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Pats Host Hurricanes on Family Day

February 20, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats host the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Monday at 2:00 p.m. for their Family Day contest inside the Brandt Centre.

The Pats are coming off a 7-4loss to the CHL's number one ranked Winnipeg ICE on Saturday. The Pats had a 1-0 lead after one and a 3-2 lead after two before the ICE completed the comeback with four unanswered goals in the third period. Connor Bedard tallied three points (1G-2A), Brayden Barnett scored his first in 48 games and Sam Oremba tallied his seventh of the season in the loss. Kelton Pyne did all that he could to limit the Winnipeg offence, making 26 saves.

The Lethbridge Hurricanes won their second-straight game on Friday earning a 3-1 victory over the Brandon Wheat Kings at the ENMAX Centre. Blake Swetlikoff scored twice, including the game-winning goal, while Brayden Edwards added the other goal. Bryan Thomson made 30-saves in his fifth straight home start for the 'Canes. Lethbridge was outshot 31-25 in the game. The Hurricanes went 0-4 on the power play while going 3-4 on the penalty kill. Lethbridge improved to 2-0-0-1 in their last three games with the win.

MATCH UP

Lethbridge Regina

Team Record 30-18-3-3 - 66 points 25-24-2-1 - 53 points

Division Ranking 2nd Central 4th East

Conference Ranking 5th Eastern 7th Eastern

League Ranking 8th 12th

Past 10 Games 6-3-0-1 4-5-1-0

Streak 3-0-0-1 0-2-0-0

Last Game 3-1 W vs Brandon (Feb 17 2023) Final 7-4 L vs Winnipeg (Feb 18 2023) Final

Home Record 18-8-1-2 12-11-0-1

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

GF 160 196

GA 151 213

PP (Overall) (47/224) 21.0% (54/200) 27.0%

PP (Home) (20/122) 16.4% (24/90) 26.7%

PP (Away) (27/102) 26.5% (30/110) 27.3%

PK (Overall) (41/214) 80.8% (54/225) 76.0%

PK (Home) (16/116) 86.2% (17/92) 81.5%

PK (Away) (25/98) 74.5% (37/133) 72.2%

PP vs. Opp. (0/8) 0% (0/3) 0%

PK vs. Opp. (0/3) 100% (0/8) 100%

Leading Rookie Marques (6-9-15) Suzdalev (30-38-68)

Most PIM Arntsen - 73 Vaughan - 71

Team PIM/GM 11.2/Game 13.0/Game

Leading Scorers Shepard (19-28-47) Bedard (51-52-103)

Jones (18-26-44) Suzdalev (30-38-68)

Wormald (20-19-39) Howe (25-38-63)

Laventure (18-21-39) Svozil (6-49-55)

Zimmer (13-23-36) Valis (18-25-43)

Last 5 Games 3-1 W vs Brandon (Feb 17 2023) Final 7-4 L vs Winnipeg (Feb 18 2023) Final

3-0 W vs Calgary (Feb 15 2023) Final 6-5 L @ Prince Albert (Feb 17 2023) Final

3-2 L @ Medicine Hat (Feb 11 2023) Final SO 8-4 W vs Moose Jaw (Feb 11 2023) Final

3-0 W vs Medicine Hat (Feb 10 2023) Final 5-1 L @ Medicine Hat (Feb 5 2023) Final

4-2 L @ Medicine Hat (Feb 4 2023) Final 3-2 W @ Lethbridge (Feb 3 2023) Final

Leading After 1st 16-3-0-0 17-5-1-0

Leading After 2nd 27-2-1-0 20-2-1-0

Tied After 1st 11-6-2-0 4-3-0-0

Tied After 2nd 3-3-2-1 2-6-0-0

Trailing After 1st 3-9-1-3 4-16-1-1

Trailing After 2nd 0-13-0-2 3-16-1-1

Out Shooting Opponents 12-7-1-3 10-7-0-1

Out Shot by Opponents 18-8-2-0 13-17-2-0

1 Goal Games 14-7-3-3 10-4-2-1

2 Goal Games 7-4-0-0 1-3-0-0

3 Goal Games 6-3-0-0 7-7-0-0

HEAD-TO-HEAD (1-0-0-1)

The Pats are 89-73-4-8-1 vs. the Hurricanes, all-time, going 51-25-4-6-1 at home & 38-48-0-2-0 on the road.

