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Pats and Blades Battle on Final Weekend

March 24, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats battle the Saskatoon Blades in their final road game of the regular season at 7:00 p.m. inside the SaskTel Centre on Friday.

The Pats are coming in following a successful week where they pulled off three wins in four games, defeating Brandon, Moose Jaw and Saskatoon - clinching a playoff spot for the first time since 2018.

The Pats have clinched as low as sixth in the Eastern Conference standings but have a chance to finish as high as fifth if the the following things fall into place. If the Pats win the next two games and the Lethbridge Hurricanes lose the next two contests, the Pats will face off against the Moose Jaw Warriors in round one as the fifth seed. If that does not happen, the Pats will play the Blades.

The Pats are coming off a 4-2 win over the Saskatoon Blades on Sunday afternoon, as the club finished their three-in-three weekend with four of a possible six points. The Pats have now won back-to-back games coming into today's action, with both on the road.

Alexander Suzdalev (1G-1A), Connor Bedard (1G-1A), Tanner Howe and Brayden Barnett (GWG) scored for the Pats while Kelton Pyne made a career best 42 saves in the win. The Pats have now won two of their last three games against the Blades in the second-half.

The final shots were 44-22 for Saskatoon. Brandon Lisowsky scored twice in the loss. The Blades went 1-4 on the power play and 1-1 on the penalty kill.

The Blades are 10-2 over their last 12 games since February 25 and are 14-2-1 over their last 17 games since February 11. The Pats and Blades have not played each other in the playoffs since 2006.

MATCH UP

Regina Saskatoon

Team Record 34-28-3-1 - 72 points 46-15-4-1 - 97 points

Division Ranking 4th East 2nd East

Conference Ranking 6th Eastern 3rd Eastern

League Ranking 10th 5th

Past 10 Games 5-4-1-0 8-2-0-0

Streak 2-0-0-0 0-1-0-0

Last Game 4-2 W @ Saskatoon (Mar 19 2023) Final 4-2 L vs Regina (Mar 19 2023) Final

Home Record 18-14-0-1 24-6-3-0

Away Record 16-14-3-0 22-9-1-1

GF 257 248

GA 269 166

PP (Overall) (65/238) 27.3% (72/260) 27.7%

PP (Home) (31/114) 27.2% (39/135) 28.9%

PP (Away) (34/124) 27.4% (33/125) 26.4%

PK (Overall) (63/277) 77.3% (41/240) 82.9%

PK (Home) (23/121) 81.0% (22/122) 82.0%

PK (Away) (40/156) 74.4% (19/118) 83.9%

PP vs. Opp. (4/16) 25% (7/16) 43.8%

PK vs. Opp. (7/16) 56.3% (4/16) 75%

Leading Rookie Suzdalev (38-46-84) Keller (13-17-30)

Most PIM Vaughan - 78 Lies - 80

Team PIM/GM 12.7/Game 10.6/Game

Leading Scorers Bedard (70-72-142) Wong (24-58-82)

Suzdalev (38-46-84) Sidorov (40-36-76)

Howe (34-48-82) Lisowsky (35-32-67)

Svozil (10-67-77) De La Gorgendiere (12-51-63)

Valis (20-28-48) Roulette (24-37-61)

Last 5 Games 4-2 W @ Saskatoon (Mar 19 2023) Final 4-2 L vs Regina (Mar 19 2023) Final

7-3 W @ Moose Jaw (Mar 18 2023) Final 3-2 W vs Brandon (Mar 18 2023) Final

9-5 L vs Moose Jaw (Mar 17 2023) Final 3-2 W @ Swift Current (Mar 15 2023) Final

6-3 W vs Brandon (Mar 15 2023) Final 8-1 L vs Prince Albert (Mar 12 2023) Final

7-0 L @ Medicine Hat (Mar 11 2023) Final 6-2 W @ Prince Albert (Mar 10 2023) Final

Leading After 1st 20-6-2-0 27-3-3-0

Leading After 2nd 26-2-2-0 34-1-2-1

Tied After 1st 8-3-0-0 13-5-1-1

Tied After 2nd 4-7-0-0 9-1-1-0

Trailing After 1st 6-19-1-1 6-7-0-0

Trailing After 2nd 4-19-1-1 3-13-1-0

Out Shooting Opponents 12-8-0-1 29-9-2-0

Out Shot by Opponents 20-20-3-0 14-5-1-1

1 Goal Games 12-5-3-1 13-1-4-1

2 Goal Games 4-3-0-0 9-9-0-0

3 Goal Games 10-8-0-0 11-3-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

HEAD TO HEAD (2-3-0-0)

The Pats are 208-215-27-12-6 vs. the Blades, all-time.

