Pats Back in Action After 15 Day Hiatus
Published on January 16, 2022 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release
Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (14-17-0-0) host the Moose Jaw Warriors (17-15-3-1) on Sunday at 4:00 p.m., inside the Brandt Centre, as the Pats play their first game in 15 days.
The Pats are coming off a 7-6 overtime win over the Warriors on January 1st, which is the last time the Pats were in action. Connor Bedard completed a four goal performance with the overtime winner, while Cole Dubinsky and Logan Nijhoff each scored short-handed before ending with multi-point efforts. The club also piled on a season high 21 shots in the third period and 50 shots in total.
The Pats are now winners of two of their last three games since they came back from the Christmas break on December, 27th. They've defeated Edmonton (6-5) and Moose Jaw (OT, 7-6) during that time.
On the other side, the Moose Jaw Warriors end the back-half of a three-in-three on Sunday in Regina. The Warriors are coming off a 5-1 loss to the Winnipeg ICE on Saturday in which the club was outshot 49-26, while giving up four unanswered goals in the second period. Moose Jaw did grab a 6-2 win over Medicine Hat at at Mosaic Place on Friday night in their first game back from 13 day break. Overall, they are winners of four of their last six games (4-1-1) but have dropped their last four road games, with two of those inside the Brandt Centre.
Match Up
Moose Jaw
Regina
Team Record 17-15-3-1 - 38 points 14-17-0-0 - 28 points
Division Ranking 3rd East 6th East
Conference Ranking 5th Eastern 11th Eastern
League Ranking 10th 18th
Past 10 Games 5-3-2-0 5-5-0-0
Streak 0-1-0-0 1-0-0-0
Last Game 5-1 L vs Winnipeg (Jan 15 2022) Final 7-6 W vs Moose Jaw (Jan 1 2022) Final OT
Home Record 12-6-1-1 9-8-0-0
Away Record 5-9-2-0 5-9-0-0
GF 124 109
GA 129 120
PP (Overall) (29/146) 19.9% (29/126) 23.0%
PP (Home) (17/75) 22.7% (18/65) 27.7%
PP (Away) (12/71) 16.9% (11/61) 18.0%
PK (Overall) (36/144) 75.0% (35/141) 75.2%
PK (Home) (18/69) 73.9% (20/69) 71.0%
PK (Away) (18/75) 76.0% (15/72) 79.2%
PP vs. Opp. (6/29) 20.7% (8/31) 25.8%
PK vs. Opp. (8/31) 74.2% (6/29) 79.3%
Leading Rookie Yager (18-14-32) Howe (12-13-25)
Most PIM Baco - 60 McNutt - 54
Team PIM/GM 11.9/Game 13.8/Game
Leading Scorers Korczak (12-29-41) Evans (5-25-30)
Firkus (20-20-40) Bedard (18-10-28)
Yager (18-14-32) Howe (12-13-25)
Alarie (10-20-30) Nijhoff (13-11-24)
Mateychuk (7-23-30) Dubinsky (10-9-19)
Last 5 Games 5-1 L vs Winnipeg (Jan 15 2022) Final 7-6 W vs Moose Jaw (Jan 1 2022) Final OT
6-2 W vs Medicine Hat (Jan 14 2022) Final 4-2 L vs Winnipeg (Dec 29 2021) Final
7-6 L @ Regina (Jan 1 2022) Final OT 6-5 W vs Edmonton (Dec 27 2021) Final
4-3 W vs Red Deer (Dec 31 2021) Final OT 5-3 L @ Moose Jaw (Dec 18 2021) Final
7-4 W vs Edmonton (Dec 28 2021) Final 6-5 W vs Moose Jaw (Dec 17 2021) Final
Leading After 1st 8-1-0-1 9-0-0-0
Leading After 2nd 13-1-0-1 13-0-0-0
Tied After 1st 7-6-2-0 4-5-0-0
Tied After 2nd 3-0-1-0 1-3-0-0
Trailing After 1st 2-8-1-0 1-12-0-0
Trailing After 2nd 1-14-2-0 0-14-0-0
Out Shooting Opponents 8-6-1-0 9-8-0-0
Out Shot by Opponents 9-9-2-1 5-7-0-0
1 Goal Games 7-5-3-1 5-4-0-0
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
2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD
HEAD TO HEAD (4-2-0)
This will mark the seventh of 10 meetings this season. The Pats are 192-144-13-9-8 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 OTW, 7-6
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 11 of their last 13 meetings against Moose Jaw (9-2-1-1) and are 6-0-2 inside the Brandt Centre as the home team against the Warriors since the 2019-20 season. The Pats also lead the season series 4-2, having won all three meetings at home.