Date Home Away Time Result

October 16th Regina Lethbridge 4:00 p.m. MDT SOL, 4-3

February 3rd Lethbridge Regina 7:00 p.m. MST W, 3-2

February 20th Regina Lethbridge 2:00 p.m. CST

March 10th Lethbridge Regina 7:00 p.m. MST

It's the second of four meetings this season between the Pats and Hurricanes. Last year, the Pats played the Hurricanes six times, going 3-2-1-0 in the season series (2-1 on road / 1-1-1 at home)...the Pats are 5-9-2 against the Hurricanes over their last 16 meetings. The Pats went 0-4 in the 2019-20 season series. Are also 4-4 over the last eight road games in Lethbridge and 2-6-2 over their last 10 home matchups.

INDIVIDUAL HEAD-TO-HEAD STATS

Regina Pats

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

3 Luke Bateman 2 1 1 2 0 2

91 Alexander Suzdalev 2 1 1 2 0 2

29 Tanner Brown (total) 3 0 2 2 0 0

18 X Cole Dubinsky 1 1 0 1 0 -1

43 Tanner Howe 2 1 0 1 0 -2

55 Sam Oremba 2 1 0 1 0 3

13 Zack Stringer 1 1 0 1 2 0

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

33 Drew Sim 1 1 0 0 0 58:50 2 2.04 0.943

30 X Matthew Kieper 1 0 0 0 1 65:00 3 2.77 0.864

Lethbridge Hurricanes

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

22 Hayden Smith 2 2 0 2 0 1

17 Jett Jones 2 1 0 1 0 0

28 Tyson Laventure 2 1 0 1 0 1

18 Logan Wormald 2 1 0 1 0 0

8 Noah Chadwick 2 0 1 1 0 1

9 Tristen Doyle 2 0 1 1 0 0

19 Brayden Edwards 2 0 1 1 0 0

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

35 Harrison Meneghin 1 1 0 0 0 65:00 3 2.77 0.875

30 Bryan Thomson 1 0 1 0 0 58:48 3 3.06 0.880

2021-22 SEASON SERIES

11/13 vs. LET - L, 6-1

11/24 at LET - OTW, 3-2

2/4 at LET - L, 5-4

3/5 vs. LET - OTL, 5-4

3/11 vs. LET - W, 4-3

3/16 at LET - W, 6-4

HEADLINES

The Regina Pats are 7-5-1 over their last 13 games, defeating the Calgary Hitmen twice (6-2 & 6-5), Saskatoon Blades (7-4), Portland Winterhawks (4-3), Swift Current Broncos (5-2), Lethbridge Hurricanes (3-2) and Moose Jaw Warriors (8-4) which comes following a three game losing-streak from Jan. 1 - Jan. 6...during that time, they have outscored their opponents 60-to-57 (+3 goal diff.)

31 (+1 in shootout) number of goals for the Pats over the past seven games, with four of the last seven games ending in one goal (3-3-1), all coming since Jan. 31...during that time, the Pats have received goals from 11 different players over their last seven games.

Regina Pats Head Coach and GM John Paddock picked up his 200th win as coach of the Pats on Feb. 11...he is now two wins away from tying Frank Mario (202) for third on the all-time wins list, while 6 wins away from tying Murray Armstrong (206) for second on the list.

BY THE NUMBERS

103: Number of points (51G-52A) in 41 games for captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL...his 51 goals are first while his 52 assists are first...he is the ninth Pat' to record 50 goals in back-to-back seasons and first since Mike Sillinger (1988-89, 1989-90, and 1990-91).

30: Goals for Alexander Suzdalev leads all WHL rookies...he has points in 11 of his last 13 games (9G-12A-21PTS)...he is the first Pats rookie to score 30+ since Nick Henry (2016-17) & the first Pats import to score 30+ since Petr Kalus had 36 (2005-06).

10: Points (3G-8A) for Tanner Howe over his last nine games, with points in in seven of those nine contests...he is riding a four game point-streak (2G-5A)...he is six points away from tying his career high (69) and two goals away from tying his career high (27).

18: Number of points (1G-17A) in 12 games for Stanislav Svozil since coming back from the World Juniors on Jan. 13...the Czechia product is tied for second amongst defencemen in assists with 49 and tied for fourth in points with 55...his 1.38 points/game is third amongst all defencemen.

3: Three game point-streak for Borya Valis (1G-4A-5PTS) coming into action tonight...the Denver, CO product has 12 points (4G-8A) over his last 12 games after picking up just two points (1G-1A) over his previous 10 games.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22 Medicine Hat Tigers (22-22-7-1) at Regina Pats (25-23-2-1)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Feb. 24 Regina Pats (25-23-2-1) at Brandon Wheat Kings (21-24-7-0)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25 Brandon Wheat Kings (21-24-7-0) at Regina Pats (25-23-2-1)

2:00 p.m., , Friday, March 3 Winnipeg ICE (43-7-1-0) at Regina Pats (25-24-2-1)

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