Mintos forward Luke Senick (pictured) had two assists during P.A.'s 6-5 overtime loss to the Blazers on Tuesday. (Logan Lehmann/paNOW Staff)

By Logan Lehmann

Road loss

Mintos fall to Blazers in OT

Oct 30, 2024 | 11:43 AM

The Prince Albert Mintos saw their four-game win streak come to an end on Tuesday night, falling 6-5 in overtime to the Saskatoon Blazers at the SaskTel Centre.

The Mintos were trailing 4-1 at one point in the second period and managed to whittle down the deficit and eventually tie the game late in the third. In the final minutes, Saskatoon regained the lead with two minutes to play before Carter Cole played hero and tied it up again at five a-piece with 1:10 remaining to force overtime.

There, though, it didn’t take long to find a winner as WHL Cup All-Star and tournament point leader Blake Chorney potted the game winner just 17 seconds into sudden death to win it for the Blazers.

With the win, Saskatoon improves to 6-1-0 (W-L-OTL) on the season while the Mintos fall to 9-4-1 on the campaign and retain first place in the standings.

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Leading the charge for P.A. was Cole who additionally tacked on a pair of assists for three points in the loss as Connor Howe, Landin Frank, Kanyan Unger, and Austin Root also lit the lamp. Luke Senick and Lincoln Rogers both had two helpers, while Simon Garchinski, Brock Kolibab, and Carter Bergen each had one.

Highlighting the scoresheet for Saskatoon was Will Degagne with three assists, Chorney, Jeremy Wehrens, and Kash Ringdal each had a goal and an assist, and Eric Grandberg and Cooper Perrin had two assists.

In goal for the Mintos was Josh Henry who stopped 40 of the 46 shots he faced while Blazers netminder Reid Wassermann made 26 saves for the win.

Following Tuesday, Prince Albert is back at the Art Hauser Centre this weekend as they get set to face the Regina Pat Canadians for a pair of games on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.

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loganc.lehmann@pattisonmedia.com