WHL Regina Pats

Pats Host Hurricanes in Playoff Type Matchup

Published on March 5, 2022 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (20-27-2-1) host the Lethbridge Hurricanes (22-25-2-1) at 7:00 p.m., inside the Brandt Centre.

The Pats are coming off a 3-2 loss to the Red Deer Rebels on Friday, as they finish the season series 0-4, with all games decided by two goals or less. The Pats got goals from Stanislav Svozil and Tye Spencer, while Drew Sim made 26 saves in the loss. The Pats were outshot 29-24, while they went 0-4 on the power play and 2-3 on the penalty kill.

The Pats are now 4-5-1 over their last 10 games and 1-3-1 over their last five games.

On the other side, the Lethbridge Hurricanes had their two-game winning streak snapped on Friday with a 6-3 loss in Brandon against the Wheat Kings at Westoba Place. Jett Jones scored twice while Ty Nash potted the other in the setback; Bryan Thomson made 29-saves in the contest. Lethbridge outshot Brandon 44-35 in the game. The Hurricanes went 1-6 on the power play while the Wheat Kings were 2-4 with the extra man.

The Hurricanes are on a season-long seven-game road trip due to the Tim Hortons Brier being at the ENMAX Centre. The 'Canes will play the seven games over 13-days all in the East Division spanning over 3,200 kilometres. Lethbridge is 1-1-0-0 on the trip so far.

Overage forward Justin Hall recorded a career-high five goal game on Saturday against Medicine Hat. Hall became the first 'Cane to score five goals in a game since Jaimen Yakubowksi struck for five on December 7, 2012. Hall is just the second WHL player in the last six seasons to score five in a game. Hall has recorded four hat-tricks this season.

MATCH UP

Lethbridge

Regina

Team Record 22-25-2-1 - 47 points 20-27-2-1 - 43 points

Division Ranking 5th Central 5th East

Conference Ranking 9th Eastern 10th Eastern

League Ranking 15th 16th

Past 10 Games 4-6-0-0 4-5-1-0

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

Last Game 6-3 L @ Brandon (Mar 4 2022) Final 3-2 L vs Red Deer (Mar 4 2022) Final

Home Record 13-10-2-1 13-12-0-1

Away Record 9-15-0-0 7-15-2-0

GF 142 179

GA 181 195

PP (Overall) (38/212) 17.9% (51/203) 25.1%

PP (Home) (20/109) 18.3% (32/106) 30.2%

PP (Away) (18/103) 17.5% (19/97) 19.6%

PK (Overall) (42/189) 77.8% (60/218) 72.5%

PK (Home) (23/98) 76.5% (30/102) 70.6%

PK (Away) (19/91) 79.1% (30/116) 74.1%

PP vs. Opp. (4/14) 28.6% (3/11) 27.3%

PK vs. Opp. (3/11) 72.7% (4/14) 71.4%

Leading Rookie Wormald (9-16-25) Howe (22-27-49)

Most PIM Arntsen - 57 Evans - 79

Team PIM/GM 10.5/Game 13.5/Game

Leading Scorers Hall (28-24-52) Bedard (33-34-67)

Thacker (9-35-44) Evans (13-39-52)

Nash (16-18-34) Howe (22-27-49)

Jones (14-11-25) Svozil (9-26-35)

Wormald (9-16-25) Nijhoff (15-19-34)

Last 5 Games 6-3 L @ Brandon (Mar 4 2022) Final 3-2 L vs Red Deer (Mar 4 2022) Final

4-3 W @ Winnipeg (Mar 2 2022) Final SO 7-6 W @ Brandon (Mar 2 2022) Final

9-2 W vs Medicine Hat (Feb 26 2022) Final 4-3 L @ Calgary (Feb 27 2022) Final OT

8-1 L vs Calgary (Feb 25 2022) Final 6-4 L @ Red Deer (Feb 26 2022) Final

3-2 L vs Winnipeg (Feb 23 2022) Final 6-3 L @ Edmonton (Feb 25 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 11-0-1-1 11-3-1-0

Leading After 2nd 14-0-0-1 17-1-0-0

Tied After 1st 4-7-0-0 7-7-0-0

Tied After 2nd 6-2-1-0 2-6-1-0

Trailing After 1st 7-18-1-0 2-17-1-1

Trailing After 2nd 2-23-1-0 1-20-1-1

Out Shooting Opponents 14-12-1-0 14-11-1-1

Out Shot by Opponents 7-12-1-1 6-13-1-0

1 Goal Games 12-5-2-1 7-8-2-1

2 Goal Games 3-3-0-0 4-7-0-0

3 Goal Games 3-8-0-0 3-9-0-0

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WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

Watch: AccessNow

2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD

The Pats are 86-73-4-6-1 vs. the Hurricanes, all-time & 50-24-4-4-1 at home .

