WHL Regina Pats

Pats Begin Four Game Homestand with RE/MAX WHL Talk Today Game

Published on March 4, 2022 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (20-26-2-1) begin a four game homestand against Red Deer Rebels (35-15-2-1) on Friday at 7:00 p.m., inside the Brandt Centre.

The Pats are coming off a 7-6 victory over the Brandon Wheat Kings on Wednesday, snapping the clubs three game skid, scoring a season high tying seven goals for the fourth time this season.

Tanner Howe (2G-1A) and Braxton Whitehead (1G-2A) led the way with three point contests, while Stanislav Svozil scored twice for his second two goal game of the season. Easton Armstrong also tallied 1G-1A, and Connor Bedard and Neithan Salame each added two helpers. The final shots were 46-40 for the Wheat Kings, with the Pats going 2-for-4 on the power play and 4-for-6 on the penalty kill.

The Pats are now 4-4-1 over their last nine games, and finish their four game road swing 1-2-1, picking up three of a possible eight points.

For the Red Deer Rebels, they are coming off a 5-1 win over the Swift Current Broncos on Wednesday, extending their winning-streak to a season high six games, where they've outscored their opponent 33-to-13 during that time. They defeated Medicine Hat 11-1 on Tuesday, and have outscored their opponent 16-to-2 over their last two contests. The Rebels have the fourth most wins in one-goal games (11-2-2-1).

Arshdeep Bains leads the WHL scoring race with 80 points on the season. Bains also leads all players with 50 assists. He recorded a season-high five points (3G, 2A) versus the Saskatoon Blades on Feb. 5 and has 15 points in his last six games. Ben King leads the WHL with 43 goals, including a league leading 20 power play tallies and 12 game winners. His 78 points has him third overall in the WHL scoring race. King has 14 points in his last six games.

MATCH UP

Red Deer

Regina

Team Record 35-15-2-1 - 73 points 20-26-2-1 - 43 points

Division Ranking 2nd Central 5th East

Conference Ranking 3rd Eastern 10th Eastern

League Ranking 6th 16th

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

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

Last Game 5-1 W @ Swift Current (Mar 2 2022) Final 7-6 W @ Brandon (Mar 2 2022) Final

Home Record 16-9-0-1 13-11-0-1

Away Record 19-6-2-0 7-15-2-0

GF 201 177

GA 141 192

PP (Overall) (58/218) 26.6% (51/199) 25.6%

PP (Home) (25/102) 24.5% (32/102) 31.4%

PP (Away) (33/116) 28.4% (19/97) 19.6%

PK (Overall) (45/231) 80.5% (59/215) 72.6%

PK (Home) (23/114) 79.8% (29/99) 70.7%

PK (Away) (22/117) 81.2% (30/116) 74.1%

PP vs. Opp. (3/11) 27.3% (2/8) 25%

PK vs. Opp. (2/8) 75% (3/11) 72.7%

Leading Rookie Brigley (3-5-8) Howe (22-27-49)

Most PIM Lind - 77 Evans - 79

Team PIM/GM 13.5/Game 13.7/Game

Leading Scorers Bains (29-51-80) Bedard (33-33-66)

King (43-35-78) Evans (13-39-52)

Sedoff (3-41-44) Howe (22-27-49)

Keeler (23-13-36) Nijhoff (15-19-34)

Larson (9-19-28) Svozil (8-26-34)

Last 5 Games 5-1 W @ Swift Current (Mar 2 2022) Final 7-6 W @ Brandon (Mar 2 2022) Final

11-1 W @ Medicine Hat (Mar 1 2022) Final 4-3 L @ Calgary (Feb 27 2022) Final OT

6-4 W vs Regina (Feb 26 2022) Final 6-4 L @ Red Deer (Feb 26 2022) Final

3-2 W vs Prince Albert (Feb 25 2022) Final 6-3 L @ Edmonton (Feb 25 2022) Final

3-2 W vs Winnipeg (Feb 19 2022) Final 2-0 W vs Medicine Hat (Feb 23 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 21-2-1-0 11-3-1-0

Leading After 2nd 25-2-0-1 17-1-0-0

Tied After 1st 6-4-0-0 7-7-0-0

Tied After 2nd 6-3-2-0 2-6-1-0

Trailing After 1st 8-9-1-1 2-16-1-1

Trailing After 2nd 4-10-0-0 1-19-1-1

Out Shooting Opponents 25-8-0-1 14-11-1-1

Out Shot by Opponents 8-6-2-0 6-12-1-0

1 Goal Games 11-2-2-1 7-7-2-1

2 Goal Games 8-7-0-0 4-7-0-0

3 Goal Games 7-3-0-0 3-9-0-0

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WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD (0-2-0)

This will mark the fourth of four meetings this season.

Date Road Home Time Result

November 10th Red Deer Regina 7:00 p.m. CST L, 3-2

November 27th Regina Red Deer 7:00 p.m. MST L, 4-2

February 26th Regina Red Deer 7:00 p.m. MST L, 6-4

March 4th Red Deer Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

The Pats are 63-46-4-6-5 vs. the Rebels, all-time and 34-18-2-4-2 at home.

