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Pats End Homestand against Winterhawks

January 14, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats host the Portland Winterhawks for the first time since January 9, 2019, as the club wraps up their four game homestand on Saturday night inside the Brandt Centre.

The Pats have won two in a row as they are coming off a 7-4 victory over the Saskatoon Blades on Friday inside the Brandt Centre. Connor Bedard tallied five points (3G-2A) giving him 11 points (7G-4A) in two games since coming back from the World Juniors. Meanwhile, Stanislav Svozi returned from the World Juniors for his first game back, tying his career-high with four points (4A).

Alexander Suzdalev and Tanner Howe each tallied a pair of assists, while the Pats got goals from Borya Valis (1G-1A), Braxton Whitehead (SHG) and Steel Quiring for his first as a Pat'. Drew Sim earned his 16th win of the season with 21 saves on 25 shots. The final shots were 25-25. The Pats went 2-5 on the power play while the Blades went 2-3 on their power play.

On the other side, the Portland Winterhawks are coming off a 4-2 loss to the Moose Jaw Warriors on Friday night. The game was tied at two in the third period, but Moose Jaw jumped ahead by one with under two minutes to play to grab the lead before finishing the contest with an empty netter.James Stefan and Jack O'Brien scored in the loss and Luca Cagnoni collected two assists. Jan Špunar got the start in net, allowing three goals in 31 shots. The final shots were 44-32 for Portland. The Winterhawks went 1-3 on the power play and 0-1 on their penalty kill.

The club wraps up their Eastern Division road trip today with the sixth game of it. Since starting their road trip on January 6 in Brandon, the Winterhawks have gone 2-3-0, with losses to Brandon (L, 3-2), Winnipeg (L, 6-3), and Moose Jaw (L, 4-2) and wins over Prince Albert (W, 5-3) and Saskatoon (W, 3-1). During their last five contests, the Winterhawks have been outscored 17-to-15.

MATCH UP

Portland Regina

Team Record 28-7-2-1 - 59 points 20-19-1-1 - 42 points

Division Ranking 2nd U.S. 4th East

Conference Ranking 3rd Western 7th Eastern

League Ranking 5th 10th

Past 10 Games 7-3-0-0 4-6-0-0

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

Last Game 4-2 L @ Moose Jaw (Jan 13 2023) Final 7-4 W vs Saskatoon (Jan 13 2023) Final

Home Record 17-1-1-1 9-9-0-1

Away Record 11-6-1-0 11-10-1-0

GF 152 149

GA 111 163

PP (Overall) (43/156) 27.6% (43/163) 26.4%

PP (Home) (20/77) 26.0% (19/77) 24.7%

PP (Away) (23/79) 29.1% (24/86) 27.9%

PK (Overall) (24/156) 84.6% (45/185) 75.7%

PK (Home) (12/83) 85.5% (14/77) 81.8%

PK (Away) (12/73) 83.6% (31/108) 71.3%

PP vs. Opp. (0/0) 0% (0/0) 0%

PK vs. Opp. (0/0) 0% (0/0) 0%

Leading Rookie Sotheran (3-14-17) Suzdalev (22-29-51)

Most PIM Alscher - 38 Vaughan - 60

Team PIM/GM 11.4/Game 14.0/Game

Leading Scorers Fromm-Delorme (20-27-47) Bedard (34-41-75)

Klassen (21-19-40) Howe (22-30-52)

Stefan (13-26-39) Suzdalev (22-29-51)

O'Brien (9-27-36) Svozil (5-36-41)

Cagnoni (9-27-36) Valis (15-19-34)

Last 5 Games 4-2 L @ Moose Jaw (Jan 13 2023) Final 7-4 W vs Saskatoon (Jan 13 2023) Final

3-1 W @ Saskatoon (Jan 11 2023) Final 6-2 W vs Calgary (Jan 8 2023) Final

5-3 W @ Prince Albert (Jan 10 2023) Final 6-0 L vs Seattle (Jan 6 2023) Final

6-3 L @ Winnipeg (Jan 8 2023) Final 6-2 L @ Brandon (Jan 4 2023) Final

3-2 L @ Brandon (Jan 6 2023) Final 5-2 L vs Prince Albert (Jan 1 2023) Final

Leading After 1st 16-1-1-0 15-1-1-0

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

Tied After 1st 8-1-1-0 3-3-0-0

Tied After 2nd 8-1-0-1 2-4-0-0

Trailing After 1st 4-5-0-1 2-15-0-1

Trailing After 2nd 1-6-1-0 1-15-1-1

Out Shooting Opponents 23-5-2-1 8-6-0-1

Out Shot by Opponents 5-2-0-0 10-13-1-0

1 Goal Games 9-1-2-1 7-3-1-1

2 Goal Games 8-3-0-0 1-1-0-0

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

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

TV: AccessNow

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

The Pats have gone 30-40-2-2-0 against the Winterhawks in 74 all-time matchups since 1976, going 19-13-2-2-0 at home and 11-27-0-0-0 on the road.

Date Road Home Time Result

January 14th Portland Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

The Regina Pats host the Portland Winterhawks inside the Brandt Centre for the first time since January 9, 2019, as Portland defeated Regina 5-2. The last time the Pats played the Winterhawks was in Portland on January 14, 2020 with the Pats losing 9-4. The Pats are 0-6-1 against the Winterhawks since the 2013-14 season with their last win over Portland being a 3-2 overtime win on October 9, 2012.

HEADLINES

Connor Bedard (3G-2A) and Stanislav Svozil (4A) were back together on the same ice surface last night for the first time since December 4, and they combined for nine points in a 6-2 victory over the visiting Saskatoon Blades.

Regina Pats Head Coach and GM John Paddock (195) is currently five wins away from 200 as Pats coach. He is seven wins away from tying Frank Mario (202) for third on the all-time wins list, while 11 wins away from tying Murray Armstrong (206) for second on the list.

BY THE NUMBERS

70: Number of points (34G-41A) in 30 games for Pats captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL...his 41 assists are first and his 34 goals are tied for first...the North Vancouver, BC product is also on a 29 game point-streak with all 75 points during that time.

51: Points for Alexander Suzdalev leads all WHL rookies...his 22 goals also lead all rookies while his 29 assists are tied for first...the Washington Capitals 2022 third-rounder has points in 22 of his last 27 games (16G-26A-42PTS)...his 13 PPG are tied for second the WHL.

52: Points this season for forward Tanner Howe is tied for nknth in the WHL, while his 22 goals are also tied for 13th and his shooting percentage of 25.9% (22-for-85) is third...Jan. 8 he scored his 50th career goal...he has 26 points over his last 19 games (12G-14A).

23: Points for Connor Bedard (9G-13A) at the 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship, in which he set the record for most points by a Canadian at the WJ's...he also set the record for most career points (36) and goals (17) by a Canadian at the World Juniors.

17-15-1-1: 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 end of the first half last year, the Pats were 18th in the WHL and sixth in their conference.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20 Regina Pats (20-19-1-1) at Swift Current Broncos (19-17-0-1)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21 Swift Current Broncos (19-17-0-1) at Regina Pats (20-19-1-1)

4:00 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 29 Medicine Hat Tigers (15-20-5-1) at Regina Pats (20-19-1-1)

7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 31 Regina Pats (20-19-1-1) at Red Deer Rebels (28-8-1-3)

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