WHL Regina Pats

Pats End Pre-Christmas Schedule in Moose Jaw

Published on December 18, 2021 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - Tonight the Regina Pats end their Pre-Christmas schedule with the second game of a home-and-home against the Moose Jaw Warriors at 7:00 p.m., at Mosaic Place.

These two teams last met on Friday at the Brandt Centre, with the Pats defeating the Warriors 6-5, taking a 3-1 season series lead. The Pats had a 5-1 lead slip away from them in the second, but were able to hold on for their third straight home victory.

Drew Sim made a career high 32 saves on 37 shots, while Tanner Howe had a career high three points (2G-1A), as the Pats improve to 3-1 over their last four games. The club also got multi-point performances from Logan Nijhoff (1G-1A), Cole Dubinsky (1G-1A) and Borya Valis (2A). The Warriors got goals from five different players, as Cade Hayes, Brayden Yager, Nathan Pilling, Atley Calvert and Jagger Firkus all found the back of the net, while Jackson Unger made 21 saves on 27 shots in the loss. The Pats went 1-for-6 on the power play while the Warriors went 2-for-6 on the man advantage. Moose Jaw has now lost two in a row, and their last three road contests.

MATCH UP

Regina

Moose Jaw

Team Record 12-15-0-0 - 24 points 13-14-2-1 - 29 points

Division Ranking 5th East 4th East

Conference Ranking 9th Eastern 7th Eastern

League Ranking 16th 13th

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

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

Last Game 6-5 W vs Moose Jaw (Dec 17 2021) Final 6-5 L @ Regina (Dec 17 2021) Final

Home Record 7-7-0-0 8-5-1-1

Away Record 5-8-0-0 5-9-1-0

GF 91 95

GA 100 105

PP (Overall) (26/106) 24.5% (24/126) 19.0%

PP (Home) (16/53) 30.2% (13/58) 22.4%

PP (Away) (10/53) 18.9% (11/68) 16.2%

PK (Overall) (30/128) 76.6% (33/120) 72.5%

PK (Home) (17/61) 72.1% (16/51) 68.6%

PK (Away) (13/67) 80.6% (17/69) 75.4%

PP vs. Opp. (6/17) 35.3% (3/21) 14.3%

PK vs. Opp. (3/21) 85.7% (6/17) 64.7%

Leading Rookie Howe (11-9-20) Yager (13-12-25)

Most PIM McNutt - 54 Baco - 49

Team PIM/GM 14.3/Game 12.1/Game

Leading Scorers Evans (4-23-27) Korczak (10-23-33)

Bedard (14-10-24) Firkus (14-15-29)

Howe (11-9-20) Mateychuk (7-20-27)

Nijhoff (10-9-19) Yager (13-12-25)

Dubinsky (9-9-18) Alarie (8-13-21)

Last 5 Games 6-5 W vs Moose Jaw (Dec 17 2021) Final 6-5 L @ Regina (Dec 17 2021) Final

4-3 L @ Brandon (Dec 11 2021) Final 5-4 L vs Saskatoon (Dec 14 2021) Final OT

5-2 W vs Prince Albert (Dec 10 2021) Final 4-2 W vs Swift Current (Dec 11 2021) Final

4-2 W vs Medicine Hat (Dec 8 2021) Final 4-1 L @ Swift Current (Dec 10 2021) Final

5-4 L vs Swift Current (Dec 4 2021) Final 2-1 W vs Brandon (Dec 8 2021) Final

Leading After 1st 7-0-0-0 6-1-0-1

Leading After 2nd 12-0-0-0 10-1-0-1

Tied After 1st 4-5-0-0 5-5-2-0

Tied After 2nd 0-3-0-0 2-0-0-0

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

Trailing After 2nd 0-12-0-0 1-13-2-0

Out Shooting Opponents 8-7-0-0 6-6-1-0

Out Shot by Opponents 4-6-0-0 7-8-1-1

1 Goal Games 3-4-0-0 6-5-2-1

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

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

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

HEAD TO HEAD (3-1-0)

This will mark the fifth of 10 meetings this season. The Pats are 191-143-13-9-8 vs. the Warriors, all time.

