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Pats Host ICE for Final Time

April 16, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (26-35-3-2) host the Winnipeg ICE (52-10-3-2) on Saturday at 7:00 p.m., inside the Brandt Centre.

These two clubs met last night at the Brandt Centre, as Winnipeg defeated Regina, 6-1. The ICE led 5-0 after one period of play, which turned out to be the difference in the game. Kelton Pyne gave up four goals on nine shots, and Spencer Welke came in, stopping 12 of 14.

Braxton Whitehead scored the lone goal for the Pats. The Pats went 1-for-6 on their power play and 1-for-2 on their penalty kill. Final shots were 23-22 for Winnipeg.

The Pats are still two points out of a playoff spot after the Prince Albert Raiders defeated the Swift Current Broncos last night in the Broncos final game of the season. The Raiders are now tied for eighth in the Eastern Conference standings with 59 points with one game left, which goes tonight against the Brandon Wheat Kings. The Calgary Hitmen, who are sitting in 10th with 58 points, take on the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Sunday for their final game of the season. Here's a look at the updated Eastern Conference standings:

EASTERN CONFERENCE

#TeamGPWLOTLSOLPTSPCTROWGFGAStreakP10PIM

1 Z Winnipeg ICE 67 52 10 3 2 109 0.813 51 311 148 3-0-0-0 9-1-0-0 666

2 Y Edmonton Oil Kings 67 49 14 3 1 102 0.761 46 292 180 3-0-1-0 6-3-1-0 951

3 X Red Deer Rebels 67 45 18 2 2 94 0.701 44 262 185 1-0-0-0 7-2-0-1 863

4 X Moose Jaw Warriors 67 37 23 4 3 81 0.604 35 247 214 2-0-1-1 5-3-1-1 738

5 X Saskatoon Blades 68 38 26 3 1 80 0.588 37 219 217 2-0-0-0 5-5-0-0 594

6 X Brandon Wheat Kings 67 35 27 3 2 75 0.560 33 217 237 0-2-0-0 7-3-0-0 893

7 X Lethbridge Hurricanes 67 32 30 4 1 69 0.515 28 213 236 5-0-1-0 7-2-1-0 717

8 Prince Albert Raiders 67 27 35 4 1 59 0.440 25 189 224 1-0-0-0 3-6-1-0 795

9 Swift Current Broncos 68 26 35 5 2 59 0.434 26 181 246 0-4-0-0 5-5-0-0 892

10 Calgary Hitmen 67 25 34 6 2 58 0.433 24 181 226 0-3-0-0 5-5-0-0 790

11 Regina Pats 66 26 35 3 2 57 0.432 26 229 267 0-1-0-0 3-7-0-0 864

12 Medicine Hat Tigers 68 11 53 3 1 26 0.191 8 154 315 0-12-0-0 0-10-0-0 875

The Winnipeg ICE wrap up their regular season tonight, as they await their first round opponent, which will be decided this weekend. Winnipeg has clinched first place in the WHL and will have home ice advantage in the playoffs. The ICE are riding a three game winning-streak and have won 16 of their last 17 games, while recording at least a point in 20 of their last 21 games.

Last night, they had all but three players record a point, showing their depth. Connor Geekie (1G-1A) and Jakin Smallwood (1G-1A) were the only two players who recorded multi-point games. Daniel Hauser made 21 saves on 22 shots for his league tying best 33rd win.

Benjamin Zloty extended his point-streak to seven games with an assist, while Geekie, Smallwood, Zach Benson, Evan Friesen, Mikey Milne and Connor McClennon found the back of the net.

MATCH UP

Regina

Winnipeg

Team Record 26-35-3-2 - 57 points 52-10-3-2 - 109 points

Division Ranking 6th East 1st East

Conference Ranking 11th Eastern 1st Eastern

League Ranking 17th 1st

Past 10 Games 3-7-0-0 9-1-0-0

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

Last Game 6-1 L @ Winnipeg (Apr 15 2022) Final 6-1 W vs Regina (Apr 15 2022) Final

Home Record 17-14-1-1 28-3-1-1

Away Record 9-21-2-1 24-7-2-1

GF 229 311

GA 267 148

PP (Overall) (65/256) 25.4% (74/268) 27.6%

PP (Home) (39/129) 30.2% (46/150) 30.7%

PP (Away) (26/127) 20.5% (28/118) 23.7%

PK (Overall) (77/275) 72.0% (35/218) 83.9%

PK (Home) (35/126) 72.2% (18/118) 84.7%

PK (Away) (42/149) 71.8% (17/100) 83.0%

PP vs. Opp. (3/24) 12.5% (6/19) 31.6%

PK vs. Opp. (6/19) 68.4% (3/24) 87.5%

Leading Rookie Howe (26-40-66) Savoie (34-53-87)

Most PIM Evans - 96 Finley - 68

Team PIM/GM 13.1/Game 9.9/Game

Leading Scorers Bedard (49-44-93) Savoie (34-53-87)

Howe (26-40-66) McClennon (43-36-79)

Evans (14-45-59) Milne (37-42-79)

Nijhoff (22-24-46) Geekie (24-46-70)

Dubinsky (18-28-46) Smallwood (25-41-66)

Last 5 Games 6-1 L @ Winnipeg (Apr 15 2022) Final 6-1 W vs Regina (Apr 15 2022) Final

5-3 W vs Prince Albert (Apr 9 2022) Final 8-2 W vs Medicine Hat (Apr 10 2022) Final

