The University of Regina men's hockey team fell to the Mount Royal Cougars by a score of 4-3 on Friday night in Calgary in a Canada West conference game.
 
Despite goals from Tanner Sidaway, Jackson Doucet, and Conner Chaulk, the Regina Cougars could not hold on to a 3-2 lead after Mount Royal's Kyle Walker and Josh Tarzwell scored 2in the last 65 seconds to give Mount Royal their first win in five games.
 
Regina's Sidaway scored the lone goal of the opening frame after putting away a bouncing rebound off a shot from Mike Eskra. Mount Royal answered quickly in the second, with Ryley Lindgren getting the puck past Regina goalie Brandon Holtby just 27 seconds in.
 
Nolan Yaremko gave Mount Royal a 2-1 lead just over ten minutes later and would lead until Doucet tied it up on the penalty kill at the 4:36 mark. Doucet stole the puck at Mount Royal's blue line and finished his short-handed breakaway by beating Mount Royal goalie Riley Morris five-hole.
 
In the third, Christian Riemer found Chaulk sitting behind Mount Royal's defence and dished him a pass that let Chaulk get the easy tip-in to put Regina up 3-2. Regina held this lead until Bryce Platt was sent to the box for cross-checking, giving Mount Royal a 6-on-4 opportunity after pulling Morris. Walker tied the game with 1:05 remaining, and Tarzwell took advantage of a Regina miscue and scored the game-winning goal 40 seconds later.
 
Regina and Mount Royal will face off again tomorrow at 4:00 PM Saskatchewan time to finish the weekend series in Calgary, AB.

 

Regina takes the lead! 🚨 Riemer finds Chaulk hiding behind the defence and taps it in to go up 3-2 in the third!! pic.twitter.com/emXet9vb6S

— UofR Men's Hockey (@UofRMensHockey) January 22, 2022