Date Road Home Time Result

November 13th Lethbridge Regina 7:00 p.m. CST L, 6-1

November 24th Regina Lethbridge 7:00 p.m. MST OTW, 3-2

February 4th Regina Lethbridge 7:00 p.m. MST L, 5-4

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

March 11th Lethbridge Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

March 16th Regina Lethbridge 7:00 p.m. MDT

This will be the fourth of six meetings this season between the Pats and Hurricanes. The season series is now 2-1 for Lethbridge after they last defeated the Pats 5-4 on February 4th, scoring the winner in the dying seconds. The Pats are 2-9-0 against the Hurricanes over their last 11 meetings. The Pats went 0-4 in the 2019-20 season series, outscored 18-to-8 in the season series.

REG VS. LET - INDIVIDUAL

Regina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

18 Cole Dubinsky 3 1 3 4 0 -1

41 Ryker Evans 3 2 1 3 0 -3

98 Connor Bedard 3 1 2 3 4 -3

43 Tanner Howe 2 1 1 2 2 -1

11 Stanislav Svozil 3 1 0 1 2 0

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Matthew Kieper 3 1 2 0 0 184:59 13 4.22 0.884

Lethbridge Hurricanes

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

9 Justin Hall 3 2 4 6 0 3

20 Alex Thacker 3 1 5 6 2 6

18 Logan Wormald 3 2 3 5 0 2

7 Joe Arntsen 3 1 2 3 4 1

17 Jett Jones 3 1 2 3 4 1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Bryan Thomson 2 1 0 1 0 124:56 4 1.92 0.937

31 Jared Picklyk 1 1 0 0 0 60:00 4 4.00 0.852

HEADLINES

Tonight will mark the first of three meetings in the next two weeks between these teams, as the Pats will play the Hurricanes in three of their next five games, as both clubs fight for the eighth seed for the final playoff spot. The Pats are four points back of the Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference standings, who are in a three way tie for seventh.

BY THE NUMBERS

52: Points (13G-39A) this season for Ryker Evans is 4th amongst WHL D while T-4th in goals...he is the only Pat' to have played in all 50 games this season...he must play the remaining 18 games to reach 200 career...he has points in nine of his last 14 games (7G-8A-15PTS).

52: Points (23G-28A) over Connor Bedard's last 24 games since Nov. 28, with points in 23 of those 24 contests...he had 15 points in his first 20 games and is currently 1st in the WHL in shots (238), averaging 5.4 shots per game...he has recorded a point in 14 straight games (13G-16A-29PTS).

8: Number of goals over Stanislav Svozil's last 13 games since February 4th...eight of his nine goals this season have come during that time after he had just one goal over his first 31 games...he has scored in two straight (3G) and has 8G-9A-17PTS over his last 16 games.

11-7-1: Record for the Pats when forward Zack Stringer is in the lineup this season, with the Pats going 9-0-1 over their last 10 games with Stringer playing...Stringer has missed 31 games this season and 17 straight games (5-11-1 without)...are 9-20-2 without him in the lineup in total this year.

17-1: Record when the Pats are leading after two periods of play this season...29 games have been decided by two goals or less (11-15-2-1) this season, with seven of their last eight games decided by two goals or less...the Pats are 3-7-0-0 in three goal games this season.

COMING UP

The Regina Pats continue their four game homestand, with the third game and a rematch against the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday, February 11th before ending their homestand against the Calgary Hitmen on Saturday, February 12th...the Pats have 18 games remaining in the regular season, with eight at home and 10 on the road...this month, they have 10 games left, with five at home and five on the road.

7:00 p.m., Friday, Mar 11 - Lethbridge Hurricanes (22-25-3) at Regina Pats (20-27-3)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Mar 12 - Calgary Hitmen (20-24-7) at Regina Pats (20-27-3)

7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Mar 15 - Regina Pats (20-27-3) at Medicine Hat Tigers (9-38-4)

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Mar 16 - Regina Pats (20-27-3) at Lethbridge Hurricanes (22-25-3)

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