4-2 W @ Swift Current (Apr 8 2022) Final 6-1 W vs Medicine Hat (Apr 9 2022) Final

5-4 L @ Brandon (Apr 5 2022) Final 3-1 L @ Moose Jaw (Apr 2 2022) Final

6-1 L @ Prince Albert (Apr 2 2022) Final 7-0 W @ Regina (Apr 1 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 15-3-2-0 36-5-3-0

Leading After 2nd 22-1-1-1 42-3-1-0

Tied After 1st 9-10-0-0 11-1-0-1

Tied After 2nd 3-6-1-0 7-2-2-2

Trailing After 1st 2-22-1-2 5-4-0-1

Trailing After 2nd 1-28-1-1 3-5-0-0

Out Shooting Opponents 16-15-2-2 45-7-2-1

Out Shot by Opponents 10-17-1-0 5-3-1-0

1 Goal Games 9-9-3-2 10-3-3-2

2 Goal Games 7-9-0-0 9-3-0-0

3 Goal Games 4-10-0-0 8-2-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

HEAD TO HEAD (0-6-0)

Date Home Away Time Result

October 6 Regina Winnipeg 7:00 p.m. MT 5-2 L

October 15 Winnipeg Regina 7:00 p.m. MT 4-2 L

October 16 Regina Winnipeg 7:00 p.m. CT 6-3 L

December 29 Winnipeg Regina 7:00 p.m. CT L, 4-2

April 1 Regina Winnipeg 7:00 p.m. CT L, 7-0

April 15 Regina Winnipeg 7:00 p.m. MT l, 6-1

April 16 Regina Winnipeg 7:00 p.m. MT

The Winnipeg ICE lead the season series 6-0, having outscored the Pats 31-to-10 in those six contests. Pats are 0-13-1-1 against the ICE since their move from Kootenay to Winnipeg at the beginning of the 2019-20 season. The last time the Pats defeated the Kootenay/Winnipeg franchise was on February 20, 2019, as the Pats won 5-4 in a shootout.

TEAM VS. TEAM

Winnipeg ICE

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

9 Zachary Benson 6 5 7 12 2 12

93 Matthew Savoie 6 6 4 10 6 8

28 Conor Geekie 6 2 7 9 4 7

24 Mikey Milne 6 4 3 7 8 5

94 Connor McClennon 6 3 4 7 11 7

23 Jakin Smallwood 6 2 4 6 2 4

7 Carson Lambos 5 0 6 6 11 4

11 Skyler Bruce 6 1 3 4 0 1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

31 Daniel Hauser 4 4 0 0 0 239:44 6 1.50 0.929

33 Gage Alexander 2 2 0 0 0 120:00 4 2.00 0.923

Regina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

18 Cole Dubinsky 6 1 3 4 7 -3

29 Logan Nijhoff 6 2 1 3 9 -4

21 Cole Carrier 5 1 1 2 0 -3

41 Ryker Evans 5 0 2 2 4 -2

11 Stanislav Svozil 5 0 2 2 0 -9

43 Tanner Howe 6 1 0 1 4 -5

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

70 Spencer Welke 2 0 0 0 0 68:54 4 3.48 0.833

30 Matthew Kieper 2 0 2 0 0 118:52 8 4.04 0.869

33 Drew Sim 3 0 3 0 0 159:30 15 5.64 0.821

31 Kelton Pyne 1 0 1 0 0 11:06 4 21.62 0.556

HEADLINES

Connor Bedard is one goal away from becoming the youngest player in WHL history to reach 50 goals...Dan Lucas (57G, 1974-75) and Glen Goodell (63G, 1986-87) reached the mark in their 16-year-old season, but had already turned 17 by the time they captured 50 goals...the last Pats' 50 goal scorer was Sam Steel back in the 2016-17 season.

BY THE NUMBERS

2: Pats records were broken by Connor Bedard, as he passed Jeff Friesen's (1992-93, 45G) Pats 16-year-old goal record and broke Doug Wickenheiser's (1977-78, 88PTS) Pats 16-year-old points record with a two goal effort on Friday, April 8, against the Swift Current Broncos.

78: Points (38G-40A) over Connor Bedard's last 40 games since Nov. 28, with points in 37 of those 40 contests, after he had 15 points (10G-5A) in his first 20 games this season...the North Vancouver, B.C., native is 2nd in shots (312), 2nd in goals (49), 5th in points (93).

22: Goals this season for Pats captain Logan Nijhoff ranks third on the Pats...on Apr. 5 at BDN, the Comox, B.C., native scored his first career hat-trick to reach the 20-goal mark...his 58.0 faceoff win percentage is fourth in the WHL, while his 779 faceoff wins are sixth.

66: Points this season for Tanner Howe is tied for third amongst all rookies, while his 40 assists are tied for fourth and his 26 goals are tied for seventh...his +5 plus/minus rating leads all Pats forwards...Sat. vs. PA, he snapped his eight game goalless-streak with a goal and two helpers.

229: Goals for this season ranks 10th in the WHL and fifth in the Eastern Conference, averaging 3.47 goals per game which is also 10th...the Pats are the only team in the WHL that has scored 200+ goals this season, and have not clinched a berth in the playoffs.

COMING UP

4:00 p.m., Sunday, April 17th - Moose Jaw Warriors (37-23-7) at Regina Pats (26-35-5)

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