Regina Pats star Connor Bedard (centre) had a goal in Tuesday's 6-2 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers (Photo courtesy Randy Feere / Medicine Hat Tigers)

By Scott Roblin

Tigers Fall 6-2

Loss to Regina runs Tigers’ losing streak to double digits

Nov 23, 2021 | 11:15 PM

MEDICINE HAT, AB – Little run support cost the Medicine Hat Tigers for the tenth straight game on Tuesday night, suffering another loss to Connor Bedard and the Regina Pats.

The Tigers allowed three goals in the final five minutes of play with Regina’s Cole Carrier picking up a natural hat-trick, to lose their tenth consecutive contest by a 6-2 final.

For the first time over this month-long losing streak, the Tigers opened the scoring with Lukas Svejkovsky on the rebound just over three minutes into the game.

Regina quickly responded with captain Logan Nijhoff redirecting a puck past Garin Bjorklund under a minute later to tie up the game at 1-1.

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Early in the second period, the Pats took their first lead of the game courtesy of Bedard batting a puck down at the blueline and sniping his ninth of the season.

That lead was extended to 3-1 four minutes later with a Drew Englot power play goal to give the Pats some breathing room heading into the third frame.

Medicine Hat’s Ashton Ferster brought the Tigers to within a single goal with 6:39 to play in regulation, but special teams took over for Regina late.

On a power play with under five minutes to go, Carrier scored the first of three straight goals to increase the Pats’ lead to 4-2.

Carrier netted two more tallies before the buzzer sounded, leaving the Tigers winless once again.

Call-up Andrew Basha was solid in his WHL debut for Medicine Hat with three shots on the Tigers’ top line, as Corson Hopwo missed Tuesday’s contest due to injury.

The Tigers record fell to 4-10-3-1 with the loss, who will now head on their first Manitoba road swing of the year starting Friday evening in Brandon.