WHL Regina Pats

Pats Host Blades on Friday

Published on January 13, 2023 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats host the Saskatoon Blades on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. inside the Brandt Centre.

Tonight marks the third game of this four game homestand at the Brandt Centre, and the first of back-to-back games on home ice this weekend.

The Pats are coming off a thrilling 6-2 win over the Calgary Hitmen on Sunday, snapping the teams three game losing-streak. Connor Bedard scored a career high six points (4G-2A) and tied his career high with four goals on-route to the clubs 19th victory of the season. The Pats also got goals from Alexander Suzdalev (1G-1A) and Tanner Howe (1G-1A) as well as a two assist performance from Tanner Brown.

Drew Sim was key in net, making 42 saves on 44 shots in the win, as he improved to 15-10-1 on the season. The Pats finished the game 3-5 on their power play and 7-7 on the penalty kill.

Meanwhile, the Saskatoon Blades are coming off a 3-1 loss to the Portland Winterhawks on Wednesday, as they have now dropped five of their last six contests coming in (1-2-3-0 last six games). The contest on Wednesday against Portland was tied at one after one, with Vaughn Watterodt scoring the Blades tying goal. Portland would score in the second and late in the third to seal it. The final shots were 29-20 for Saskatoon. The Blades were 3-3 on their penalty kill and 1-5 on their power play.

They are still third in the Eastern Conference with 55 points, which is five points ahead of the fourth place Moose Jaw Warriors. They have 32 games remaining in the second-half, with 15 at home and 17 on the road.

MATCH UP

Saskatoon Regina

Team Record 26-7-2-1 - 55 points 19-19-1-1 - 40 points

Division Ranking 2nd East 4th East

Conference Ranking 3rd Eastern 7th Eastern

League Ranking 6th 10th

Past 10 Games 5-2-2-1 3-7-0-0

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

Last Game 3-1 L vs Portland (Jan 11 2023) Final 6-2 W vs Calgary (Jan 8 2023) Final

Home Record 14-4-1-0 8-9-0-1

Away Record 12-3-1-1 11-10-1-0

GF 142 142

GA 80 159

PP (Overall) (42/155) 27.1% (41/158) 25.9%

PP (Home) (23/77) 29.9% (17/72) 23.6%

PP (Away) (19/78) 24.4% (24/86) 27.9%

PK (Overall) (22/145) 84.8% (43/182) 76.4%

PK (Home) (13/80) 83.8% (12/74) 83.8%

PK (Away) (9/65) 86.2% (31/108) 71.3%

PP vs. Opp. (4/8) 50% (2/7) 28.6%

PK vs. Opp. (2/7) 71.4% (4/8) 50%

Leading Rookie Keller (6-8-14) Suzdalev (22-27-49)

Most PIM Lies - 66 Vaughan - 60

Team PIM/GM 11.8/Game 14.2/Game

Leading Scorers Wong (13-33-46) Bedard (31-39-70)

Lisowsky (20-19-39) Howe (22-28-50)

De La Gorgendiere (8-30-38) Suzdalev (22-27-49)

Sidorov (18-19-37) Svozil (5-32-37)

Roulette (16-21-37) Valis (14-18-32)

Last 5 Games 3-1 L vs Portland (Jan 11 2023) Final 6-2 W vs Calgary (Jan 8 2023) Final

6-2 W vs Red Deer (Jan 7 2023) Final 6-0 L vs Seattle (Jan 6 2023) Final

5-4 L @ Swift Current (Jan 6 2023) Final SO 6-2 L @ Brandon (Jan 4 2023) Final

3-2 L vs Calgary (Jan 3 2023) Final OT 5-2 L vs Prince Albert (Jan 1 2023) Final

2-1 L @ Winnipeg (Dec 31 2022) Final OT 4-3 W @ Prince Albert (Dec 30 2022) Final OT

Leading After 1st 17-0-1-0 15-1-1-0

Leading After 2nd 21-0-1-1 16-0-0-0

Tied After 1st 7-3-1-1 2-3-0-0

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

Trailing After 1st 2-4-0-0 2-15-0-1

Trailing After 2nd 0-7-0-0 1-15-1-1

Out Shooting Opponents 17-5-0-0 8-6-0-1

Out Shot by Opponents 8-2-1-1 10-13-1-0

1 Goal Games 7-1-2-1 7-3-1-1

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

3 Goal Games 7-1-0-0 5-6-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

TV: AccessNow

HEAD TO HEAD (0-2-0-0)

The Pats are 207-213-27-12-6 vs. the Blades, all-time.

