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Pats End First-Half Schedule at Home

December 17, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats end their first-half/pre-Christmas break schedule tonight at 7:00 p.m. against the Saskatoon Blades inside the Brandt Centre.

The Pats are coming off a 6-2 loss to the Moose Jaw Warriors last night at the Moose Jaw Events Centre, as Regina fell to 1-4 against the Warriors this season. They will see each other three times in the second-half. Alexander Suzdalev scored twice for his fifth multi-goal game of the year, while also reaching the 20-goal mark, becoming the third Pats player to reach 20 goals this season. Drew Sim had his seven game winning-streak come to a close, allowing six goals on 41 shots. The final shots were 41-27 for Moose Jaw. The Warriors went 2-5 on their power play while the Pats went 0-3.

Meanwhile, the Saskatoon Blades are riding an eight game winning-streak following an 8-5 win over the Spokane Chiefs at home last night. Brandon Lisowsky led the way with five points (3G-2A) while Egor Sidorov tallied three points (1G-2A) and Aidan De La Gorgendiere chipped in with three points as well (1G-2A). Austin Elliot got the start in net, giving up five goals on 27 shots. The final shots were 27-24 for Spokane. The Blades were 0-3 on their power play while the Chiefs went 2-3 on their man-advantage.

Over their eight straight wins, the Blades have outscored their opponents 47-to-17. The Blades are tied for having played the least amount of games in the WHL (28) and are tied with Seattle for the second highest winning percentage in the league (0.821).

Match Up

Saskatoon Regina

Team Record 23-5-0-0 - 46 points 17-14-1-1 - 36 points

Division Ranking 2nd East 4th East

Conference Ranking 3rd Eastern 6th Eastern

League Ranking 5th 9th

Past 10 Games 9-1-0-0 7-3-0-0

Streak 8-0-0-0 0-1-0-0

Last Game 8-5 W vs Spokane (Dec 16 2022) Final 6-2 L @ Moose Jaw (Dec 16 2022) Final

Home Record 12-3-0-0 7-5-0-1

Away Record 11-2-0-0 10-9-1-0

GF 119 127

GA 61 127

PP (Overall) (34/116) 29.3% (34/129) 26.4%

PP (Home) (19/57) 33.3% (13/53) 24.5%

PP (Away) (15/59) 25.4% (21/76) 27.6%

PK (Overall) (18/111) 83.8% (36/149) 75.8%

PK (Home) (11/59) 81.4% (9/52) 82.7%

PK (Away) (7/52) 86.5% (27/97) 72.2%

PP vs. Opp. (2/3) 66.7% (1/4) 25%

PK vs. Opp. (1/4) 75% (2/3) 33.3%

Leading Rookie Keller (5-5-10) Suzdalev (20-23-43)

Most PIM Lies - 52 Vaughan - 54

Team PIM/GM 12.4/Game 14.4/Game

Leading Scorers Wong (10-30-40) Bedard (27-37-64)

Lisowsky (18-19-37) Howe (21-24-45)

De La Gorgendiere (7-26-33) Suzdalev (20-23-43)

Sidorov (16-14-30) Svozil (5-32-37)

Roulette (13-17-30) Valis (13-17-30)

Last 5 Games 8-5 W vs Spokane (Dec 16 2022) Final 6-2 L @ Moose Jaw (Dec 16 2022) Final

8-3 W vs Medicine Hat (Dec 13 2022) Final 4-3 W vs Spokane (Dec 14 2022) Final SO

9-0 W @ Prince Albert (Dec 10 2022) Final 6-1 L @ Winnipeg (Dec 11 2022) Final

5-4 W vs Brandon (Dec 6 2022) Final OT 5-2 W vs Calgary (Dec 10 2022) Final

2-1 W @ Medicine Hat (Dec 3 2022) Final 3-2 W @ Prince Albert (Dec 9 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 14-0-0-0 13-1-1-0

