WHL Regina Pats

Pats Home Winning-Streak Comes to an End with Loss to Cougars

October 29, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats streak of five straight victories on home ice came to an end on Sunday, falling 4-0 to the Prince George Cougars inside the Brandt Centre.

The Cougars scored three goals in the opening 12 minutes of the first period, as Koehn Ziemmer opened the scoring while Terik Parascak followed up with two goals.

The Pats made an impressive push in the second period, outshooting the Cougars 12-7 in the frame and later outshooting them 7-5 in the third.

Joshua Ravensbergen picked up his first career shutout, making 23 saves and Zac Funk tallied three assists.

The Pats held the league's top ranked power play to no power play goals, going a perfect 8-for-8.

THEY SAID IT

"It wasn't our prettiest performance by any means, especially our start. We were well aware of our opponent coming into the building and we knew they weren't going to be happy with their performance from the previous night in Moose Jaw. Their start was no surprise, but we need to make sure we rectify that moving forward. There is no easy night's for this hockey club and when you play the way we did for the first 10 minutes like we did, you're going to dig yourself a hole." - Regina Pats Assistant Coach Evan McFeeters

FINAL SCORE: Cougars 4, Pats 0

THE GOALS

First Period

1-0 Cougars at 4:29 - Koehn Ziemmer (4), assisted by Riley Heidt & Matteo Danis // Ziemmer was sprung on a partial breakaway and slipped the puck five-hole on Huet to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead early in the contest.

2-0 Cougars at 5:58 - Terik Parascak (16), assisted by Zac Funk // The Cougars controlled the puck in the Pats zone, and Funk hit Parascak with a cross-crease pass that he one-timed home to give the Cougars a 2-0 lead just 90 seconds after getting on the board.

3-0 Cougars at 11:42 - Terik Parascak (17), assisted by Zac Funk & Koehn Ziemmer // Just as a Cougars powerplay was expiring, Prince George worked the puck deep in the Pats zone and Funk found Parascak at the top of the blue paint and he fired a one-timer past Huet to increase the lead to 3-0.

Second Period

No scoring.

Third Period

4-0 Cougars at 8:46 - Ondrej Becher (10), assisted by Zac Funk // Becher's shot from the high slot eluded Huet's glove hand and went in to give the Cougars a 4-0 lead midway through the final stanza.

THE STATISTICS

SOG: Regina - 4-12-7-23 | Prince George - 13-7-5-25

PP: Regina - 0/4 | Prince George - 0/8

Face-offs: Regina - 25 | Prince George - 29

THE GOALTENDING BATTLE

Regina: Ewan Huet ( 21 saves / 25 shots)

Prince George: Joshua Ravensbergen ( 23 saves / 23 shots)

THE 3 STARS

First: Terik Parsacak - Prince George Cougars (2G)

Second: Zac Funk - Prince George Cougars (3A)

Third: Koehn Ziemmer - Prince George Cougars (1G-1A)

JUST NOTES

The Pats five-game home winning streak came to an end with the loss.

Tanner Howe's four game point streak came to an end at four games.

The last time the Pats were shut out was March 11, 2023, when the Medicine Hat Tigers beat the Pats 7-0 in Medicine Hat. The last time the Pats were shut out at home was January 6, 2023, when they lost to the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds 6-0.

The Cougars last win at Regina prior to tonight was on Oct. 8, 2011 (W, 2-0). Their last win in general was on Nov. 23, 2018 at Regina (W, 5-3).

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