The Hitmen outshot the Pats 34-16, but 19 year old goaltender, Matt Hewitt made several spectacular saves en route to a 3-2 Regina Pats victory. Jordan Weal and Matt Marantz each picked up a goal and an assist while Lane Scheidl also scored for the blue and white. The kicks off a hectic stretch for the Pats as they will play two more games in less that 24 hours with an 8:30 (Regina Time) start in Red Deer on Saturday and then a 3:00pm start (Regina Time) in Edmonton to finish off the first half of the season.

Regina Pats 3 at Calgary Hitmen 2 - Status: Final
Friday, December 16, 2011 - Scotiabank Saddledome - Calgary, AB

Regina 0 2 1 - 3
Calgary 1 0 1 - 2

1st Period-1, Calgary, Cheek 12 (Clayton, Brooks), 8:37. Penalties-Kirkland Reg (hooking), 1:36; Jobke Reg (hooking), 19:28.

2nd Period-2, Regina, Weal 18 (Stephenson), 6:51. 3, Regina, Kirkland 1 (Blidstrand, Marantz), 17:18. Penalties-Bidlevskii Reg (roughing), 3:42; Gogolev Cal (hooking), 9:59; Bowman Cal (charging), 12:21.

3rd Period-4, Regina, Marantz 5 (Weal, Stevenson), 6:38 (PP). 5, Calgary, Rask 16 (Bubnick, Bowman), 11:19 (PP). Penalties-Blidstrand Reg (high sticking), 0:12; Cheek Cal (cross checking), 2:01; Kornelsen Cal (tripping), 5:36; Klimchuk Reg (slashing), 10:18; Kirkland Reg (high sticking), 11:03; Macek Cal (hooking), 14:25; Brassart Cal (match-attempt/injure), 18:05; Davidson Reg (hooking), 19:50.

Shots on Goal-Regina 4-6-6-16. Calgary 11-8-15-34.
Power Play Opportunities-Regina 1 / 6; Calgary 1 / 6.
Goalies-Regina, Hewitt 16-10-1-1 (34 shots-32 saves). Calgary, Glover 8-5-0-0 (16 shots-13 saves).
A-7,963
Referees-Steve Papp (17), Sean Raphael (28).
Linesmen-Jeff Jobson (52), Scott Sharun (103)