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Pats Face Rival Raiders on Friday

December 3, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (9-12-0) end their six game road swing away from the Brandt Centre against the Prince Albert (8-12-1) Raiders on Friday at 7:00 p.m., at the Art Hauser Centre.

The Pats are coming off a 10-3 loss to the Calgary Hitmen on Sunday morning, ending the Alberta road trip 2-2. They gave up a season high 10 goals against and four in the third period in their second straight loss. Logan Nijhoff and Connor Bedard had 1G-1A, while Easton Armstrong scored his first of the season. The Pats penalty kill also allowed a season high four goals against while the power play went 0-for-3. The shots were equal for a second straight game, at 42-42.

For the Raiders, they are coming off a 4-3 overtime win over the Winnipeg ICE on Sunday where former Pat' Sloan Stanick scored the overtime winner. The Raiders have won their last two games after previously beating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2-1 on Saturday and finished the month of November with a 5-5 record.

The biggest news this week was how Prince Albert traded former captain and Montreal Canadiens first round pick Kaiden Guhle to the Edmonton Oil Kings in exchange for a package including Ottawa Senators prospect Carson Latimer, defenceman Eric Johnston, the 13th overall selection in the 2021 WHL Prospects Draft, a first-round pick in the 2023 and several other late picks.

MATCH UP

Regina

Prince Albert

Team Record 9-12-0-0 - 18 points 8-12-0-1 - 17 points

Division Ranking 5th East 6th East

Conference Ranking 9th Eastern 11th Eastern

League Ranking 15th 17th

Past 10 Games 5-5-0-0 5-5-0-0

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

Last Game 10-3 L @ Calgary (Nov 28 2021) Final 4-3 W @ Winnipeg (Nov 28 2021) Final OT

Home Record 4-6-0-0 2-5-0-1

Away Record 5-6-0-0 6-7-0-0

GF 67 53

GA 77 77

PP (Overall) (19/75) 25.3% (14/96) 14.6%

PP (Home) (10/31) 32.3% (5/39) 12.8%

PP (Away) (9/44) 20.5% (9/57) 15.8%

PK (Overall) (22/98) 77.6% (24/94) 74.5%

PK (Home) (10/37) 73.0% (4/40) 90.0%

PK (Away) (12/61) 80.3% (20/54) 63.0%

PP vs. Opp. (2/11) 18.2% (1/10) 10%

PK vs. Opp. (1/10) 90% (2/11) 81.8%

Leading Rookie Svozil (1-13-14) Pakkala (4-1-5)

Most PIM McNutt - 40 Pakkala - 35

Team PIM/GM 14.5/Game 12.9/Game

Leading Scorers Evans (4-18-22) Wiesblatt (5-9-14)

Bedard (11-6-17) Vitelli (8-5-13)

Dubinsky (7-7-14) Stanick (6-6-12)

Svozil (1-13-14) Kosior (4-8-12)

Carrier (8-5-13) Laventure (5-6-11)

Last 5 Games 10-3 L @ Calgary (Nov 28 2021) Final 4-3 W @ Winnipeg (Nov 28 2021) Final OT

4-2 L @ Red Deer (Nov 27 2021) Final 2-1 W @ Brandon (Nov 27 2021) Final

3-2 W @ Lethbridge (Nov 24 2021) Final OT 4-1 L vs Moose Jaw (Nov 24 2021) Final

6-2 W @ Medicine Hat (Nov 23 2021) Final 5-1 L @ Red Deer (Nov 20 2021) Final

4-2 W @ Moose Jaw (Nov 20 2021) Final 6-3 L @ Edmonton (Nov 19 2021) Final

Leading After 1st 4-0-0-0 4-1-0-0

Leading After 2nd 9-0-0-0 7-1-0-1

Tied After 1st 4-4-0-0 2-3-0-1

Tied After 2nd 0-2-0-0 1-1-0-0

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

Trailing After 2nd 0-10-0-0 0-10-0-0

Out Shooting Opponents 7-5-0-0 7-5-0-1

Out Shot by Opponents 2-5-0-0 1-7-0-0

1 Goal Games 2-2-0-0 4-0-0-1

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

3 Goal Games 2-5-0-0 2-5-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

HEAD TO HEAD

The Pats are 158-127-11-11-6 vs. the Raiders, all time

Date Home Away Time Result

October 1st Prince Albert Regina 7:00 p.m. MDT W, 3-1

October 2nd Regina Prince Albert 1:00 p.m. MDT W, 5-2

December 3rd Prince Albert Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

December 10th Regina Prince Albert 7:00 p.m. CST

January 25th Regina Prince Albert 7:00 p.m. CST

January 28th Regina Prince Albert 7:00 p.m. CST

February, 18th Prince Albert Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