Leading After 2nd 18-0-0-0 14-0-0-0

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

Tied After 2nd 5-0-0-0 2-4-0-0

Trailing After 1st 2-4-0-0 2-11-0-1

Trailing After 2nd 0-5-0-0 1-10-1-1

Out Shooting Opponents 15-4-0-0 8-6-0-1

Out Shot by Opponents 7-1-0-0 8-8-1-0

1 Goal Games 7-1-0-0 6-3-1-1

2 Goal Games 2-3-0-0 1-1-0-0

3 Goal Games 7-1-0-0 5-5-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

TV: AccessNow

HEAD TO HEAD (0-1-0-0)

The Pats are 207-212-27-12-6 vs. the Blades, all-time.

Date Road Home Time Result

November 13th Regina Saskatoon 4:00 p.m. CST L, 5-2

December 17th Saskatoon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

January 13th Saskatoon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

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

March 19th Regina Saskatoon 4:00 p.m. CDT

March 24th Regina Saskatoon 7:00 p.m. CDT

It's second of six meetings between the Pats and Blades. The Pats lost the season series last year 5-1, as they were outscored 25-to-13. The Blades have won 12 of their last 14 meetings against the Pats since February 21st, 2020. The Pats last met against the Blades inside the Brandt Centre on March 30, 2022, with Regina winning 3-2 in regulation.

HEADLINES

The Regina Pats have won eight of their last 11 games since Nov. 25, outscoring their opponents 47-to-41 during that time...the Pats have picked up wins over Vancouver (3-0), Victoria (9-5), Kelowna (OT, 6-5), Prince George (5-1) and Edmonton (8-2), Prince Albert (3-2), Calgary (5-2) & Spokane (SOW, 4-3) over that stretch...their only losses have been 9-3 to Kamloops, 6-1 to Winnipeg and 6-2 to Moose Jaw.

Connor Bedard (CAN) and Stanislav Svozil (CZE) are currently with their respective countries ahead of the 2023 IIHF World Juniors, and will be missing roughly six more Pats games due to the tournament...this is Bedard's second World Juniors, while it is Svozil's third.

Zack Stringer made his season debut last night after missing the last 39 Pats games, with is last game being on April 1, 2022...the Pats went 14-11-2 when he was in the lineup last season and are 12-5-2 over their last 19 games with Stringer playing.

BY THE NUMBERS

64: Number of points (27G-37A) in 28 games for Pats captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL...his 27 goals are first, and his 37 assists are also first...the North Vancouver, BC product is also on a 27 game point-streak with all 64 points during that time.

29. 4: Shooting percentage for Alexander Suzdalev is second in the WHL (20-for-68)...the Washington Capitals 2021 third-round pick is riding an nine game point-streak (8G-9A-17PTS), and has points in 18 of his last 19 games (14G-20A-34PTS)...his 11 PPG are third in the WHL.

45: Points this season for forward Tanner Howe is T-3rd in the WHL, while his 21 goals are T-4th and his shooting percentage of 30.0% (21-for-70) is T-1st in the league...his 10 game point-streak ended last night (11G-8A-19PTS), and has scored in 11 of his last 15.

7: Seven wins for Pats goaltender Drew Sim over his last eight starts (21GA-488MIN), posting a 2.58 goals-against average and a .926 save percentage over his last eight starts...last night he had his seven game win-streak end...he is T-1st in the WHL with two shutouts.

17-14-2: First half record this season versus the Pats 11-16-0 first half record last season where the Pats went 7-7-0 at home and just 5-9-0 on the road...at this time last year, the Pats were 18th in thw WHL and sixth in their division while they are fourth in their division and 9th in the WHL this year.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 28 - Brandon Wheat Kings (12-16-3-0) at Regina Pats (17-14-1-1)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Dec. 30 - Regina Pats (17-14-1-1) at Prince Albert Raiders (10-19-2-0)

7:00 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 1 - Prince Albert Raiders (10-19-2-0) at Regina Pats (17-14-1-1)

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 4 - Regina Pats (17-14-1-1) at Brandon Wheat Kings (12-16-3-0)

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