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Pats and Warriors Battle on New Years Day

January 1, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - Today the Regina Pats (13-17-0) host the Moose Jaw Warriors (16-14-3) in a New Years Day contest at 4:00 p.m., at the Brandt Centre.

The Pats are coming off a 4-2 loss at the hands of the Winnipeg ICE on Wednesday, which snapped the clubs four game home winning-streak while ending the ICE' two game skid. For the Pats, they got goals from Logan Nijhoff (12) and Zack Smith (2), but it was Winnipeg's three goal first frame that propelled them to their 26th win of the season. The final shots were 32-24 in favor of the ICE, with the Pats going 0-3 on the power play and 2-3 on the penalty kill. Drew Sim got the nod in net, allowing four goals on 34 shots in his sixth loss of the season.

For the Warriors, they are coming off a 4-3 overtime win over the Red Deer Rebels last night at Mosaic Place, with Jagger Firkus scoring the winner, as they improve to 2-0 on the second-half schedule. They also got goals from Brayden Yager (16), Eric Alarie (9) and Robert Baco (4) on the way to their 16th win of the season. Final shots were 30-22 for Moose Jaw, going 0-4 on the power play and 3-for-4 on the penalty kill.

The Warriors have now won three straight games, outscoring their opponents 16-to-10 during that time...on the flip side, the Warriors have dropped their last three road games, sitting with a 5-9-1 road record versus their 10-5-2 home record.

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Moose Jaw

Regina

Team Record 16-14-2-1 - 35 points 13-17-0-0 - 26 points

Division Ranking 3rd East 5th East

Conference Ranking 5th Eastern 9th Eastern

League Ranking 8th 17th

Past 10 Games 6-3-1-0 4-6-0-0

Streak 3-0-0-0 0-1-0-0

Last Game 4-3 W vs Red Deer (Dec 31 2021) Final OT 4-2 L vs Winnipeg (Dec 29 2021) Final

Home Record 11-5-1-1 8-8-0-0

Away Record 5-9-1-0 5-9-0-0

GF 111 102

GA 115 114

PP (Overall) (28/140) 20.0% (28/120) 23.3%

PP (Home) (17/72) 23.6% (17/59) 28.8%

PP (Away) (11/68) 16.2% (11/61) 18.0%

PK (Overall) (35/135) 74.1% (34/138) 75.4%

PK (Home) (18/66) 72.7% (19/66) 71.2%

PK (Away) (17/69) 75.4% (15/72) 79.2%

PP vs. Opp. (5/26) 19.2% (7/25) 28%

PK vs. Opp. (7/25) 72% (5/26) 80.8%

Leading Rookie Yager (16-14-30) Howe (12-12-24)

Most PIM Baco - 54 McNutt - 54

Team PIM/GM 12.3/Game 14.0/Game

Leading Scorers Korczak (12-28-40) Evans (5-25-30)

Firkus (19-18-37) Bedard (14-10-24)

Yager (16-14-30) Howe (12-12-24)

Mateychuk (7-22-29) Nijhoff (12-10-22)

Alarie (9-18-27) Svozil (1-17-18)

Last 5 Games 4-3 W vs Red Deer (Dec 31 2021) Final OT 4-2 L vs Winnipeg (Dec 29 2021) Final

7-4 W vs Edmonton (Dec 28 2021) Final 6-5 W vs Edmonton (Dec 27 2021) Final

5-3 W vs Regina (Dec 18 2021) Final 5-3 L @ Moose Jaw (Dec 18 2021) Final

6-5 L @ Regina (Dec 17 2021) Final 6-5 W vs Moose Jaw (Dec 17 2021) Final

5-4 L vs Saskatoon (Dec 14 2021) Final OT 4-3 L @ Brandon (Dec 11 2021) Final

Leading After 1st 8-1-0-1 8-0-0-0

Leading After 2nd 12-1-0-1 13-0-0-0

Tied After 1st 6-5-2-0 4-5-0-0

Tied After 2nd 3-0-0-0 0-3-0-0

Trailing After 1st 2-8-0-0 1-12-0-0

Trailing After 2nd 1-13-2-0 0-14-0-0

Out Shooting Opponents 8-6-1-0 8-8-0-0

Out Shot by Opponents 8-8-1-1 5-7-0-0

1 Goal Games 7-5-2-1 4-4-0-0

2 Goal Games 2-3-0-0 3-5-0-0

3 Goal Games 4-3-0-0 3-6-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

HEAD TO HEAD (3-2-0)

