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Pats End 3-In-3 against Hitmen at the Saddledome

February 27, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Calgary, Alta. - The Regina Pats (19-26-1-1) end their three-in-three road trip at the Scotiabank Saddledome against the Calgary Hitmen (19-23-5-2) on Sunday at 5:00 p.m., Central Time.

The Pats are coming off a heartbreaking 6-4 loss to the Red Deer Rebels on Saturday. The Pats trailed 2-0 after one and led 4-3 after two following a four goal second frame, which tied a season high for goals in a period. The Rebels then scored three in the third to take the lead, with two coming on the power play, as the Pats dropped their first game when leading after two. They were 16-0 prior.

Connor Bedard (1G-1A) and Ryker Evans (1G-1A) had multi-point contests, while the Pats also got goals from Adam McNutt who played forward and Zane Rowan who's now scored in two straight.

The Calgary Hitmen are coming off a 8-1 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday on the road, snapping the clubs eight game losing-streak, where they were outscored 29-to-9 over that time. The Hitmen are tied for eighth in the Eastern Conference standings with Lethbridge with 45 points. Calgary is 11-11-4-0 at home, having dropped their last four home games, and are 1-6-2 over their last nine at home.

MATCH UP

Regina

Calgary

Team Record 19-26-1-1 - 40 points 19-23-5-2 - 45 points

Division Ranking 6th East 4th Central

Conference Ranking 11th Eastern 8th Eastern

League Ranking 18th 14th

Past 10 Games 3-6-1-0 2-8-0-0

Streak 0-2-0-0 1-0-0-0

Last Game 6-4 L @ Red Deer (Feb 26 2022) Final 8-1 W @ Lethbridge (Feb 25 2022) Final

Home Record 13-11-0-1 11-11-4-0

Away Record 6-15-1-0 8-12-1-2

GF 167 144

GA 182 161

PP (Overall) (49/194) 25.3% (33/196) 16.8%

PP (Home) (32/102) 31.4% (22/123) 17.9%

PP (Away) (17/92) 18.5% (11/73) 15.1%

PK (Overall) (57/206) 72.3% (45/198) 77.3%

PK (Home) (29/99) 70.7% (24/107) 77.6%

PK (Away) (28/107) 73.8% (21/91) 76.9%

PP vs. Opp. (7/17) 41.2% (6/16) 37.5%

PK vs. Opp. (6/16) 62.5% (7/17) 58.8%

Leading Rookie Howe (20-25-45) Tulk (8-8-16)

Most PIM Evans - 73 Slaney - 61

Team PIM/GM 13.6/Game 11.9/Game

Leading Scorers Bedard (33-29-62) Fiddler-Schultz (23-32-55)

Evans (13-39-52) Tschigerl (20-27-47)

Howe (20-25-45) Stevenson (18-26-44)

Nijhoff (15-19-34) Funk (17-13-30)

Svozil (6-26-32) Quiring (10-11-21)

Last 5 Games 6-4 L @ Red Deer (Feb 26 2022) Final 8-1 W @ Lethbridge (Feb 25 2022) Final

6-3 L @ Edmonton (Feb 25 2022) Final 1-0 L vs Prince Albert (Feb 23 2022) Final

2-0 W vs Medicine Hat (Feb 23 2022) Final 4-1 L vs Saskatoon (Feb 20 2022) Final

4-3 L vs Swift Current (Feb 21 2022) Final 3-1 L vs Winnipeg (Feb 18 2022) Final

5-4 W @ Prince Albert (Feb 18 2022) Final OT 3-2 L vs Moose Jaw (Feb 16 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 11-3-0-0 14-5-1-1

Leading After 2nd 16-1-0-0 16-1-1-2

Tied After 1st 6-7-0-0 2-5-1-0

Tied After 2nd 2-6-0-0 3-5-2-0

Trailing After 1st 2-16-1-1 3-13-3-1

Trailing After 2nd 1-19-1-1 0-17-2-0

Out Shooting Opponents 14-11-1-1 12-8-3-2

Out Shot by Opponents 5-12-0-0 6-14-2-0

1 Goal Games 6-7-1-1 6-7-5-2

2 Goal Games 4-7-0-0 5-4-0-0

3 Goal Games 3-9-0-0 4-7-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD (1-1-1-1)

This will mark the fifth of six meetings this season.

