Canes' Drop 3-2 Decision to Pats

It was a slow first period that proved to be the difference in last night's game for the Lethbridge Hurricanes.

Regina scored twice in a span of 31 seconds in the first period and out shot the Canes' 19-6 en route to a 3-2 win over Lethbridge. After the opening 20 minutes the Hurricanes picked up their game and came back in the 3rd scoring two times late, but that would be as close as they would get. The winning goal was one I think Juha Metsola would love to have back. Pats defenceman Jesse Dudas scored on the power play with kind of knuckleballer from centre ice beating the Canes' goalie. That made it 3-0 for Regina at that point. It's too bad a goal like that decided the game, but I guess they all count. kudos to the Regina penalty kill. They killed off 8 of 9 Lethbridge power plays last night. That was a factor in the game too. With the loss, Lethbridge is now just two points up on Regina in the Eastern Conference standings with 20 games to go in the regular season. 7 of those games are at home and 13 on the road.

We should see Craig Orfino back in the line-up tomorrow when Lethbridge plays host to Calgary. He's finished serving his 3 game suspension after last night. Kyle Beach, Dwight King, and Head Coach Michael Dyck each have two games remaining in their suspensions and won't return until the Hurricanes play in Portland next Wednesday.

Zach Boychuk made his return to the Lethbridge line-up last night and scored once for the Canes'. Colton Sceviour had the other. Mitch Versteeg is still day-to-day with an injury and Eric Mestery is still the same with a concussion. Hopefully, by the middle of next week on that U.S. road swing, the Canes' will be close to having a full roster for the first time in a very long while! (Touch wood, cross fingers!)