Date Road Home Time Result

November 13th Regina Saskatoon 4:00 p.m. CST L, 5-2

December 17th Saskatoon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST L, 6-1

January 13th Saskatoon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST W, 7-4

March 5th Saskatoon Regina 4:00 p.m. CST L, 5-2

March 19th Regina Saskatoon 4:00 p.m. CDT W, 4-2

March 24th Regina Saskatoon 7:00 p.m. CDT

It's last of six meetings between the Pats and Blades. The Pats lost the season series last year 5-1, as they were outscored 25-to-13. The Blades have won 14 of their last 18 meetings against the Pats since February 21st, 2020. This year, Saskatoon leads the season series 3-2, having outscored the Pats 22-16 over that time. Sunday's win vs. Saskatoon was the Pats first win inside the SaskTel Centre since 2020.

INDIVIDUAL HEAD TO HEAD

Saskatoon Blades

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

38 Trevor Wong 5 6 7 13 2 2

8 Brandon Lisowsky 5 4 3 7 4 0

19 Egor Sidorov 4 3 4 7 4 4

5 Aidan De La Gorgendiere 5 1 5 6 2 0

24 Tanner Molendyk 5 2 3 5 2 6

34 Conner Roulette 4 1 4 5 2 4

19 Jake Chiasson (total) 6 1 3 4 0 1

BDN 3 1 0 1 0 0

SAS 3 0 3 3 0 1

9 Jayden Wiens 3 2 1 3 4 0

47 Charlie Wright 5 0 3 3 0 2

# Name GP W L OTL SL Mins GA GAA SV%

31 Austin Elliott 3 2 1 0 0 178:14 8 2.69 0.900

33 Ethan Chadwick 2 1 1 0 0 116:05 8 4.13 0.800

Regina Pats

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

98 Connor Bedard 4 5 4 9 2 0

91 Alexander Suzdalev 5 3 4 7 2 -1

11 Stanislav Svozil 4 0 7 7 2 4

43 Tanner Howe 5 1 5 6 4 -3

55 Sam Oremba 5 1 2 3 0 1

22 Steel Quiring (total) 3 2 0 2 0 1

REG 2 1 0 1 0 1

EVT 1 1 0 1 2 0

27 Borya Valis 4 1 1 2 2 1

37 X Easton Armstrong 2 1 0 1 0 -3

38 Brayden Barnett 3 1 0 1 2 -1

# Name GP W L OTL SL Mins GA GAA SV%

31 Kelton Pyne 1 1 0 0 0 60:00 2 2.00 0.955

33 Drew Sim 4 1 3 0 0 236:32 18 4.57 0.846

HEADLINES

The Pats are 16-9-2 over their last 27 GP since Jan. 8, which is when Connor Bedard returned from the World Juniors, defeating Calgary 2x (6-2 & 6-5), Saskatoon 2x (7-4 & 4-2), Portland (4-3), Swift Current (5-2), Lethbridge 2x (3-2 & 4-2), Moose Jaw 2x (8-4 & 7-3), Medicine Hat (6-3), Brandon 3x (4-3, 6-3, 6-3), Winnipeg (5-3) & Red Deer (6-5)...during that time, they have outscored their opp. 121-to-113.

The Regina Pats have clinched a playoff berth for the first time since the 2017-18 season...the Pats have now made the playoffs 15 times since the 1999-2000 season...the last time they were in the playoffs was 2017-18 where they lost in the Eastern Conference quarter-final.

Mar. 19 at SAS, Connor Bedard scored his 70th goal becoming the first WHL player to reach 70 goals since Jayden Halbgewachs in 2017-18...the last player to score 70+ goals as a 17-year-old was Pavel Brendl in 1998-1999...Dale Derkatch was the last Pat' to do so (1983-84)

BY THE NUMBERS

142: Points (70G-72A) in 55 games for captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL as well as his 72 assists...since having his 35-game point-streak end on Feb. 3, he's recorded 52 points (26G-26A) over his last 18 games, with points in 16 of those...he's recorded 9G-8A-17PTS last 4GP.

3: Wins in four games last week for the Regina Pats as they took six of a possible eight points while playing four games in five nights, as well as winning two of three over their three-in-three weekend...the Pats have gathered 17 of a possible 24 points in three-in-threes this season.

209: Total wins for GM and Head Coach John Paddock as coach of the Pats is now second in all-time franchise history as he passed Murray Armstrong (206) on Mar. 15...he picked up his 200th win as coach of the Pats on Feb. 11.

40: Number of points (5G-35A) in 26 games for Stanislav Svozil since coming back from the World Juniors on Jan. 13...the Czechia product is first amongst defencemen in assists with 67 and third in points with 77...his 1.43 points/game is second amongst all defencemen.

4: Game point-streak for forward Riley Ginnell (3G-2A-5PTS)...the Calgary, AB product has recorded eight points (4G-4A) over his last 10 games, with points in seven of those contests...he's also scored in three of his last four as his three game goal-streak ended Sunday.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Saturday, March 25 - Prince Albert Raiders (27-36-3-0) at Regina Pats (34-28-3-1)

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