huet to make it 2-1 just over a minute after the Rebels tied the game up.
Cohen Klassen ties the game up for the Pats on the Power Play at 15:06 of the second period with the helpers going to Red Deer native Ephram McNutt and Caden Brown.–Cohen Klassen (3), assisted by Ephram McNutt & Caden Brown (4-on-3 PP) // McNutt’s shot from the point was stopped by Wutzke but Klassen put his best baseball skills to use and bunted the puck past the Rebels netminder to tie the game up at 2-2.
Former Kamloops Blazer Zach Pantelakis gives the Pats the lead at 16:42 of the second frame. The helpers on the goal went to Reese Hamilton and Former Everett Silvertip Julien Maze.– Zach Pantelakis (7), assisted by Reese Hamilton & Julien Maze // Hamilton ripped a point shot off of a screening Pantelakis and past Wutzke to give the Pats a 3-2 lead.
Shots on goal in the second period were 17-7 for the Pats
16 year old St. Anne, Manitoba native Zachary Lansard scores his 4th goal of the season to give the Pats a 2 goal lead and make the game 4-2 at 6″57 of the third period unassisted.–Zach Lansard (4), unassisted // The Rebels coughed the puck up to Lansard in the slot and he ripped a shot past Wutzke to extend the Pats lead to 4-2.
Samuel Drancak got the Rebels within one at 10:40 of the third period with the helper going to Ty Coupland- Samuel Drancak (5), assisted by Ty Coupland // Drancak’s shot was stopped by Huet but got the puck and wrapped it around and beat a sprawling Huet to pull the Rebels to within one at 4-3.
Shots on goal in the third period were 10-8 for the Rebels the Pats outshot the Rebels 36-24 in the game.
Swiss Import Ewan Huet made 21 saves on the 24 shots that he faced for the win for the Pats. For the Rebels Chase Wutzke stopped 32 of the 36 shots that he faced.
Three Stars of the game were 1) Keets Fawcett 2) Cohen Klassen 3) Zachary Lansard
Attendance at the Brandt Centre in Regina was 2,228
Rebels next game is Friday January 17th in Saskatoon against the Blades
LINK– Gard’s having another solid year with the Rebels, his second since they picked him up in the second round (39th overall) of the ’22 WHL Prospects Draft. The big Winnipeg centre (6’5″) has put up 21 points so far this season.
Then there’s Vlooswyk, a rookie this year. The Rebels snagged him in the first round, 17th overall, also in the ’22 draft. He’s a Calgary kid, 6’5″ on the blue line, and has five points in 40 games.
Fuder’s an interesting one. He joined the Rebels in October after playing in the BCHL. The Cold Lake native’s first WHL season is going pretty well – he’s got 21 points in 35 games.
Thurston’s a second-year guy for the Rebels. They drafted him way back in the sixth round (112th overall) in 2021. The Delta, BC, product has nine points and is apparently leading the team in plus/minus at +3. Not bad.
And they just got Coupland in a trade from Swift Current last week. He’s from North Vancouver and was a second-rounder for the Broncos (42nd overall) in ’22. He’s also sitting at 21 points, but in 37 games.
By the way, NHL Central Scouting just dropped their mid-season rankings. They’ve got the top 224 skaters and 32 goalies in North America, plus another 122 skaters and 16 goalies internationally. A decent chunk of WHLers made the list – 66 in total.
Just a reminder, the 2025 NHL Draft is happening June 27-28 in LA.