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Pats Head to Westoba Place for First Road Meeting with Wheat Kings

December 11, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - Tonight the Regina Pats (11-14-0) take on the Brandon Wheat Kings (13-13-1) at 7:00 p.m., at Westoba Place.

The Pats are coming off a 5-2 win over the Prince Albert Raiders on Friday in their Teddy Bear Toss game. Tanner Howe became the youngest Pat' to score a Teddy Bear Toss goal in team history, and the sixth fastest to do so, scoring 6:37 into the first period.

Logan Nijhoff (1G-1A), Ryker Evans (2A) and Stanislav Svozil (2A) each tallied multi-point games while Layton Feist scored his first of the season, and Zane Rowan and Cole Carrier added the others. Matthew Kieper made 25 saves on 27 shots for his 11th win of the season. The final shots were 27-26 for Prince Albert, with Regina going 3-for-7 on the power play and 6-for-7 on the penalty kill. The Pats win their second straight game.

On the other side, the Brandon Wheat Kings are coming off a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings last night. Nolan Ritchie, Marcus Kallionkieli and Brett Hyland scored the three unanswered goals for the Wheat Kings between the second and third period for the win. Ethan Kruger made 40 saves on 42 shots for his 10th win of the season. Final shots were 42-35 for Edmonton, with the Shots 19-13 for Brandon in the third. The Oil Kings power play went 2-for-6 while the Wheat Kings man advantage was 0-for-3.

They have now won four of their last five games and five of the last six on home ice. The club will be without Ridly Greig and Vincent Iorio fir the near future as they are at Canada's World Junior selection camp.

MATCH UP

Regina

Brandon

Team Record 11-14-0-0 - 22 points 13-13-0-1 - 27 points

Division Ranking 5th East 2nd East

Conference Ranking 9th Eastern 4th Eastern

League Ranking 15th 7th

Past 10 Games 5-5-0-0 6-3-0-1

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

Last Game 5-2 W vs Prince Albert (Dec 10 2021) Final 3-2 W vs Edmonton (Dec 10 2021) Final

Home Record 6-7-0-0 8-6-0-0

Away Record 5-7-0-0 5-7-0-1

GF 82 85

GA 91 103

PP (Overall) (25/96) 26.0% (18/107) 16.8%

PP (Home) (15/47) 31.9% (13/54) 24.1%

PP (Away) (10/49) 20.4% (5/53) 9.4%

PK (Overall) (27/118) 77.1% (29/127) 77.2%

PK (Home) (15/55) 72.7% (13/65) 80.0%

PK (Away) (12/63) 81.0% (16/62) 74.2%

PP vs. Opp. (3/10) 30% (1/9) 11.1%

PK vs. Opp. (1/9) 88.9% (3/10) 70%

Leading Rookie Howe (9-8-17) Roersma (8-6-14)

Most PIM McNutt - 47 Ward - 49

Team PIM/GM 14.4/Game 14.8/Game

Leading Scorers Evans (4-21-25) Ritchie (14-18-32)

Bedard (14-10-24) Greig (14-14-28)

Howe (9-8-17) Nychuk (6-15-21)

Svozil (1-16-17) Danielson (6-13-19)

Carrier (10-5-15) Iorio (2-13-15)

Last 5 Games 5-2 W vs Prince Albert (Dec 10 2021) Final 3-2 W vs Edmonton (Dec 10 2021) Final

4-2 W vs Medicine Hat (Dec 8 2021) Final 2-1 L @ Moose Jaw (Dec 8 2021) Final

5-4 L vs Swift Current (Dec 4 2021) Final 6-4 W vs Medicine Hat (Dec 7 2021) Final

5-2 L @ Prince Albert (Dec 3 2021) Final 4-1 W @ Medicine Hat (Dec 4 2021) Final

10-3 L @ Calgary (Nov 28 2021) Final 4-2 W @ Lethbridge (Dec 3 2021) Final

Leading After 1st 6-0-0-0 4-3-0-0

Leading After 2nd 11-0-0-0 6-0-0-0

Tied After 1st 4-5-0-0 6-1-0-1

Tied After 2nd 0-3-0-0 5-0-0-0

Trailing After 1st 1-9-0-0 3-9-0-0

Trailing After 2nd 0-11-0-0 2-13-0-1

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

Out Shot by Opponents 3-6-0-0 7-10-0-1

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

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

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

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

HEAD TO HEAD

The Pats are 202-219-21-12-6 vs. the Wheat Kings, all-time.

