Pats Host Broncos in Family Day Contest at Brandt Centre
February 21, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release
Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (18-23-1-1) host the Swift Current Broncos (18-25-5-1) for a Family Day contest at 2:00 p.m., inside the Brandt Centre.
The Pats are coming off a 5-4 overtime win on Friday against the Prince Albert Raiders at the Art Hauser Centre. Connor Bedard assisted the tying goal and scored the overtime winner 24 seconds into the extra-frame for his 30th goal of the season, and third overtime winner.
While Bedard finished with two points (1G-1A), Stanislav Svozil also had a multi-point game (2A) as well as Layton Feist (1G-1A) in the win. The Pats got regulation goals from Feist, Borya Valis, Tanner Howe and Cole Carrier. Drew Sim recorded the win, making 22 saves on 26 shots.
The Pats trailed after one and after two periods of play, as they record their first win when down after two frames this season. The final shots were 36-26 Regina, with the Pats going 0-for-3 on the power play and 0-for-2 on the penalty kill, giving up two power play goals.
On the other side, the Swift Current Broncos are coming off a 2-1 loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings on Saturday, and are 3-2-1 over their last six games (17 GF / 19 GA) as they just completed a three game homestand. They are 2-2-0 over their last four road games (12 GF / 25 GA) and are four points ahead of the Pats in the Eastern Conference standings with the ninth seed, but have played five more games.
Match Up
Swift Current
Regina
Team Record 18-25-5-1 - 42 points 18-23-1-1 - 38 points
Division Ranking 5th Central 5th East
Conference Ranking 9th Eastern 10th Eastern
League Ranking 15th 17th
Past 10 Games 4-5-1-0 3-6-1-0
Streak 0-1-0-0 1-0-0-0
Last Game 2-1 L vs Brandon (Feb 19 2022) Final 5-4 W @ Prince Albert (Feb 18 2022) Final OT
Home Record 12-11-1-0 12-10-0-1
Away Record 6-14-4-1 6-13-1-0
GF 130 155
GA 178 166
PP (Overall) (35/214) 16.4% (45/174) 25.9%
PP (Home) (14/98) 14.3% (30/91) 33.0%
PP (Away) (21/116) 18.1% (15/83) 18.1%
PK (Overall) (48/212) 77.4% (53/191) 72.3%
PK (Home) (17/94) 81.9% (29/93) 68.8%
PK (Away) (31/118) 73.7% (24/98) 75.5%
PP vs. Opp. (6/22) 27.3% (4/13) 30.8%
PK vs. Opp. (4/13) 69.2% (6/22) 72.7%
Leading Rookie Ward (18-28-46) Howe (18-22-40)
Most PIM Wyrostok - 93 Evans - 69
Team PIM/GM 13.5/Game 13.7/Game
Leading Scorers Ward (18-28-46) Bedard (30-26-56)
Filmon (20-18-38) Evans (11-36-47)
Pelletier (13-22-35) Howe (18-22-40)
Nagy (11-16-27) Nijhoff (15-19-34)
Pickering (7-20-27) Svozil (4-25-29)
Last 5 Games 2-1 L vs Brandon (Feb 19 2022) Final 5-4 W @ Prince Albert (Feb 18 2022) Final OT
7-2 W vs Medicine Hat (Feb 18 2022) Final 6-2 L @ Saskatoon (Feb 12 2022) Final
3-2 L vs Brandon (Feb 15 2022) Final OT 5-0 W vs Calgary (Feb 11 2022) Final
8-2 L @ Winnipeg (Feb 12 2022) Final 6-3 L @ Edmonton (Feb 8 2022) Final
4-3 W @ Brandon (Feb 11 2022) Final OT 5-4 L @ Calgary (Feb 6 2022) Final OT
Leading After 1st 10-4-2-0 11-3-0-0
Leading After 2nd 16-0-2-1 16-0-0-0
Tied After 1st 7-6-2-0 5-6-0-0
Tied After 2nd 2-4-2-0 1-6-0-0
Trailing After 1st 1-15-1-1 2-14-1-1
Trailing After 2nd 0-21-1-0 1-17-1-1
Out Shooting Opponents 5-4-0-0 13-10-1-1
Out Shot by Opponents 13-21-5-1 5-10-0-0
1 Goal Games 7-3-5-1 6-6-1-1
2 Goal Games 4-5-0-0 3-6-0-0
3 Goal Games 4-9-0-0 3-8-0-0
WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN
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Stream: WHL Live
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HEAD TO HEAD (2-1-0)
This will mark the fourth of six meetings between the Pats and Broncos this season.
