WHL Regina Pats

Pats Begin Three Game Alberta Road Trip in Lethbridge

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


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (16-20-0-1) begin their three game Albert road trip against the Lethbridge Hurricanes (16-18-2-1) at the Enmax Centre at 8:00 p.m., Central Time.

The Pats are coming off a 5-4 loss to the Saskatoon Blades on Wednesday night at the Brandt Centre, where the Pats lost a 2-1 and 4-3 lead. Kyle Crnkovic scored the tying goal late in the second and the game winner on the power play with under two minutes to play in the third.

Connor Bedard and Cole Dubinsky scored twice while Ryker Evans, Stanislav Svozil and Logan Nijhoff tallied two assists. Drew Sim left the game late in the first period with a lower body injury as he stopped eight of nine prior to departing. Matthew Kieper came in and played over 40 minutes, allowing four goals on 22 shots in the loss. The Pats went 1-3 on the power play while the Blades went 4-5 on the penalty kill. The final shots were 31-30 Saskatoon.

The Pats have lost their last three games coming into tonight's action.

The Lethbridge Hurricanes ended a two-game losing streak on Wednesday with a 5-2 victory over the Swift Current Broncos at the Enmax Centre. Five different goal scorers lit the lamp in the win, including Justin Hall who scored his team-leading 21st goal for the game winner. It was just the fifth time this season the 'Canes had five different goal scorers. Lethbridge outshot Swift Current 35-23 in the game while going 0-3 on the power play and 4-4 on the penalty kill.

The Hurricanes are 4-5-1 over their last 10 games but have dropped three of their last four home games, and now sit with a 10-7-2-1 home record versus their 6-11-0-0 road record. They are two points ahead of the Pats in the Eastern Conference standings.

Match Up

Regina

Lethbridge

Team Record 16-20-0-1 - 33 points 16-18-2-1 - 35 points

Division Ranking 5th East 5th Central

Conference Ranking 10th Eastern 9th Eastern

League Ranking 17th 15th

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

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

Last Game 5-4 L vs Saskatoon (Feb 2 2022) Final 5-2 W vs Swift Current (Feb 2 2022) Final

Home Record 11-10-0-1 10-7-2-1

Away Record 5-10-0-0 6-11-0-0

GF 132 107

GA 140 139

PP (Overall) (38/152) 25.0% (28/162) 17.3%

PP (Home) (27/87) 31.0% (15/85) 17.6%

PP (Away) (11/65) 16.9% (13/77) 16.9%

PK (Overall) (45/166) 72.9% (31/140) 77.9%

PK (Home) (29/91) 68.1% (17/74) 77.0%

PK (Away) (16/75) 78.7% (14/66) 78.8%

PP vs. Opp. (1/5) 20% (3/10) 30%

PK vs. Opp. (3/10) 70% (1/5) 80%

Leading Rookie Howe (16-17-33) Wormald (8-13-21)

Most PIM McNutt - 61 Arntsen - 44

Team PIM/GM 14.2/Game 10.8/Game

Leading Scorers Bedard (22-18-40) Hall (21-21-42)

Evans (6-33-39) Thacker (7-28-35)

Howe (16-17-33) Nash (12-13-25)

Nijhoff (14-16-30) Wormald (8-13-21)

Svozil (1-23-24) Jones (9-9-18)

Last 5 Games 5-4 L vs Saskatoon (Feb 2 2022) Final 5-2 W vs Swift Current (Feb 2 2022) Final

4-1 L @ Moose Jaw (Jan 29 2022) Final 6-0 L @ Edmonton (Jan 30 2022) Final

6-4 L vs Brandon (Jan 28 2022) Final 8-1 L @ Red Deer (Jan 29 2022) Final

4-0 W vs Prince Albert (Jan 25 2022) Final 3-2 W @ Calgary (Jan 28 2022) Final OT

4-3 L vs Calgary (Jan 18 2022) Final SO 3-1 L @ Swift Current (Jan 22 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 10-2-0-0 8-0-1-1

Leading After 2nd 15-0-0-0 11-0-0-1

Tied After 1st 5-5-0-0 3-2-0-0

Tied After 2nd 1-5-0-0 3-1-1-0

Trailing After 1st 1-13-0-1 5-16-1-0

Trailing After 2nd 0-15-0-1 2-17-1-0

Out Shooting Opponents 11-10-0-1 10-8-1-0

Out Shot by Opponents 5-8-0-0 6-9-1-1

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

2 Goal Games 3-6-0-0 3-3-0-0

3 Goal Games 3-7-0-0 3-5-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD

The Pats are 86-72-4-6-1 vs. the Hurricanes, all-time & 36-47-0-2-0 on the road.