Moose Jaw Warriors vs Regina Pats Head to Head (Individual Stats)
Regina Pats
#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-
43 Tanner Howe 6 4 5 9 2 2
29 Logan Nijhoff 6 5 2 7 6 1
98 Connor Bedard 4 4 2 6 0 1
4 Tom Cadieux 6 0 5 5 8 -2
18 Cole Dubinsky 6 2 2 4 4 2
#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%
30 M. Kieper 5 2 2 0 0 279:10 17 3.65 0.896
33 D. Sim 2 2 0 0 0 84:39 7 4.96 0.848
Moose Jaw Warriors
#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-
23 Atley Calvert 6 1 6 7 0 -1
27 Jagger Firkus 6 4 2 6 2 -1
17 Cade Hayes 6 3 3 6 0 -4
5 D. Mateychuk 6 1 5 6 2 0
38 Ryder Korczak 6 0 5 5 4 1
#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%
35 C. Tetachuk 5 2 2 1 0 302:40 19 3.77 0.902
30 J. Unger 1 0 1 0 0 57:41 6 6.24 0.778
HEADLINES
Regina Pats goaltender Matthew Kieper and defenceman Layton Feist have each cracked NHL Central Scouting's 2022 NHL Draft Mid-Season Rankings, which were announced Wednesday. Kieper, a 2004-born, is ranked 17th among North American goalies and fifth among WHL goaltenders while Feist, also a 2004-born, is ranked 193rd among North American skaters.
Connor Bedard's four goal game, including the overtime winner on 1-1-22 (OTW vs. MJ, 7-6) was his first career WHL hat-trick, let alone four goal game. He is the youngest player to score four goals in a game in the WHL since 1996-97 (16-years-old, 5 months, 15 days).
The Pats made two moves on Monday, acquiring 2001-born defenceman Neithan Salame from the Brandon Wheat Kings via WHL waivers, and forward Logan Linklater from the Prince Albert Raiders in exchange for a conditional eighth round pick in the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft.
The Regina Pats are 8-7 since they parted ways with Dave Struch on November 18th, with John Paddock taking over as the Head Coach...they've been outscored 62-to-60 during that time, while being outshot in seven of those 15 games, with equal shots twice (517SF / 498SA).
BY THE NUMBERS
5: Wins over the Pats last six home games...during that span, the club has outscored their opponent 40-to-24...this is versus their current season high five game road losing-streak heading into tonight's action where they've been outscored 28-to-14 during that time.
7: Consecutive games with a goal for Pats captain Logan Nijhoff is tied for the longest in the WHL this season...the Comox Valley, B.C., native has 13 points (7G-6A) during that span...he is one goal away from 50 in his career and recently played game #200 (12-29-21 vs. WPG).
8: Number of points (3G-5A) for Pats defenceman Layton Fiest over his last seven contests...The Dawson Creek, B.C., native recorded a career high four points (1G-3A) on December 27th vs. EDM...he tallied five goals and nine points in 21 games last season as a 16-year-old.
13: Points (8G-5A) over Connor Bedard's last five games...the North Vancouver, B.C., native also has goals in six of his last eight games with 10 goals over that time...he is second in the WHL in shots (145) after he had a career high 13 last game...he leads the Pats in goals with 18, but has scored just once on the power play this season.
30.8: Shooting percentage for Pats 16-year-old forward Tanner Howe is first in the WHL...the Prince Albert, SK, native is tied for second amongst 16-year-old rookies in goals (12), and fourth in points (25)...he is tied for second among all rookies in PPG (6) and tied for third in GWG (3).
COMING UP
The Regina Pats, after a 15 day hiatus, begin a stretch of five straight home games today and with two home games this week. The club will host the Calgary Hitmen on Tuesday and the Brandon Wheat Kings on Friday, January 21st. The Pats will then host the Prince Albert Raiders on both Tuesday, January 25th and January 28th before a four game road swing where the Pats will take on Moose Jaw, Lethbridge, Calgary and Edmonton.
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Jan 18 - Calgary Hitmen (14-12-5) at Regina Pats (14-17-0)
7:00 p.m., Friday, Jan 21 - Brandon Wheat Kings (17-14-4) at Regina Pats (14-17-0)
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Jan 25 - Prince Albert Raiders (14-18-2) at Regina Pats (14-17-0)
7:00 p.m., Friday, Jan 28 - Prince Albert Raiders (14-18-2) at Regina Pats (14-17-0)
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