MOOSEJAWTODAY.COM -- The Moose Jaw WINMAR Warriors might not have come away with the win in their Sask Male AAA Hockey League pre-season contest with the Swift Current Legionnaires on Friday night, but they definitely found a way to make things interesting.
The Warriors scored three goals in a span of just over six minutes to tie the game 4-4 but would go on to drop a 5-4 shootout decision at the Moose Jaw Events Centre, seeing their exhibition schedule record fall to 1-1-1.
As the way things played out would indicate, the Legionnaires got off to a good start, with Wesley Olson and Trae Peterson scoring goals in the first and second periods respectively to give Swift Current a 2-0 lead heading into the third.
Gage Nagel got Moose Jaw on the board 1:21 into the final frame, but goals from Carter Moen 14 seconds apart midway through the frame made it a 4-1 game.
Cue the comeback, as Jonah Pinel scored shorthanded at 9:16 before Noah Thul made it a one-goal game with 3:50 to play and Brennan Brown tied things up 1:03 later.
Overtime solved nothing, and the shootout would see Jace Egland and Connor Rieger score for Swift Current, while Keaton Lesperance had the lone goal for Moose Jaw.
Carson Deichert -- playing his first game since rejoining the team from the WHL Moose Jaw Warriors -- picked up two assists.
Kaleb Page went the distance in goal for the Warriors and had 23 saves, Evan Hutcheon had 42 stops for the Legionnaires.
The WINMAR Warriors open the regular season on Saturday, Sept. 28 when they host the Legionnaires.
