CORNWALL, P.E.I. — Michael McRae’s power-play goal with 27 seconds remaining was the winner Friday as the Western Regals defeated the Prince Edward Island Midget AAA Hockey League-leading Robin’s Mid-Isle Matrix 7-6.
The Regals held 3-1 and 4-3 period leads in a see-saw contest at the APM Centre in Cornwall. The Matrix scored three goals in about three minutes to take a 6-4 lead midway through the third period.
Sam Hackett brought the Regals back within one with 8:38 remaining and Ethan Reilly tied it with 1:56 to play.
Reilly led the Regals with three goals and an assist while Hackett had a goal and two helpers and Kalim DesRoches scored one and set up another. Colby Baker had Western’s other goal while single assists were awarded to Alex Arthur, Cole Hemphill, Rankin Noye, Connor Ellsworth and Kennedy Gallant.
Carson MacKay had two goals and two assists for the Matrix while Landon Hardy had a goal and two helpers.
Reese Wyand, Aaron McCloskey and Angus Beaton also scored for the home side. Matthew Mills had two assists while singles went to Wyand, Luke Payne, Joe MacEachern and Campbell Mayne.
Turner Ellis earned the win while Noah Visser took the loss.
Western went 1-for-2 on the power play while Mid-Isle was 1-for-3.
The third-place Regals improved to 7-6-2 while the Matrix (8-3-3) are three points up on Western and two points ahead of the second-place Sherwood Drug Mart Central Attack (7-5-3). The fourth-place Pownal Taco Boyz Red Devils (7-6-1) are four points back of the leaders.
The Regals host the Red Devils tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Alberton while the Matrix travel to Souris on Sunday for a 5:20 p.m. contest with the Kings County Kings (0-9-3).
