No regrets as Regina Pats fall short and season ends

Though the Regina Pats are not on their way to Windsor, Ont., to compete in the Memorial Cup, the season they just had was a standout one nonetheless.

The Pats' season came to an end on Sunday where they fell 4-3 in overtime to the Seattle Thunderbirds in Game 6of the WHL championship series.

It was the Pats' best season in ages, and the first time they had an opportunity to play for the WHL's Ed Chynoweth Cup since 1983-1984.

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For the Seattle Thunderbirds, it was the first WHL title in their 40-year history.

Looking back at Game 6

Seattle battled back late in the third period, erasing a 3-1 deficit with a little more than six minutes left in the game. Alexander True scored for Seattle 12 minutes into overtime.

Regina Pats captain Adam Brooks said the season, which saw the Pats finish with the top record in the Canadian Hockey League, was the best season he was a part of as a Pat.

"We're not going to go into the summer with regret," Brooks said.

For Brooks, Game 6was his last in the WHL.

"It's always going to kind ofhurt not knowing, I guess, what could've happened if we would've just won that game," he said.

The goal didn't register at first, for veteran defenceman Chase Harrison.

"I kind ofskated behind the net and just took a knee," he said. "[I] thought about how that's it, that's all she wrote."

Harrison played his entire career WHL career for the Pats with Brooks.

Harrisonsaid as he looks ahead, he hopes to sign a pro contract somewhere.

"It's tough to say goodbye," Brooks said.