This will mark the sixth of 10 meetings this season. The Pats are 191-144-13-9-8 vs. the Warriors, all time.

2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD

Date Home Away Time Result

October 8th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. MT 3-2 L

November 3rd Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. MT 4-3 W

November 20th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CT 4-2 W

December 17th Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. CT 6-5 W

December 18th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CT L, 5-3

January 1st Regina Moose Jaw 4:00 p.m. CT

January 29th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CT

January 30th Regina Moose Jaw 4:00 p.m. CT

March 9th Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. CT

March 19th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CDT

Last season, the Regina Pats went 2-0-1-1 against the Warriors, recording six of a possible eight points in the season series. The Pats have recorded at least a point in 10 of their last 12 meetings against Moose Jaw (8-2-1-1) and are 5-0-2 inside the Brandt Centre as the home team against the Warriors since the 2019-20 season. The Pats lead the season series 3-2, having won won all two meetings at home.

Moose Jaw Warriors vs Regina Pats Head to Head

Regina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

43 Tanner Howe 5 4 4 8 0 2

29 Logan Nijhoff 5 4 1 5 4 1

27 Borya Valis 4 1 3 4 0 0

41 Ryker Evans 5 1 2 3 8 -2

4 Tom Cadieux 5 0 3 3 8 -1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Matthew Kieper 4 2 2 0 0 239:10 13 3.26 0.912

33 Drew Sim 1 1 0 0 0 60:00 5 5.00 0.865

Moose Jaw Warriors

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

5 D. Mateychuk 5 1 5 6 2 1

27 Jagger Firkus 5 3 2 5 2 0

17 Cade Hayes 5 3 2 5 0 -2

23 Atley Calvert 5 1 4 5 0 0

21 Tate Schofer 3 0 0 0 4 1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

35 Carl Tetachuk 4 2 2 0 0 238:01 12 3.02 0.917

30 Jackson Unger 1 0 1 0 0 57:41 6 6.24 0.778

BY THE NUMBERS

9: Points (4G-5A) over Connor Bedard's last four games, as he returns to the lineup tonight, coming off a World Juniors where he led the tournament in goals (four)...the North Vancouver, B.C., native also has goals in five of his last seven games with six goals over that time.

4-1: Record for the Pats over the past five New Years Day games...their last game on New Years Day was on January 1st, 2020 when they defeated the Prince Albert Raiders in overtime, 2-1...in fact, three of the last five New Years Day games have gone to overtime.

4: Wins over the Pats last five home games...during that span, the club has outscored their opponent 23-to-18...the Pats had their season-high four game home winning-streak come to an end on Wednesday...it was their first four game home winning-streak since the 2017-18 season (12-28 to 1-7).

6: Consecutive games with a goal for Pats captain Logan Nijhoff is a career and Pats 2021-22 season team high...the Comox Valley, B.C., native has 11 points (6G-5A) during that span and played his 200th game on Wednesday, scoring 1G-1A...he is the 81st player in Pats history to reach 200 regular season games.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Friday, January 7 - Regina Pats (13-17-0) at Saskatoon Blades (17-13-2)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Jan 8 - Saskatoon Blades (17-13-2) at Regina Pats (13-17-0)

7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Jan 11 - Calgary Hitmen (12-12-5) at Regina Pats (13-17-0)

8:00 p.m., Saturday, Jan 15 - Regina Pats (13-17-0) at Winnipeg ICE (26-5-2)

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