Last season, the Regina Pats went 2-0-1-1 against the Warriors, recording six of a possible eight points in the season series. The Pats have recorded at least a point in 10 of their last 11 meetings against Moose Jaw (8-1-1-1) and are 2-3-1 over their last six meetings inside Mosaic Place (since 2018-19), versus their 5-0-2 record over the last seven home meetings. The Pats have also won the last three meetings over the Warriors.

Moose Jaw Warriors vs. REG

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

5 D. Mateychuk 4 1 4 5 0 0

17 Cade Hayes 4 3 1 4 0 -3

23 Atley Calvert 4 1 3 4 0 -1

19 Martin Rysavy 3 1 2 3 8 2

38 Ryder Korczak 4 0 3 3 2 1

16 Maximus Wanner 4 0 3 3 6 -1

27 Jagger Firkus 4 2 0 2 2 0

29 Brayden Yager 4 2 0 2 0 3

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

35 Carl Tetachuk 3 1 2 0 0 178:01 9 3.03 0.913

30 Jackson Unger 1 0 1 0 0 57:41 6 6.24 0.778

Regina Pats vs. MJ

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

43 Tanner Howe 4 3 4 7 0 3

29 Logan Nijhoff 4 3 1 4 2 1

18 Cole Dubinsky 4 1 2 3 4 1

27 Borya Valis 3 1 2 3 0 1

21 Cole Carrier 4 2 0 2 0 -2

3 Luke Bateman 4 1 1 2 2 2

41 Ryker Evans 4 1 1 2 8 -1

44 Layton Feist 3 1 1 2 0 -1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Matthew Kieper 3 2 1 0 0 179:40 8 2.67 0.930

33 Drew Sim 1 1 0 0 0 60:00 5 5.00 0.865

2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD

Date Home Away Time Result

October 8th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. MT 3-2 L

November 3rd Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. MT 4-3 W

November 20th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CT 4-2 W

December 17th Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. CT 6-5 W

December 18th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CT

January 1st Regina Moose Jaw 4:00 p.m. CT

January 29th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CT

January 30th Regina Moose Jaw 4:00 p.m. CT

March 9th Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. CT

March 19th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CDT

HEADLINES

Tonight, Pats Head Coach and GM John Paddock coaches game #300 as Pats coach (171-94-21-13)...he currently ranks fifth all-time in games coached in Pats history...he is the fifth coach in franchise history to reach this milestone, joining Frank Mario (325), Murray Armstrong (326), Curtis Hunt (432) and Bob Turner (601)...split between the WHL, AHL and NHL, Paddock has a combined 855-645-188 for a combined total of 1,688 games coached.

BY THE NUMBERS

15: Points over Borya Valis last 15 games (since November 6th), with four goals and 11 assists over that span and four multi-point efforts...the Denver, Colorado native is tied for ninth among rookies in assists and 10th in points.

27: Number of points (4G-23A) for Regina Pats defenceman Ryker Evans is tied for second among defenceman in in the WHL, while his 23 assists are also tied for second...he has points in 11 of his last 17 games (3G-16A-19PTS)...he is also tied third among D in minor penalties (21).

36.6: Shooting percentage this season for Pats 16-year-old forward Tanner Howe is first in the WHL (11-for-30)...the Prince Albert, SK native is second among rookies in power play goals (5), fourth in goals (11) and fifth in points (20)...19 of his 20 points have come in the last 13 games.

128: Times short-handed by the Regina Pats this season is the fourth highest in the WHL...to add to that, the Pats have gone short-handed 30 times over their last six games and are averaging 4.74 times short-handed per game.

350: Faceoffs won by Pats captain Logan Nijhoff this season is the fifth highest in the WHL...the Comox, B.C., native went 10-for-24 on the faceoff dot on Friday, while scoring his 10th of the season and for a career best fourth straight game (4G-4A-8PTS).

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Monday, Dec 27th Edmonton Oil Kings (21-6-3) at Regina Pats (12-15-0)

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Dec 29th Winnipeg ICE (25-4-1) at Regina Pats (12-15-0)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Dec 31st Regina Pats (12-15-0) at Swift Current Broncos (11-15-3)

4:00 p.m., Saturday, Jan 1st Moose Jaw Warriors (13-14-3) at Regina Pats (12-15-0)

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