Date Road Home Time Result

November 13th Regina Saskatoon 4:00 p.m. CST L, 5-2

December 17th Saskatoon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST L, 6-1

January 13th Saskatoon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

March 5th Saskatoon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

March 19th Regina Saskatoon 4:00 p.m. CDT

March 24th Regina Saskatoon 7:00 p.m. CDT

It's third of six meetings between the Pats and Blades. The Pats lost the season series last year 5-1, as they were outscored 25-to-13. The Blades have won 13 of their last 15 meetings against the Pats since February 21st, 2020. This year, Saskatoon leads the season series 2-0, having outscored the Pats 11-3 over that time. The last time these two teams met was on December 17, 2022, with Saskatoon winning 6-1.

Regina Pats

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

43 Tanner Howe 2 0 3 3 0 -1

98 Connor Bedard 1 1 1 2 0 -1

91 Alexander Suzdalev 2 1 1 2 2 -3

37 X Easton Armstrong 2 1 0 1 0 -2

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

33 Drew Sim 2 0 2 0 0 117:12 10 5.12 0.821

Saskatoon Blades

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

38 Trevor Wong 2 2 3 5 0 3

5 Aidan De La Gorgendiere 2 1 3 4 0 3

19 Egor Sidorov 2 0 4 4 2 3

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

33 Ethan Chadwick 1 1 0 0 0 60:00 1 1.00 0.933

31 Austin Elliott 1 1 0 0 0 60:00 2 2.00 0.941

HEADLINES

Pats defenceman Stanislav Svozil is expected to return to the Pats lineup today, as he comes back to the Queen City from the World Juniors. The Prerov, CZE product has posted 37 points (5G-32A) in 28 games with the Pats this season and is coming off a World Juniors tournament where he tallied eight points (1G-7A) in seven games, winning silver with Czechia.

The Pats made two moves ahead of the Trade Deadline on Tuesday, acquiring 2005 D Omen Harmacy from the Winnipeg ICE for 2003 F Easton Armstrong while also acquiring 2003 F Steel Quiring from the Everett Silvertips for a 2026 fourth-round pick.

BY THE NUMBERS

70: Number of points (31G-39A) in 29 games for Pats captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL...his 39 assists are first and his 31 goals are second...the North Vancouver, BC product is also on a 28 game point-streak with all 70 points during that time.

49: Points for Alexander Suzdalev leads all WHL rookies... his 22 goals also lead all rookies while his 27 assists are tied for first...the Washington Capitals 2022 third-rounder has points in 21 of his last 26 games (16G-24A-40PTS)...his 13 PPG are tied for second the WHL.

50: Points this season for forward Tanner Howe is tied for 11th in the WHL, while his 22 goals are also tied for 11th and his shooting percentage of 26.2% (22-for-84) is fourth...Sunday he scored his 50th career goal...he has 24 points over his last 18 games (12G-12A).

23: Points for Connor Bedard (9G-13A) at the 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship, in which he set the record for most points by a Canadian at the WJ's...he also set the record for most career points (36) and goals (17) by a Canadian at the World Juniors.

17-15-1-1: First half record this season versus the Pats 11-16-0 first half record last season where the Pats went 7-7-0 at home and just 5-9-0 on the road...at end of the first half last year, the Pats were 18th in the WHL and sixth in their conference.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14 - Portland Winterhawks (28-6-2-1) at Regina Pats (19-19-1-1)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20 - Regina Pats (19-19-1-1) at Swift Current Broncos (19-16-0-1)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21 - Swift Current Broncos (19-16-0-1) at Regina Pats (19-19-1-1)

4:00 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 29 - Medicine Hat Tigers (14-20-5-1) at Regina Pats (19-19-1-1)

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