This will be the fourth of four meetings between the Pats and Rebels this season. Red Deer has taken the first three contests, outscoring the Pats 13-to-8 over that time. All three meetings have been decided by two goals or less. The Pats are 7-5-3 against the Rebels since the 2017-18 season. The Pats went 3-0-1 against the Rebels in the 2019-20 season series, with all four games decided by one goal.

REG VS. RD - INDIVIDUAL

Regina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

41 Ryker Evans 3 2 3 5 4 3

11 Stanislav Svozil 3 1 2 3 0 0

98 Connor Bedard 3 1 1 2 4 1

43 Tanner Howe 2 1 1 2 0 0

22 Adam McNutt 3 1 0 1 16 -1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Matthew Kieper 1 0 1 0 0 58:53 3 3.06 0.885

33 Drew Sim 2 0 2 0 0 116:37 9 4.63 0.873

Red Deer Rebels

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

20 Arshdeep Bains 3 2 4 6 0 2

14 Ben King 3 3 1 4 9 2

18 Jace Isley 3 2 1 3 0 2

19 Kai Uchacz 3 2 1 3 2 4

26 Talon Brigley 3 1 2 3 0 2

13 Kalan Lind 2 1 2 3 2 2

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Chase Coward 3 3 0 0 0 180:00 8 2.67 0.910

HEADLINES

The Pats and CMHA Regina Branch will be hosting their Talk Today game, where fans in attendance will have the opportunity to learn more about CMHA mental health resources available in an effort to break down the stigma surrounding mental health. Tonight's game will feature:

A CMHA-run kiosk so fans can learn more about mental health

Videos featuring Pats players talking about the importance of mental health

Raffle draw for a chance to win a Connor Bedard signed jersey with all monies raised going to CMHA Regina

Braxton Whitehead became the eighth player to record at least three points in a contest (1G-2A, Wed. at BDN) this season, recording a career high three points. He joins Connor Bedard, Cole Carrier, Cole Dubinsky, Ryker Evans, Tanner Howe, Logan Nijhoff and Borya Valis to tally more than three points in a game this season.

The Pats are four points back of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference standings, as there is a three way tie for seventh between Calgary, Swift Current and Lethbridge.

BY THE NUMBERS

52: Points (13G-39A) this season for Ryker Evans is 3rd amongst WHL D while 4th in PTS/GP at 1.06...he is the only Pat' to have played in all 49 games this season...he must play the remaining 19 games to reach 200 career...he has points in nine of his last 13 games (7G-8A-15PTS).

51: Points (23G-27A) over Connor Bedard's last 23 games since Nov. 28, with points in 22 of those 23 contests...he had 15 points in 20 games prior and is currently 1st in the WHL in shots (235), averaging 5.4 shots per game...he has recorded a point in 13 straight games (13G-15A-28PTS).

16: Points (7G-9A) over Stanislav Svozil's last 15 games since January 28th...the Prerov, CZE, native has scored seven of his eight goals this season since February 4th (12 games) after going his first 31 games with just one goal.

27.2: Shooting percentage for rookie winger Tanner Howe leads all WHL rookies...he is riding a 10 game point-streak (6G-9A-15PTS) after going his previous five contests with 0G-1A...he is one of three players in the WHL this season to have multiple 10-game or more point-streaks.

11-7-1: Record for the Pats when forward Zack Stringer is in the lineup this season, with the Pats going 9-0-1 over their last 10 games with Stringer playing...Stringer has missed 30 games this season and 16 straight games (5-10-1 without)...are 9-19-2 without him in the lineup in total this year.

17-1: Record when the Pats are leading after two periods of play this season...28 games have been decided by two goals or less (11-14-2-1) this season, with six of their last seven games decided by two goals or less...the Pats are 3-7-0-0 in three goal games this season.

9-4-1: Over the Regina Pats last 14 home games since December 8th, 2021, where they've outscored their opponent 72-to-44 over that time (+28)...the Pats had lost four straight home games prior to this home streak, and were sitting with a 4-8-0 home record prior to December 8th.

COMING UP

The Regina Pats continue their four game homestand, with the third game tomorrow at 7:00 p.m., against the Lethbridge Hurricanes. They then rematch Lethbridge at home on Friday, February 11th and host the Calgary Hitmen on Saturday, February 12th. The Pats have 19 games remaining in the regular season, with nine at home and 10 on the road. This month, they have 11 games left, with six at home and five on the road.

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Mar 5 Lethbridge Hurricanes (22-24-3) at Regina Pats (20-26-3)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Mar 11 Lethbridge Hurricanes (22-24-3) at Regina Pats (20-26-3)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Mar 12 Calgary Hitmen (20-23-7) at Regina Pats (20-26-3)

7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Mar 15 Regina Pats (20-26-3) at Medicine Hat Tigers (9-38-4)

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