Telus Cup: Regina Pat Canadians semifinal sure as No. 2 seed

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The Regina Pat Canadians suffered their first loss within the 2025 Telus Cup on Friday.

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Of their ultimate spherical robin sport of the nationwide male under-18 AAA hockey championship in Chilliwack, B.C towards Quebec’s Chevaliers de Levis, the Pat Canadians fell 6-2 in a battle that featured two groups who entered motion with 4-0 spherical robin data.

With the win, the Chevaliers clinched the highest seed heading into Saturday’s semifinals whereas the Pat Canadians would be the second seed. Their opponents are to be confirmed after the spherical robin wraps up on Friday night time. The semifinals will get underway on Saturday (1 p.m. and 5 p.m.) with the winners advancing to Sunday’s gold medal ultimate, which is ready for 4 p.m. The semifinal losers will play for bronze at 12 p.m. on Sunday.

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As for the spherical robin, following wins over the host Fraser Valley Thunderbirds, Atlantic champion Moncton Flyers, Central champion Elgin Middlesex Canucks, Pacific champion Okanagan Rockets, the West regional champion Pat Canadians and Levis met in a extremely anticipated matchup that includes the highest two ranked U18 AAA groups within the nation.

However it was the Chevaliers getting out to the early lead as Charles-Albert Pouliot scored the primary two objectives of the sport earlier than Félix Grenier and Malyk Côté scored to provide the Quebec squad a 4-0 lead by 20 minutes.

The Pat Canadians bought on the board within the second interval as Logan Mehl scored on the powerplay drawing assists from Maddox Schultz and Jonah Sivertson, as Regina trailed 4-1 by 40 minutes.

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Within the third, Levis made it 5-1 with a aim from Brandon Delarosbil earlier than Regina added a second aim from Ryan Ulmer, with Schultz drawing one other help.

Charles-Antoine Dubé then scored an empty internet aim to seal the victory for the Chevaliers, who end the spherical robin at 5-0 whereas the Pat C’s completed at 4-1.

Adam Muntain, making his second begin, stopped 19 photographs within the loss whereas Ryan Gagné made 20 saves for Levis.

Schultz, 15, enters the playoff spherical because the match’s main scorer with 16 factors (eight objectives, eight assists) in 5 video games. Teammate Eli Johnston (11 factors) and Sivertson (9 factors) are second and third respectively.

The Pat Canadians, who’re showing of their first Telus Cup since 2017 once they completed fourth, have received the nationwide match 4 instances (1983, 1988, 1994 and 1999).

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