Regina, SK – A career night for Broncos defenceman Hunter Mayo, & Rylan Gould’s first career WHL hat-trick would be the difference makers Saturday night in Regina, defeating the Pats 7-5 at the Brandt Centre.
The Pats would kick-off the scoring at 4:31 where Ashton Brown would one-time his 4th of the season past Broncos goaltender Reid Dyck (Winkler, MB). But the Broncos would counter at 9:09 when Rylan Gould (Headingly, MB) would re-direct his 25th of the seasom from Luke Mistelbacher (Steinbach, MB) & Hunter Mayo (Saskatoon, SK). The Broncos would keep coming when Marek Ročák (Valasske Klobouky, CZE) would shovel his 4th of the season and third as Bronco to push the lead to 2-1, from Daxon Yerex (Oak Bluff, MB) & Clarke Caswell (Brandon, MB) at 10:14. Just 19 seconds later, Hunter Mayo would match his career high in goals with 18, as Josh McGregor (Brandon, MB) & William Morin (Boden, SWE) would have points on the play. Regina would get a response goal to make it 3-2 when Caden Brown would battle his way for his 18th of the season and cutting the Bronco lead down. Swift Current would outshoot Regina 18-7 after 1.
Swift Current would open their lead back up to two as Hunter Mayo’s shot from the point on the Bronco power play would make it 4-2 at 8:38 from Gould and Mistelbacher. A couple of odd bounces and plays would lead to the Pats eventually tying the game on a pair of goals from Zach Pantelakis first at 12:47 off a Bronco stick, then an odd play with 1:11 left in the period where Pantelakis would have his 13th of the season for Pats and putting everything dead even at 4-4 heading to the 3rd.
Special teams would take over for the Broncos in the third period, as Rylan Gould would cash-in on his second of the night on a 5-on-3 for Swift Current from Mistelbacher and Caswell at 3:09. The 5-on-3 turned to a five on four and Carlin Dezainde (Calgary would have his 34th of the season from Mayo and Mistelbacher at 6:03. Putting the Broncos up 6-4. But once again Regina would not settle on the Broncos when at 14:59, Jace Egland would finish off a net front scramble and put in his 7th of the season, putting things into a one-shot game once again. But Rylan Gould would finish off the night with a nifty back-hand chance that would be deemed no-goal on the initial play at 18:34 but after video review it would stand for his 27th of the season and his first WHL hat-trick.
Swift Current moves to 34-28-1-2 on the season and just three points out of 7th in the Eastern Conference standings. They’ll return to Regina for their last meeting of the season Tuesday night.