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Much Needed Two Points on the Line in Contest Versus Raiders

April 2, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (24-32-3-2) begin their three game road swing on Saturday at 7:00 p.m., against the Prince Albert Raiders (25-33-4-1) inside the Art Hauser Centre.

The Pats were shutout for the first time this season on Friday, as the Winnipeg ICE went into town and blanked the Pats 7-0 at the Brandt Centre, as the Pats end their three game homestand 1-2-0. The ICE extended their winning-streak to 13 games after a four point game from 16-year-old forward Zachary Benson (1G-3A) and a three point effort from Matthew Savoie (2G-1A), as well as a 17-save shutout from goaltender Daniel Hauser who grabbed his league leading eighth shutout of the season, as well as Winnipeg's WHL team leading 11th shutout. The final shots were 31-17 for the ICE. The Pats went 3-for-3 on their penalty kill and 0-for-1 on the power play.

Regina is now six points out of eighth (final playoff spot) with seven games remaining in their schedule. They are chasing Prince Albert, Calgary, Swift Current and Lethbridge, as five teams are fighting for two playoffs spots. Here is how they lineup 7th through 11th:

EASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS

#TeamGPWLOTLSOLPTSPCTROWGFGAStreakP10PIM

7 Lethbridge Hurricanes 62 28 30 3 1 60 0.484 24 187 224 1-0-0-0 5-4-1-0 656

8 Swift Current Broncos 65 26 32 5 2 59 0.454 26 176 233 0-1-0-0 6-4-0-0 845

9 Calgary Hitmen 63 24 31 6 2 56 0.444 23 171 207 2-0-0-0 4-5-1-0 758

10 Prince Albert Raiders 63 25 33 4 1 55 0.437 23 176 215 0-1-0-0 3-5-2-0 755

11 Regina Pats 61 24 32 3 2 53 0.434 24 214 245 0-1-0-0 4-5-0-1 807

For the Prince Albert Raiders, they are coming off a 4-2 loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings at home on Friday, as they split both games against the Wheat Kings this week after they won 2-1 over Brandon on Wednesday. The Raiders have five games remaining on their schedule with just two of them on home ice. The Raiders have gone 3-5-2 over their last 10 games, while having lost five of their last six games.

MATCH UP

Regina

Prince Albert

Team Record 24-32-3-2 - 53 points 25-33-4-1 - 55 points

Division Ranking 6th East 5th East

Conference Ranking 11th Eastern 10th Eastern

League Ranking 17th 16th

Past 10 Games 4-5-0-1 3-5-2-0

Streak 0-1-0-0 0-1-0-0

Last Game 7-0 L vs Winnipeg (Apr 1 2022) Final 4-2 L vs Brandon (Apr 1 2022) Final

Home Record 16-14-1-1 12-15-4-1

Away Record 8-18-2-1 13-18-0-0

GF 214 176

GA 245 215

PP (Overall) (61/235) 26.0% (45/250) 18.0%

PP (Home) (37/125) 29.6% (22/124) 17.7%

PP (Away) (24/110) 21.8% (23/126) 18.3%

PK (Overall) (71/254) 72.0% (53/251) 78.9%

PK (Home) (35/122) 71.3% (15/119) 87.4%

PK (Away) (36/132) 72.7% (38/132) 71.2%

PP vs. Opp. (7/30) 23.3% (4/25) 16%

PK vs. Opp. (4/25) 84% (7/30) 76.7%

Leading Rookie Howe (25-37-62) Shilo (8-11-19)

Most PIM Evans - 96 Thurston - 107

Team PIM/GM 13.2/Game 12.0/Game

Leading Scorers Bedard (44-41-85) Vitelli (24-21-45)

Howe (25-37-62) Stanick (21-24-45)

Evans (14-45-59) Kosior (17-26-43)

Dubinsky (18-26-44) Wiesblatt (10-31-41)

Nijhoff (17-23-40) Herman (22-16-38)

Last 5 Games 7-0 L vs Winnipeg (Apr 1 2022) Final 4-2 L vs Brandon (Apr 1 2022) Final

3-2 W vs Saskatoon (Mar 30 2022) Final 2-1 W vs Brandon (Mar 30 2022) Final

5-2 L vs Brandon (Mar 26 2022) Final 5-2 L @ Winnipeg (Mar 27 2022) Final

3-1 L @ Saskatoon (Mar 25 2022) Final 6-2 L @ Winnipeg (Mar 26 2022) Final

5-3 L @ Swift Current (Mar 22 2022) Final 5-3 L @ Brandon (Mar 25 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 14-3-2-0 11-4-2-0

Leading After 2nd 21-1-1-1 17-2-2-1

Tied After 1st 8-8-0-0 10-9-0-1

Tied After 2nd 2-6-1-0 7-5-0-0

Trailing After 1st 2-21-1-2 4-20-2-0

Trailing After 2nd 1-25-1-1 1-26-2-0

Out Shooting Opponents 16-14-2-2 13-14-2-1

Out Shot by Opponents 8-15-1-0 11-19-2-0

1 Goal Games 9-8-3-2 10-3-4-1

2 Goal Games 5-9-0-0 2-11-0-0

3 Goal Games 4-10-0-0 9-14-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

HEAD TO HEAD (5-1-0)