Date Road Home Time Result

November 13th Lethbridge Regina 7:00 p.m. CST L, 6-1

November 24th Regina Lethbridge 7:00 p.m. MST OTW, 3-2

February 4th Regina Lethbridge 7:00 p.m. MST

March 5th Lethbridge Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

March 11th Lethbridge Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

March 16th Regina Lethbridge 7:00 p.m. MDT

This will be the third of six meetings this season between the Pats and Hurricanes. The Pats last played the Hurricanes on Nov. 24 at the Enmax Centre, with Connor Bedard scoring the overtime winner in a 3-2 win. Season series is now 1-1. That win also snapped a six game skid against the Hurricanes. The Pats are 2-8-0 against the Hurricanes over their last 10 meetings and 2-3 over the last five road games in Lethbridge.

Lethbridge Hurricanes

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

18 Logan Wormald 2 2 2 4 0 1

9 Justin Hall 2 1 2 3 0 1

20 Alex Thacker 2 0 3 3 0 2

17 Jett Jones 2 1 1 2 4 0

7 Joe Arntsen 2 0 2 2 0 1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Bryan Thomson 2 1 0 1 0 124:56 4 1.92 0.937

Regina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

98 Connor Bedard 2 1 0 1 0 -1

43 Tanner Howe 1 1 0 1 2 0

40 Parker Berge 1 0 1 1 0 1

18 Cole Dubinsky 2 0 1 1 0 -1

41 Ryker Evans 2 0 1 1 0 -2

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Matthew Kieper 2 1 1 0 0 124:59 8 3.84 0.893

HEADLINES

The Pats have six players on the injured list heading into a three game Alberta road trip, as Drew Sim, Adam McNutt, Jake Johnson, Zack Stringer and Zane Rowan are out...2006-born forward Jaxsin Vaughan and 2005-born goaltender Kelton Pyne will join the team for the trip.

BY THE NUMBERS

39: Points (6G-33A) this season for Pats D Ryker Evans is T-1st among WHL defencemen...he is also T-2nd in assists and 3rd in PTS/G at 1.05...he is the only Pat' to have played in all 37 games this season...he must play the remaining 31 games to reach 200 career contests.

25: Points (12G-13A) over Connor Bedard's last 11 games, with points in 10 of those 11 contests...he is currently 8th in goals per game (0.71) while 1st in the WHL in shots (173), averaging 5.58 shots per game...he has scored 34 goals in 46 career games (34G-34A-68PTS).

58.8: Faceoff win percentage for captain Logan Nijhoff is the 3rd highest in the WHL...his 484 faceoffs won this season ranks 6th while his 823 attempts are 8th...he also has 19 points (8G-11A) over his last 13 games.

6: Straight losses over the Pats current season high six game road losing-streak heading into an upcoming road schedule where they've been outscored 32-to-15 during that time...on the other side, the Pats are 7-3-1 over their last 11 home games, outscoring their opponent 62-to-40.

60.7: Penalty kill percentage (17-28) over the last seven games since the start of January where the Pats have allowed 11 power play goals against and 15 even strength goals...overall, the Pats penalty kill is last in the WHL at 72.9%.

COMING UP

3:00 p.m., Sunday, Feb 6 Regina Pats (16-20-1) at Calgary Hitmen (17-15-7)

12:00 p.m., Tuesday, Feb 8 Regina Pats (16-20-1) at Edmonton Oil Kings (30-10-3)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Feb 11 Calgary Hitmen (17-15-7) at Regina Pats (16-19-1)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Feb 12 Regina Pats (16-20-1) at Saskatoon Blades (22-15-2)

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