April, 2nd Prince Albert Regina 7:00 p.m. CDT

This will be the third of eight meetings between the Pats and Raiders this season and the first since October 2nd, when both clubs opened the season against each other. The Pats swept the first two games (W, 3-1 & W, 5-2). The Pats are 15-10-0 against the Raiders over the last five years and have won their last three meetings on the road against Prince Albert (2-5 inside Art Hauser over last seven road meetings).

Prince Albert Raiders

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

16 Cale Sanders 2 0 2 2 0 -1

20 Keaton Sorensen 2 1 0 1 0 0

15 Reece Vitelli 1 1 0 1 0 0

19 Ozzy Wiesblatt 1 1 0 1 0 -1

12 Landon Kosior 2 0 1 1 0 0

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

33 Carter Serhyenko 2 0 2 0 0 117:56 8 4.07 0.890

Regina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

98 Connor Bedard 2 3 0 3 0 1

21 Cole Carrier 2 1 2 3 0 2

41 Ryker Evans 2 0 3 3 0 4

42 Drew Englot 2 1 1 2 0 1

13 Zack Stringer 2 1 1 2 4 1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Matthew Kieper 2 2 0 0 0 120:00 3 1.50 0.930

HEADLINES

Hockey Canada announced Wednesday that Regina Pats 2005-born forward Connor Bedard has been invited to Canada's National Junior Team Selection Camp...the North Vancouver, BC, native has totaled 17 points (11G-6A) this season, while leading the Pats in goals.

Tanner Howe scored three goals and one assist in the tournament, helping lead Team Black to a 5-4 gold medal overtime win over Team Red at the U17 Capital City Challenge...Director of Hockey Ops Landon Watson also received gold, while asst. coach Brad Herauf earned bronze.

Logan Nijhoff was handed a three game suspension on Tuesday after he received a five minute major and a game misconduct for an illegal hit on Sunday in Calgary...Zack Stringer will return from his two game suspension tonight.

BY THE NUMBERS

3-3: record when the club both games on back-to-back nights...the Pats are 8-8 in games during a back-to-back series.

2-2: Alberta road trip for the Regina Pats...the club picked up back-to-back wins to start the trip, defeating Medicine Hat (6-2) and Lethbridge (3-2), before losing to Red Deer (4-2) and Calgary (10-3)...this marked the longest trip of the season for the Pats.

13: Assists this season for Stanislav Svozil is tied for first among rookie defencemen...he also ranks second among rookie defencemen in shots (59), and points (1G-13A) and tied for first in power play assists (6)...he has one goal and seven assists over his last nine games.

22: Number of points (4G-18A) in 21 games for Pats defenceman Ryker Evans is tied for second amongst defenceman in in the WHL, while his 18 assists are third...his seven power play assists ranks fifth...he has points in eight of his last 11 games (3G-11A-14PTS-+4).

109: Shots on goal for Regina Pats forward Connor Bedard leads the WHL...the North Vancouver native is averaging 5.19 shots on net per contest along with 11 goals and 17 points in 21 games...he has 5G-2A over his last seven games, with points in five of those seven contests.

310: Faceoff wins for Pats captain Logan Nijhoff is the second highest total in the WHL behind of Prince Albert's Reece Vitelli (313)...he went 13-16 on the faceoff dot on Sunday in Calgary and holds 57.8 faceoff win percentage this season, which leads the Pats.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Dec 4th - Swift Current Broncos (8-12-3) at Regina Pats (9-12-0)

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Dec 8th - Medicine Hat Tigers (4-12-4) at Regina Pats (9-12-0)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Dec 10th - Prince Albert Raiders (8-12-1) at Regina Pats (9-12-0)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Dec 11th - Regina Pats (9-12-0) at Brandon Wheat Kings (9-12-0)

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