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Pats Begin Four Game Alberta Road Trip in Medicine Hat

November 23, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Medicine, Alta. - Tonight the Regina Pats (6-10-0-0) begin a four game Alberta road trip in Medicine Hat against the Tigers (4-9-3-1) at 8:00 p.m., Central Standard Time inside Co-Op Place.

The Pats snapped their three game losing-streak on Saturday night with a 4-2 win over the Moose Jaw Warriors in front of a crowd of 3,517 at Mosaic Place. The Pats grabbed their first win when being outshot, as they allowed a season high 44 shots on net in the win. Matthew Kieper made a career high 42 saves for his seventh win this season, and Tanner Howe (1G-1A) scored the game winner in the third period. Borya Valis scored his second of the season and first in nine games, while Logan Nijhoff and Cole Carrier each scored their scored his fifth goals of the year. The Pats have now won two straight games on the road heading into tonight's action.

On the other side, the Medicine Hat Tigers are coming off a 4-2 loss to the Winnipeg ICE at home on Saturday, and have now lost nine straight games, going 0-9-3 during that time. The Tigers last win came on Friday, October 22nd on home ice, defeating the Prince Albert Raiders 6-2. Prior to their skid, the Tigers were 4-3-0-1. Last season, they finished 14-8-4-1, tied for seventh in the WHL.

Tigers forward Lukas Svejkovsky is tied for 12th in league scoring with 22 points (8G-14A) in 15 games. The Pittsbrugh Penguins fourth round pick is also tied for seventh in goals but just has one goal and two helpers over his last five games. Rookie defenceman Bogdans Hodass leads all rookie defencemen in points with 14 points (2G-12A) in 17 games.

MATCH UP

Regina

Medicine Hat

Team Record 7-10-0-0 - 14 points 4-9-3-1 - 12 points

Division Ranking 4th East 6th Central

Conference Ranking 7th Eastern 12th Eastern

League Ranking 13th 19th

Past 10 Games 5-5-0-0 1-6-3-0

Streak 1-0-0-0 0-6-3-0

Last Game 4-2 W @ Moose Jaw (Nov 20 2021) Final 4-2 L vs Winnipeg (Nov 20 2021) Final

Home Record 4-6-0-0 3-4-1-0

Away Record 3-4-0-0 1-5-2-1

GF 53 45

GA 59 60

PP (Overall) (16/61) 26.2% (15/63) 23.8%

PP (Home) (10/31) 32.3% (9/29) 31.0%

PP (Away) (6/30) 20.0% (6/34) 17.6%

PK (Overall) (16/77) 79.2% (14/75) 81.3%

PK (Home) (10/37) 73.0% (5/26) 80.8%

PK (Away) (6/40) 85.0% (9/49) 81.6%

PP vs. Opp. (0/0) 0% (0/0) 0%

PK vs. Opp. (0/0) 0% (0/0) 0%

Leading Rookie Howe (7-5-12) Hodass (2-12-14)

Most PIM McNutt - 29 Baker - 42

Team PIM/GM 14.5/Game 13.5/Game

Leading Scorers Evans (3-13-16) Svejkovsky (8-14-22)

Bedard (8-5-13) Hopwo (7-7-14)

Dubinsky (7-5-12) Hodass (2-12-14)

Howe (7-5-12) MacKenzie (0-9-9)

Svozil (1-10-11) Danielson (5-3-8)

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

Dante De Caria has the call inside the Co-Op Place. Pre-game show coverage starts at 7:35 CT with puck drop set for 8:00 p.m., on WHL Live, 620 CKRM, 620ckrm.com and the TuneIn app.

HEAD TO HEAD

This will mark the first of four meetings this season, with two coming in the first half.

Last season, the Regina Pats did not play the Medicine Hat Tigers, having last met on February 29th, 2020, with the Tigers defeating the Pats 2-0 at Co-Op Place. The Pats went 0-4 against the Tigers in the 2019-20 season series, losing 2-0, 8-2, 7-0 and 6-2. The Pats have now lost their last eight meetings against Medicine Hat, with their last win on March 6, 2018 in Medicine Hat.

Date Home Away Time Result

November 23rd Medicine Hat Regina 7:00 p.m. MT

December 8th Regina Medicine Hat 7:00 p.m., CT

February 23rd Regina Medicine Hat 7:00 p.m., CT

March 15th Medicine Hat Regina 7:00 p.m., MT

The Pats are 124-121-12-2-2 vs. the Tigers, all-time & 47-72-7-1-2 on the road all-time vs. MH.

HEADLINES

Regina Pats Head Coach and General Manager John Paddock picked up his first win behind the bench since May 25th, 2018 when the Pats defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs 4-2 to advance to the Memorial Cup.

The Regina Pats claimed Slovakian 2003 born forward Alex Geci off CHL Import Waivers on Friday, and signed him to a SPA on Sunday...the 6'3, 193 lb. forward totaled one goal and two assists in nine games with the OHL's Sarnia Sting this season.

The Regina Pats are 3-3 in the month of November, and have been outscored by opponents 21-20 during that time...the power play is 6-for-19 in November, running at 31.5% while the penalty kill is 18-for-21, running at 85.7% this month.

BY THE NUMBERS

3: Game point-streak for Pats forward Borya Valis...over his three game point-streak, the Denver, Colorado, native has scored one goal and two assists...he also has points in four of his last five games with one goal and five assists over that span.

7: Straight games with a point for Pats forward Tanner Howe, with nine points (6G-5A) during that time...five of his seven goals are to tie or take the lead...he also ranks third among WHL skaters in shooting percentage, at 36.8% (7-for-19).

16: Number of points (3G-13A) for Regina Pats defenceman Ryker Evans is tied for fourth amongst defenceman in in the WHL, while his 13 assists are also tied for fourth...he is also fourth among defencemen in power play points (8), and tied for fourth in power play assists (7).

91: Shots on goal for Regina Pats forward Connor Bedard leads the WHL...the North Vancouver native is averaging 5.35 shots on net per contest this season along with eight goals and 13 points in 17 games...he scored 2G-1A over his last six games.

248: Faceoff wins for Pats captain Logan Nijhoff is the second highest total in the WHL behind Prince Albert's Reece Vitelli (263)...he went 18-30 on the faceoff dot on Saturday against Moose Jaw and holds 57.0 faceoff win percentage this season, which is second on the Pats.

COMING UP

The Regina Pats continue their six games away from the Brandt Centre with four games in six days, as the club travels to Lethbridge to take on the Hurricanes on Wednesday before heading to Red Deer to take on the Rebels on Saturday, November 28th and ending the trip on Sunday morning in Calgary against the Hitmen. The Pats are back home on December 4th following a contest in Prince Albert on December 3rd.

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Nov 24th - Regina Pats (7-10-0) at Lethbridge Hurricanes (7-10-0)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Nov 27th - Regina Pats (7-10-0) at Red Deer Rebels (14-6-1)

11:00 a.m., Sunday, Nov 28th - Regina Pats (7-10-0) at Calgary Hitmen (7-9-0)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Dec 3rd - Regina Pats (7-10-0) at Prince Albert (6-11-1)

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