2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD

Date Road Home Time Result

October 10th Brandon Regina 4:00 p.m. MDT 4-2 L

November 6th Brandon Regina 7:00 p.m. MDT W, 6-1

December 11th Regina Brandon 7:00 p.m. CST

January 21st Regina Brandon 7:00 p.m. CST

January 22nd Regina Brandon 7:00 p.m. CST

March 2nd Brandon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

March 26th Brandon Regina 7:00 p.m. CDT

This will mark the third of seven meetings this season and the finale of three in the first half.

Last season, the Regina Pats went 1-2-1-0 against the Wheat Kings, going to overtime in two of those four contests. The Pats won 2-1 in

overtime, while losing 3-2 in overtime, 7-2 and 5-2. Brandon and Regina have faced off 460 times all-time coming into today's play. The Pats

are 8-8-1-2 since the 2018-19 season, with 10 of those 19 games being decided by one goal.

Brandon Wheat Kings vs. REG

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

11 Rylen Roersma 2 2 2 4 0 2

39 Chad Nychuk 2 2 1 3 0 1

5 Logen Hammett 2 1 0 1 0 0

9 Riley Ginnell 2 0 1 1 0 -2

17 Ridly Greig 1 0 1 1 4 2

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

31 Carson Bjarnason 2 1 1 0 0 120:00 8 4.00 0.906

Regina Pats vs. BDN

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

11 Stanislav Svozil 2 0 3 3 0 -1

27 Borya Valis 1 0 3 3 0 2

21 Cole Carrier 2 2 0 2 2 3

43 Tanner Howe 2 2 0 2 0 1

41 Ryker Evans 2 1 1 2 0 -1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Matthew Kieper 2 1 1 0 0 119:33 3 1.51 0.936

HEADLINES

The Regina Pats are 5-4 since they parted ways with Dave Struch on November 18th, with GM John Paddock taking over as the Head Coach...the Pats have recorded wins against Moose Jaw, Medicine Hat twice, Lethbridge and Prince Albert under Paddock...they've been outscored 34-to-32 during that time, while being outshot in four of those nine games, with equal shots twice (317 SF / 310 SA).

BY THE NUMBERS

4: Straight games with a power play goal for the Pats...during that time the power play is 6-for-21, running at 28.5%...overall, the Pats power play is third best in the WHL, running at an even 26.0%.

11: Game point-streak for Pats 16-year-old forward Tanner Howe (8G-8A-16PTS)...he has also scored in seven of his last 11 games...he leads the WHL in shooting percentage (34.6%, 9G-26SH)...he is also tied for sixth in rookie scoring (17pts) and tied for second in power play goals (5).

13: Total points (4G-9A) over Borya Valis' last 13 games after he had just one point (1G-0A) over his first nine games in the WHL...the Denver, CO, native tallied three points (1G-2A) on Wednesday for his second three point game of the season.

25: Number of points (4G-21A) for Regina Pats defenceman Ryker Evans is third amongst defenceman in in the WHL, while his 21 assists are second...he has points in 10 of his last 15 games (3G-14A-17PTS-+8)...he is also tied fourth among defencemen in minor penalties (20).

327: Faceoffs won by Pats captain Logan Nijhoff this season is the fourth highest in the WHL...the Comox, B.C., native came back from a three game suspension on Friday, and went 17-26 on the faceoff dot, while scoring 1G-1A, giving him four points (2G-2A) over his last two games.

360: Amount of penalty minutes by the Pats this season is the fourth highest in the WHL...the Pats are averaging 14.4 penalty minutes per game which is the second highest and have been short-handed 118 times this season, tied for the second most in the league.

COMING UP

The Regina Pats finish off the first-half schedule with a home and home against the Moose Jaw Warriors, beginning on Friday, December 17th and ending at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw on the 18th...the Pats begin their post Christmas schedule on Monday, December 27th against the Edmonton Oil Kings where the Pats will play four games in six days in their first week back from the Christmas break.

7:00 p.m., Friday, Dec 17th - Moose Jaw Warriors (12-13-2) at Regina Pats (11-14-0)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Dec 18th - Regina Pats (11-14-0) at Moose Jaw Warriors (12-13-2)

7:00 p.m., Monday, Dec 27th - Edmonton Oil Kings (19-5-3) at Regina Pats (11-14-0)

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Dec 29th - Winnipeg ICE (22-3-1) at Regina Pats (11-14-0)

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