Date Away Home Time Result
October 29th Regina Swift Current 7:00 p.m. MDT W, 4-1
October 30th Swift Current Regina 7:00 p.m. MDT W, 7-3
December 4th Swift Current Regina 7:00 p.m. CST L, 5-4
February 21st Swift Current Regina 2:00 p.m. CST
March 22nd Regina Swift Current 7:00 p.m. CST
April 8 Regina Swift Current 7:00 p.m. CDT
It's the fourth of six meetings between the Pats and Broncos. The Pats last saw the Broncos on December 4th at the Brandt Centre, losing 5-4. The Pats lead the season series 2-1. The Pats are 8-4-1 over the last 13 meetings against the Broncos and are 5-4-1 at the Brandt Centre in Regina (as home team) against Swift Current since the 2018-19 season.
REG VS. SC - INDIVIDUAL STATS
Regina Pats
#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-
98 Connor Bedard 3 3 4 7 2 4
41 Ryker Evans 3 1 3 4 12 5
18 Cole Dubinsky 2 3 0 3 0 3
29 Logan Nijhoff 2 2 1 3 2 4
43 Tanner Howe 3 1 2 3 0 2
#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%
30 Matthew Kieper 2 2 0 0 0 120:00 4 2.00 0.927
33 Drew Sim 1 0 1 0 0 59:04 5 5.08 0.828
Swift Current Broncos
#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-
27 Owen Pickering 3 1 4 5 0 -4
10 Mathew Ward 3 2 2 4 2 -6
15 Raphael Pelletier 3 1 3 4 2 -5
2 Rayan Bettahar 3 0 3 3 4 -4
21 Connor Hvidston 3 0 3 3 0 1
#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%
30 Reid Dyck 1 0 1 0 0 59:07 3 3.04 0.936
1 Isaac Poulter 2 1 1 0 0 120:00 11 5.50 0.831
HEADLINES
Three Pats' players came off the injured list and dressed Friday in Prince Albert, as Adam McNutt, Zane Rowan and Drew Sim are off the IR...Zack Stringer, Jakob Brook and Matthew Kieper remain on the injured list.
Connor Bedard scored his third overtime winner of the season on Friday and is now one shy of the Pats' record for overtime goals in a season, as Frank Kovacs had four OT goals as a 19-year-old in 1990-91...he is one of two WHL players to score three OTG this season.
Connor Bedard became just the third 16-year-old in Regina Pats franchise history to reach the 30+ goal mark, joining Jeff Friesen (45 goals, 1992-93) and Doug Wickenheiser (37 goals, 1977-78).
BY THE NUMBERS
47: Points (11G-36A) this season for Ryker Evans is T-2nd amongst WHL D while also 2nd in PTS/GP at 1.09...he is the only Pat' to have played in all 43 games this season...he must play the remaining 25 games to reach 200 career...he has points in five of his las seven games (5G-5A).
41: Points (20G-21A) over Connor Bedard's last 17 games since Nov. 28, with points in 16 of those 17 contests...he is currently 1st in goals per game (0.811) while 1st in the WHL in shots (207), averaging 5.59 shots per game...he has recorded seven straight multi-point games (10G-8A-18PTS).
25.7: Shooting percentage for rookie winger Tanner Howe this season leads all WHL rookies...has recorded at least a point in four straight games (3G-4A-7PTS) after going his previous five contests with 0G-1A...he is 2nd among rookies in PPG (9), while 5th in PP-PTS (18).
8-3-1: Over the Regina Pats last 12 home games since December 8th, 2021, where they've outscored their opponent 67-to-40 over that time (+27)...the Pats had lost four straight home games prior to this home streak, and were sitting with a 4-8-0 home record prior to December 8th.
63.3: Penalty kill percentage over the Pats last seven games since the start of February (19-for-30, 11 PPGA)...the Pats have given up a power play goal against in six of those seven contests and have allowed at least one power play goal against in 34 of 43 games this season.
COMING UP
The Regina Pats continue their stretch of five games in seven days on Wednesday at the Brandt Centre at 7:00 p.m., against the Medicine Hat Tigers...the Pats then head on their one and only three-in-three of the year, playing in Edmonton on Friday, Red Deer on Saturday and Calgary on Sunday. After playing in Brandon on March 2nd, the Pats return home for a four game homestand where they'll host Red Deer, Lethbridge twice and Calgary.
7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Feb 23 Medicine Hat Tigers (9-32-4) at Regina Pats (18-23-2)
7:00 p.m., Friday, Feb 25 Regina Pats (18-23-2) at Edmonton Oil Kings (35-11-3)
7:00 p.m., Saturday, Feb 26 Regina Pats (18-23-2) at Red Deer Rebels (31-15-3)
4:00 p.m., Sunday, Feb 27 Calgary Hitmen (18-22-7) at Regina Pats (18-23-2)
The first chance for you to purchase your Regina Pats hockey cards team set is at Monday's game against the Swift Current Broncos at 2 p.m. Packs will be on sale on the west concourse above section 114 beside the Subway. There is a limit of five packs per transaction. They will not be on sale at the Pats Store during Monday's game.
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