The Pats are 161-128-11-11-6 vs. the Raiders, all time

Date Home Away Time Result

October 1st Prince Albert Regina 7:00 p.m. MDT W, 3-1

October 2nd Regina Prince Albert 1:00 p.m. MDT W, 5-2

December 3rd Prince Albert Regina 7:00 p.m. CST L, 5-2

December 10th Regina Prince Albert 7:00 p.m. CST W, 5-2

January 25th Regina Prince Albert 7:00 p.m. CST W, 4-0

February, 18th Prince Albert Regina 7:00 p.m. CST OTW, 5-4

April, 2nd Prince Albert Regina 7:00 p.m. CDT

April, 9th Regina Prince Albert 7:00 p.m. CDT

It's the seventh of eight meetings against the Raiders this season, as the Pats wrap-up their season series on Saturday, April 9th at home. The Pats lead the season series 5-1 having gone 3-0 at home and 2-1 on the road. The Pats are 3-6 inside the Art Hauser Centre over last nine road meetings. The club is 10-12 overall over the last five seasons.

REG VS. PA - INDIVIDUAL STATS

Prince Albert Raiders

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

17 Carson Latimer (total) 5 3 2 5 4 -1

PA 4 3 1 4 4 -2

EDM 1 0 1 1 0 1

16 Cale Sanders 6 3 2 5 11 1

19 Ozzy Wiesblatt 4 1 4 5 6 -2

12 Landon Kosior 6 2 2 4 0 -3

20 Keaton Sorensen 6 2 2 4 0 1

15 Reece Vitelli 5 1 3 4 0 -5

2 Nolan Allan 4 0 3 3 2 0

7 Remy Aquilon 6 0 3 3 4 -1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

1 Tikhon Chaika 4 1 2 1 0 234:50 14 3.58 0.894

33 X Carter Serhyenko 2 0 2 0 0 117:56 8 4.07 0.890

Regina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

98 Connor Bedard 5 5 5 10 6 4

41 Ryker Evans 6 0 7 7 8 8

11 Stanislav Svozil 6 0 7 7 4 3

21 Cole Carrier 6 4 2 6 0 2

43 Tanner Howe 6 5 0 5 2 -2

18 Cole Dubinsky 5 0 5 5 2 3

29 Logan Nijhoff 5 1 3 4 6 3

44 Layton Feist 5 2 1 3 2 0

13 Zack Stringer 2 1 1 2 4 1

25 Zane Rowan 5 1 0 1 7 1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Matthew Kieper 5 4 1 0 0 280:00 10 2.14 0.911

33 Drew Sim 2 1 0 0 0 80:24 4 2.99 0.871

HEADLINES

Connor Bedard is the third 16-year-old in team history to reach 80+ points in a season, joining Jeff Friesen (1992-93, 83PTS) and Doug Wickenheiser (1977-78, 88PTS)...is two goals away from breaking Friesen's Pats 16-year-old record of 45 goals set in 1992-93.

BY THE NUMBERS

28: Amount of points (9G-19A) over Tanner Howe's last 22 games with points in 19 of those 22, and goals in eight of those games, while also being a +6 over that span...he is 2nd among all rookies in SH% (23.6%), 3rd in power play points (25) 3rd in points (62), & 4th in assists (37).

70: Points (33G-37A) over Connor Bedard's last 35 games since Nov. 28, with points in 32 of those 35 contests, after he had 15 points (10G-5A) in his first 20 games this season...he is 2nd in the WHL in shots (288), avg 5.2 shots per game...his also T-2nd in goals (44) & 5th in points (85).

24: Number of points for forward Cole Dubinsky over his last 22 games (8G-16A) since January 29th, with points in 15 of those 22 contests...he had his five game goal-streak snapped on 3-22 at SC, and his six game point-streak end 3-25 at SAS (Last 10 games: 5G-9A-14PTS).

11: Straight successful penalty kills for the Pats over their last four games (11-for-11, 100%)...this is compared to their penalty kill that ranks 22nd in the WHL at 72.0% this season overall...their 71 power play goals against is also the most in the WHL, while times short-handed is 10th (254).

245: Total goals against this season is the fifth highest in the WHL, behind Tri-City (18-40-5), Medicine Hat (11-47-4), Spokane (20-37-5) & Victoria (22-35-6), averaging 4.02 goals against per-game which is the fifth highest...on the other hand, they've scored 214 goals, which is 10th.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 5th Regina Pats (24-32-5) at Brandon Wheat Kings (31-25-5)

7:00 p.m., Friday, April 8th Regina Pats (24-32-5) at Swift Current Broncos (26-32-7)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, April 9th Prince Albert Raiders (25-33-5) at Regina Pats (24-32-5)

7:00 p.m., Thursday, April 14th Regina Pats (24-32-5) at Winnipeg ICE (49-9-5)

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