Date Road Home Time Result

November 28th Regina Calgary 11:00 a.m. MST L, 10-3

January 11th Calgary Regina 7:00 p.m., CST SOL, 4-3

February 6th Regina Calgary 2:00 p.m., MST OTL, 5-4

February 11th Calgary Regina 7:00 p.m., CST W, 5-0

February 27th Regina Calgary 4:00 p.m., MST

March 12th Calgary Regina 7:00 p.m., CST

The Pats are 46-51-2-5-3 vs. the Hitmen, all-time and 21-30-0-3-0 on the road.

This will be the fifth of six meetings this season, and the final one at the Scotiabank Saddledome. The Pats are 1-1-1-1 against Calgary this season. The Pats snapped their seven game losing-streak against the Hitmen the last time these two meet on February 11th at the Brandt Centre, with the Pats winning 5-0. Their previous last win was February 24th, 2019. Are 1-4-3 over the last eight meetings vs. Calgary.

INDIVIDUAL SEASON SERIES STATS - REG VS. CGY

Calgary Hitmen

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

21 Riley Fiddler-Schultz 4 5 4 9 8 3

19 Sean Tschigerl 4 3 3 6 7 -2

8 Grayden Siepmann 4 2 2 4 4 2

12 Oliver Tulk 4 2 1 3 4 3

25 Blake Allan 3 1 2 3 9 2

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

35 Brayden Peters 3 3 0 0 0 184:03 10 3.26 0.926

29 Ethan Buenaventura 1 0 1 0 0 60:00 5 5.00 0.848

Regina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

98 Connor Bedard 4 6 5 11 2 2

41 Ryker Evans 4 4 4 8 11 -1

29 Logan Nijhoff 4 3 4 7 11 -1

43 Tanner Howe 3 0 5 5 0 2

44 Layton Feist 4 0 2 2 0 1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

31 Kelton Pyne 1 1 0 0 0 60:00 0 0.00 1.000

33 Drew Sim 2 0 0 0 1 81:14 5 3.69 0.881

30 Matthew Kieper 2 0 1 1 0 104:18 13 7.48 0.790

HEADLINES

The Pats now have six players on the injured list as Matthew Kieper, Zack Stringer, Cole Dubinsky, Tye Spencer, Borya Valis and Logan Nijhoff are out of the lineup.

The Pats wrap up their one and only three-in-three of the season today against the Hitmen...it's their first three-in-three set since February 21st - 23, 2020, where the Pats went 1-2 in three home games...first three-in-three road trip since the 2014-15 season, where the Pats went 0-3 with games in the exact order of Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary from January 16th - 18th, 2015.

BY THE NUMBERS

52: Points (13G-39A) this season for Ryker Evans is 3rd amongst WHL D while also 2nd in PTS/GP at 1.11...he is the only Pat' to have played in all 47 games this season...he must play the remaining 21 games to reach 200 career...he has points in nine of his last 11 games (7G-8A).

47: Points (23G-23A) over Connor Bedard's last 21 games since Nov. 28, with points in 20 of those 21 contests...he is currently 1st in goals per game (0.805) while 1st in the WHL in shots (229), averaging 5.5 shots per game...he has recorded a point in 11 straight games (13G-11A-24PTS).

26.0: Shooting percentage for rookie winger Tanner Howe this season leads all WHL rookies...has recorded at least a point in eight straight games (4G-7A-11PTS) after going his previous five contests with 0G-1A...he is 2nd among rookies in PPG (9), while 3rd in PP-PTS (20).

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 28 games this season and 14 straight games (4-10-0 without)...are 8-19-1 without him in the lineup in total this year.

16-1: Record when the Pats are leading after two periods of play this season...the 6-4 loss on Saturday in Red Deer was the Pats first loss this season when leading after two...it was also their 15th contest decided by two goals or less (4-8-1).

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Mar 2 - Regina Pats (19-26-2) at Brandon Wheat Kings (26-16-5)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Mar 4 - Red Deer Rebels (33-15-3) at Regina Pats (19-26-2)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Mar 5 - Lethbridge Hurricanes (21-24-3) at Regina Pats (19-26-2)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Mar 11 - Lethbridge Hurricanes (21-24-3) at Regina Pats (19-26-2)

Check out the Regina Pats Statistics



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