WHL Regina Pats

Pats Head to Moose Jaw for Friday Night Tilt

Published on December 16, 2022 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats head down highway one for a matchup against the Moose Jaw Warriors on Friday at 7:00 p.m. inside the Moose Jaw Events Centre.

The Pats are coming off a 4-3 shootout win over the Spokane Chiefs on Wednesday, beginning their first of three games this week with a victory on home ice. The Pats completed their largest comeback of the season, as they trailed 3-0 after one frame. Alexander Suzdalev (1G-1A), Tanner Howe and Zane Rowan (tying goal) scored for the Pats, while Drew Sim made 26 saves for his 13th win of the season, and his seventh straight victory. The final shots were even 29-29. The Pats were 0-3 on the power play and 3-4 on the penalty kill.

Their shootout win on Wednesday was their first shootout victory since February 5, 2020 Saskatoon (3-2 SOW). The Pats are now winners of eight of their last 10 contests.

Meanwhile, the Moose Jaw Warriors are coming off a 5-2 loss to the Spokane Chiefs on Tuesday at home. The Warriors trailed 5-0 in the third before getting late goals from Robert Baco and Harper Lolacher. Jackson Unger got the start, allowing five goals on 34 shots. The final shots were 35-34 for Moose Jaw. They went 0-2 on the power play and 1-1 on the penalty kill.

They have now lost their last two games after falling to Medicine Hat 6-3 on Saturday on the road. The Warriors have now dropped three of their last four games since Dec. 4 against Calgary (17GF-18GA). They've also dropped three of their last five home contests.

Match Up

Regina Moose Jaw

Team Record 17-13-1-1 - 36 points 19-12-0-0 - 38 points

Division Ranking 4th East 3rd East

Conference Ranking 6th Eastern 5th Eastern

League Ranking 9th 8th

Past 10 Games 8-2-0-0 6-4-0-0

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

Last Game 4-3 W vs Spokane (Dec 14 2022) Final SO 5-2 L vs Spokane (Dec 13 2022) Final

Home Record 7-5-0-1 9-7-0-0

Away Record 10-8-1-0 10-5-0-0

GF 125 114

GA 121 100

PP (Overall) (34/126) 27.0% (28/112) 25.0%

PP (Home) (13/53) 24.5% (16/61) 26.2%

PP (Away) (21/73) 28.8% (12/51) 23.5%

PK (Overall) (34/144) 76.4% (22/107) 79.4%

PK (Home) (9/52) 82.7% (11/54) 79.6%

PK (Away) (25/92) 72.8% (11/53) 79.2%

PP vs. Opp. (1/11) 9.1% (5/17) 29.4%

PK vs. Opp. (5/17) 70.6% (1/11) 90.9%

Leading Rookie Suzdalev (18-23-41) Riche (4-4-8)

Most PIM Vaughan - 54 Brenton - 39

Team PIM/GM 14.5/Game 9.3/Game

Leading Scorers Bedard (27-37-64) Firkus (18-22-40)

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

Suzdalev (18-23-41) Mateychuk (6-25-31)

Svozil (5-32-37) Calvert (16-12-28)

Valis (13-17-30) Wanner (6-17-23)

Last 5 Games 4-3 W vs Spokane (Dec 14 2022) Final SO 5-2 L vs Spokane (Dec 13 2022) Final

6-1 L @ Winnipeg (Dec 11 2022) Final 6-3 L @ Medicine Hat (Dec 10 2022) Final

5-2 W vs Calgary (Dec 10 2022) Final 9-2 W vs Calgary (Dec 9 2022) Final

3-2 W @ Prince Albert (Dec 9 2022) Final 5-3 L @ Calgary (Dec 4 2022) Final

8-2 W @ Edmonton (Dec 4 2022) Final 5-2 W @ Red Deer (Dec 3 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 13-1-1-0 12-4-0-0

Leading After 2nd 14-0-0-0 14-1-0-0

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

Tied After 2nd 2-4-0-0 3-3-0-0

Trailing After 1st 2-10-0-1 3-6-0-0

Trailing After 2nd 1-9-1-1 2-8-0-0

Out Shooting Opponents 8-6-0-1 9-3-0-0

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

1 Goal Games 6-3-1-1 10-1-0-0

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

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

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

HEAD TO HEAD (1-3-0-0)

It's the fifth of eight meetings in the season series between the Pats and Warriors. The Pats are 195-149-13-9-8 vs. the Warriors, all time.

