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Pats Begin Three Game Homestand against Wheat Kings

March 26, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (23-30-3-2) begin their three game homestand on Saturday at 7:00 p.m., against the Brandon Wheat Kings (29-24-3-2) inside the Brandt Centre.

The Pats have lost their last three games, as they're coming off a 3-1 loss on Friday to the Saskatoon Blades, which completed their five game road swing where they went 1-3-0-1. The Pats were tied at one after 20 minutes, but game up the go-ahead goal late in the second before an early insurance marker in the third. The final shots were 44-24 for the Blades. Drew Sim was saddled with his fourth straight loss, but he made 41 saves on 44 shots. The Pats went a perfect 4-for-4 on the penalty kill and 1-for-2 on the power play. Logan Nijhoff scored the Pats lone goal, setting a new career high for goals in a season.

On the other side, the Brandon Wheat Kings snapped their six game losing-streak on Friday at home against the Prince Albert Raiders with a 5-3 win. The Wheat Kings have 10 games left on their schedule, with six on the road and four at home. Brandon begins a stretch of four straight road games today before a four game homestand. They will play Prince Albert (3x), Moose Jaw (2x), Regina, Saskatoon (2x) & Medicine Hat to end the season.

MATCH UP

Brandon

Regina

Team Record 29-24-3-2 - 63 points 23-30-3-2 - 51 points

Division Ranking 4th East 6th East

Conference Ranking 7th Eastern 10th Eastern

League Ranking 13th 16th

Past 10 Games 3-7-0-0 4-4-1-1

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

Last Game 5-3 W vs Prince Albert (Mar 25 2022) Final 3-1 L @ Saskatoon (Mar 25 2022) Final

Home Record 15-12-2-1 15-12-1-1

Away Record 14-12-1-1 8-18-2-1

GF 188 209

GA 214 231

PP (Overall) (48/230) 20.9% (58/229) 25.3%

PP (Home) (30/127) 23.6% (34/119) 28.6%

PP (Away) (18/103) 17.5% (24/110) 21.8%

PK (Overall) (53/254) 79.1% (71/247) 71.3%

PK (Home) (27/132) 79.5% (35/115) 69.6%

PK (Away) (26/122) 78.7% (36/132) 72.7%

PP vs. Opp. (7/24) 29.2% (6/21) 28.6%

PK vs. Opp. (6/21) 71.4% (7/24) 70.8%

Leading Rookie Danielson (19-27-46) Howe (25-35-60)

Most PIM Greig - 92 Evans - 91

Team PIM/GM 14.1/Game 13.2/Game

Leading Scorers Greig (26-37-63) Bedard (43-40-83)

Ritchie (29-33-62) Howe (25-35-60)

Nychuk (18-41-59) Evans (13-43-56)

Danielson (19-27-46) Dubinsky (18-23-41)

Iorio (9-27-36) Svozil (10-30-40)

Last 5 Games 5-3 W vs Prince Albert (Mar 25 2022) Final 3-1 L @ Saskatoon (Mar 25 2022) Final

5-0 L vs Winnipeg (Mar 19 2022) Final 5-3 L @ Swift Current (Mar 22 2022) Final

4-3 L @ Winnipeg (Mar 18 2022) Final 10-4 L @ Moose Jaw (Mar 19 2022) Final

5-2 L vs Calgary (Mar 16 2022) Final 6-4 W @ Lethbridge (Mar 16 2022) Final

7-1 L vs Moose Jaw (Mar 15 2022) Final 5-4 L @ Medicine Hat (Mar 15 2022) Final SO

Leading After 1st 11-3-2-1 13-3-2-0

Leading After 2nd 14-1-1-0 20-1-1-1

Tied After 1st 12-5-1-1 8-8-0-0

Tied After 2nd 10-3-0-1 2-6-1-0

Trailing After 1st 6-16-0-0 2-19-1-2

Trailing After 2nd 5-20-2-1 1-23-1-1

Out Shooting Opponents 13-4-1-1 15-13-2-2

Out Shot by Opponents 15-18-2-1 8-14-1-0

1 Goal Games 11-7-3-2 8-8-3-2

2 Goal Games 8-3-0-0 5-9-0-0

3 Goal Games 9-4-0-0 4-9-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

TV: AccessNow

HEAD TO HEAD

The Pats are 203-221-21-12-6 vs. the Wheat Kings, all-time and 134-80-12-3-2 at home.

2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD (2-3)

Date Road Home Time Result

October 10th Brandon Regina 4:00 p.m. MDT 4-2 L

November 6th Brandon Regina 7:00 p.m. MDT W, 6-1

December 11th Regina Brandon 7:00 p.m. CST L, 4-3

January 28th Brandon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST L, 6-4

March 2nd Regina Brandon 7:00 p.m. CST W, 7-6

March 26th Brandon Regina 7:00 p.m. CDT

April 5th Regina Brandon 7:00 p.m. CST

The Pats are 2-3 in the season series, having gone 1-2 at home and 1-1 on the road, as this will mark the sixth of seven meetings this season. Four of their five meetings have been decided by two goals or less. The Pats are 9-10-1-2 against Brandon since the 2018-19 season, with 12 of those 22 games being decided by one goal. Brandon and Regina have faced off 463 times all-time coming into today's play.

REG VS. BDN INDIVIDUAL STATS

Regina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

11 Stanislav Svozil 5 2 8 10 0 3

43 Tanner Howe 5 4 2 6 0 -1

27 Borya Valis 3 2 3 5 2 0

52 Braxton Whitehead 4 2 3 5 0 3

98 Connor Bedard 4 0 5 5 4 -4

41 Ryker Evans 5 1 3 4 8 -5

10 Neithan Salame 2 1 3 4 2 0

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Matthew Kieper 4 1 2 0 0 187:45 11 3.52 0.849

33 Drew Sim 2 1 1 0 0 110:07 7 3.81 0.900

Brandon Wheat Kings

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

39 Chad Nychuk 5 3 4 7 4 4

10 Nolan Ritchie 5 3 4 7 7 -1

29 Nate Danielson 4 4 2 6 2 5

11 Rylen Roersma 5 2 4 6 0 2

17 Ridly Greig 3 0 5 5 6 7

7 Brett Hyland 4 3 1 4 6 -2

14 Vincent Iorio 2 2 2 4 2 3

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

31 Carson Bjarnason 4 2 2 0 0 219:18 15 4.10 0.894

30 Ethan Kruger 2 1 0 0 0 80:00 7 5.25 0.829

HEADLINES

The Pats have dropped their last three games, where they've been outscored 18-8 during that time. They've also lost four of their last five games since their two game winning-streak ended at the beginning of their recent five game road swing.

The Pats are still four points back of eighth and five points out of the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference standings after losses from Prince Albert and Lethbridge on Friday. With 10 games remaining, the Pats have the second hardest schedule in the WHL based off the oppositions point percentage (.604).

#WHL Hardest Schedule Remaining (opp. pts. pct.)

.673 - @TCAmericans

.604 - @WHLPats

.602 - @tigershockey

.601 - @MJWARRIORS

.600 - @pdxwinterhawks

.588 - @WHLGiants

.587 - @Rebelshockey

.581 - @PGCougars

.570 - @PARaidersHockey

.547 - @spokanechiefs

.545 - @EdmOilKings

- Geoffrey Brandow (@GeoffreyBrandow) March 25, 2022

BY THE NUMBERS

26: Amount of points (9G-17A) over Tanner Howe's last 19 games with points in 17 of those 19, and goals in eight of those games, while also being a +8 over that span...he is 1st among all rookies in SH% (25.0%), 3rd in power play points (24) 3rd in points (60), & 4th in assists (35).

68: Points (33G-35A) over Connor Bedard's last 32 games since Nov. 28, with points in 30 of those 32 contests, after he had 15 points (10G-5A) in his first 20 games this season...he is T-1st in the WHL in shots (276), avg 5.3 shots per game...his also 2nd in goals (43) & 5th in points (83).

21: Number of points for forward Cole Dubinsky over his last 19 games (8G-13A) since January 29th, with points in 13 of those 19 contests...he had his five game goal-streak snapped on Tuesday, and his six game point-streak end Friday (Last seven: 5G-6A-11PTS).

3-1-1: Record over the Pats last five home games, outscoring their opponent 16-to-12 during that time...the Pats have won two straight home games and are 15-12-2 at home overall this season, having outscored their opponent 114-to-98 for a +16 home goal differential.

231: Total goals against this season is the fifth highest in the WHL, behind Tri-City (17-38-5), Medicine Hat (11-44-4), Spokane (19-36-5) & Victoria (22-34-6, averaging 3.98 goals against per-game which is the fifth highest...on the other hand, they've scored 209 goals, which is 10th.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Mar 30 Saskatoon Blades (34-22-4) at Regina Pats (23-30-5)

7:00 p.m., Friday, April 1st Winnipeg ICE (45-9-5) at Regina Pats (23-30-5)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, April 2nd Regina Pats (23-30-5) at Prince Albert Raiders (24-30-5)

7:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 5th Regina Pats (23-30-5) at Brandon Wheat Kings (29-24-5)

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