2022-23 HEAD TO HEAD

Date Home Away Time Result

September 23rd Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. MDT L, 5-4

September 24th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. MDT W, 6-3

October 20th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. MDT L, 5-2

October 23rd Regina Moose Jaw 4:00 p.m. MDT L, 2-1

December 16th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

February 11th Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. CST

March 17th Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. CST

March 18th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

It's the fifth of eight meetings between the Pats and Warrior, as the season series is 3-1 for Moose Jaw. The Pats won last years season series 6-4, going 5-0 at home and 1-4 on the road. The Pats have recorded at least a point in 14 of their last 21 meetings against Moose Jaw (12-7-1-1) coming in. Over the last six seasons, the Pats are 5-7 in Moose Jaw and 8-2-1-1 in Regina.

PATS VS. WARRIORS INDIVIDUAL STATS

Moose Jaw Warriors

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

29 Brayden Yager 4 3 3 6 0 0

23 Atley Calvert 4 2 2 4 2 -2

27 Jagger Firkus 2 1 2 3 0 0

22 Josh Hoekstra 4 1 2 3 4 -2

5 Denton Mateychuk 1 1 2 3 0 2

26 X Nathan Pilling 4 1 2 3 4 -4

37 X Cole Jordan 2 2 0 2 2 2

15 Ben Riche 4 2 0 2 0 -3

21 Tate Schofer 4 1 1 2 2 -2

7 Robert Baco 2 0 2 2 2 1

18 Riley Niven 2 0 2 2 2 1

20 X Thomas Tien 3 0 2 2 2 3

17 Lynden Lakovic 4 1 0 1 0 1

# Name GP W L OTL SL Mins GA GAA SV%

32 Connor Ungar 2 2 0 0 0 120:00 5 2.50 0.915

30 Jackson Unger 2 1 1 0 0 119:52 7 3.50 0.887

Regina Pats

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

98 Connor Bedard 4 4 2 6 4 3

40 Parker Berge 4 1 3 4 0 3

19 Tye Spencer 4 2 1 3 0 3

27 Borya Valis 2 2 1 3 6 1

37 Easton Armstrong 4 1 2 3 2 1

44 Layton Feist 4 0 3 3 2 2

18 X Cole Dubinsky 4 1 1 2 2 2

91 Alexander Suzdalev 2 1 1 2 0 0

11 Stanislav Svozil 2 1 1 2 2 1

43 Tanner Howe 3 0 2 2 2 1

29 Tanner Brown 2 0 1 1 2 -1

25 Zane Rowan 2 0 1 1 0 1

41 Corbin Vaughan 2 0 1 1 0 -1

# Name GP W L OTL SL Mins GA GAA SV%

33 Drew Sim 3 1 2 0 0 178:26 10 3.36 0.901

35 X Koen MacInnes 1 0 1 0 0 58:20 5 5.14 0.750

HEADLINES

Zack Stringer will make his season debut tonight after missing the last 39 Pats games, with is last game being on April 1, 2022. The Lethbridge, Alta. product had 18 points (10G-8A) in 27 games last season, as the Pats went 14-11-2 when Stringer was in the lineup last season and 12-4-2 over their last 18 games with Stringer playing.

The Regina Pats have won eight of their last 10 games since Nov. 25, outscoring their opponents 45-to-35 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 and 6-1 to Winnipeg.

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.

29.5: Shooting percentage for Alexander Suzdalev is second in the WHL (18-for-61)...the Washington Capitals 2021 third-round pick is riding an eight game point-streak (5G-7A), and has points in 17 of his last 18 games (12G-20A-32PTS)...his 11 PPG are third in the WHL.

45: Points this season for forward Tanner Howe is third in the WHL, while his 21 goals are tied for third and his shooting percentage of 30.0% (21-for-70) is first in the league...he is on an 10 game point-streak (11G-7A-18PTS), and has scored in 11 of his last 14.

7: Seven straight wins for Pats goaltender Drew Sim (15GA-428MIN), posting a 2.10 goals-against average and a .938 save percentage over his last seven starts...he is currently tied for first in shutouts with two this season and is tied for fifth in wins with 13.

10-8-1: Road record this season is tied for the third best road record in the WHL based off wins...furthermore, the Pats have won six of their last eight road games...last season the Pats went 9-22-2-1 on the road, and had the fourth least amount of road victories in the WHL.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 17 - Saskatoon Blades (22-5-0-0) at Regina Pats (17-13-1-1)

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 28 - Brandon Wheat Kings (12-16-3-0) at Regina Pats (17-13-1-1)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Dec. 30 - Regina Pats (17-13-1-1) at Prince Albert Raiders (10-19-2-0)

7:00 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 1 - Regina Pats (17-13-1-1) at Prince Albert Raiders (10-19-2-0)

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