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Pats Host Last Place Oil Kings

March 8, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats host the Edmonton Oil Kings on Wednesday inside the Brandt Centre, as the Pats conclude their five game homestand on the eve of a two game road trip to Alberta.

The Pats picked up four of a possible six points over their three-in-three weekend, going 2-1, defeating Winnipeg and Red Deer before a 5-2 loss on Sunday to Saskatoon. The game Pats led 1-0 after one and were tied 2-2 after two before the Blades mustered together three unanswered goals in the third period.

Sam Oremba (1G-1A) and Alexander Suzdalev scored for the Pats while Stanislav Svozil tallied two assists and Drew Sim made 32 saves. The Pats finished 0-3 on the power play and 1-1 on the penalty kill. The Pats winning streak came to an end at six games and they are now 10-3 over their last 13 home games.

The Edmonton Oil Kings have lost 11 straight games following an 8-0 loss to the Swift Current Broncos on Saturday at Rogers Place. Their current 11 game skid is the third longest in the WHL this season, and the longest active skid.

The Oil Kings are coming off a 50-14-3-1 season with 104 points which was good for second in the WHL, eventually leading to their third WHL championship (2012, 2014, 2022), in their fourth finals appearance in the last 10 years, defeating the Seattle Thunderbirds in six games. They reached the Memorial Cup where they went 1-1-1.

MATCH UP

Edmonton Regina

Team Record 8-48-3-0 - 19 points 31-25-2-1 - 65 points

Division Ranking 6th Central 4th East

Conference Ranking 12th Eastern 6th Eastern

League Ranking 22nd 9th

Past 10 Games 0-10-0-0 7-3-0-0

Streak 0-11-0-0 0-1-0-0

Last Game 8-0 L vs Swift Current (Mar 4 2023) Final 5-2 L vs Saskatoon (Mar 5 2023) Final

Home Record 4-24-3-0 17-12-0-1

Away Record 4-24-0-0 14-13-2-0

GF 111 229

GA 291 237

PP (Overall) (32/260) 12.3% (60/217) 27.6%

PP (Home) (19/152) 12.5% (30/106) 28.3%

PP (Away) (13/108) 12.0% (30/111) 27.0%

PK (Overall) (76/248) 69.4% (58/248) 76.6%

PK (Home) (43/144) 70.1% (21/112) 81.3%

PK (Away) (33/104) 68.3% (37/136) 72.8%

PP vs. Opp. (3/10) 30% (5/18) 27.8%

PK vs. Opp. (5/18) 72.2% (3/10) 70%

Leading Rookie Hodnett (11-23-34) Suzdalev (36-42-78)

Most PIM Kovacevic - 112 Vaughan - 71

Team PIM/GM 14.1/Game 12.8/Game

Leading Scorers Hodnett (11-23-34) Bedard (59-64-123)

Kovacevic (14-13-27) Suzdalev (36-42-78)

Boyko (15-10-25) Howe (30-45-75)

Melnyk (12-13-25) Svozil (10-62-72)

Hauf (5-16-21) Valis (20-25-45)

Last 5 Games 8-0 L vs Swift Current (Mar 4 2023) Final 5-2 L vs Saskatoon (Mar 5 2023) Final

5-2 L @ Medicine Hat (Mar 3 2023) Final 6-5 W vs Red Deer (Mar 4 2023) Final OT

10-1 L vs Winnipeg (Feb 28 2023) Final 5-3 W vs Winnipeg (Mar 3 2023) Final

8-1 L vs Winnipeg (Feb 26 2023) Final 6-3 W vs Brandon (Feb 25 2023) Final

4-0 L vs Kelowna (Feb 24 2023) Final 4-3 W @ Brandon (Feb 24 2023) Final

Leading After 1st 7-0-2-0 18-6-1-0

Leading After 2nd 5-1-1-0 23-2-1-0

Tied After 1st 1-13-0-0 7-3-0-0

Tied After 2nd 2-6-1-0 4-7-0-0

Trailing After 1st 0-35-1-0 6-16-1-1

Trailing After 2nd 1-41-1-0 4-16-1-1

Out Shooting Opponents 0-5-0-0 12-7-0-1

Out Shot by Opponents 8-42-3-0 17-18-2-0

1 Goal Games 3-3-3-0 12-4-2-1

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

3 Goal Games 1-12-0-0 9-8-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

HEAD TO HEAD (3-0-0)

The Pats are 32-24-2-0 vs. the Oil Kings, all-time. 17-5-0-0-0 at home & 16-13-0-0-0 on the road.

Date Home Away Time Result

September 29th Edmonton Regina 7:00 p.m. MDT OTW, 4-3

November 9th Regina Edmonton 7:00 p.m. CST W, 7-3

December 4th Edmonton Regina 4:00 p.m. MST W, 8-2

March 8th Regina Edmonton 7:00 p.m. CST

It's the final of four meetings this season between these two clubs. The Pats went 1-3 in the 2021-22 season series against Edmonton, being outscored 23-to-15. The Pats are 6-8-2 over the last 16 meetings since the 2018-19 season against Edmonton. This year, they have won all three meetings, outscoring them 19-to-9.

INDIVIDUAL HEAD TO HEAD

Regina Pats

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

98 Connor Bedard 3 4 9 13 6 6

27 Borya Valis 3 5 4 9 0 5

43 Tanner Howe 3 3 5 8 2 6

91 Alexander Suzdalev 3 2 4 6 0 2

29 Tanner Brown (total) 4 0 6 6 2 9

RD 2 0 4 4 0 5

REG 2 0 2 2 2 4

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

33 Drew Sim 3 3 0 0 0 183:01 9 2.95 0.875

Edmonton Oil Kings

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

18 Luca Hauf 3 2 5 7 2 1

17 Gavin Hodnett 2 1 4 5 2 4

14 Marshall Finnie 3 1 2 3 2 0

29 Mason Finley 3 1 1 2 0 -2

27 Rhett Melnyk 3 1 0 1 4 -2

44 Vojtech Port 2 1 0 1 0 -3

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

30 Kolby Hay 2 0 0 1 0 83:01 6 4.34 0.882

40 X Ronin Geraghty 2 0 2 0 0 100:00 13 7.80 0.759

HEADLINES

The Pats are 13-6-1 over their last 20 games since Jan. 8, defeating Calgary twice (6-2 & 6-5), Saskatoon (7-4), Portland (4-3), Swift Current (5-2), Lethbridge twice (3-2 & 4-2), Moose Jaw (8-4), Medicine Hat (6-3), Brandon twice (4-3 & 6-3), Winnipeg (5-3) & Red Deer (6-5)which comes following a three game skid from Jan. 1 - Jan. 6...during that time, they have outscored their opp. 93-to-81 (+12 goal diff).

The Pats had their season-high six game winning-streak end on Sunday, March 5...that marked their longest winning-streak of two or more games since Jan. 9 - Jan. 14....now winners of six of their last seven games, they have outscored opponents 33-to-25 (+8) over that span.

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

Regina Pats captain Connor Bedard recorded his 251st point in his 124th career game on Saturday, becoming the fourth fastest player in franchise history to reach 250 points joining this list:

Dale Derkatch collected his 250th career point in his 108th game

Dave Michayluk got his 250th point in his 118th game

Fran Huck got his 250th in his 119th game

Bedard is also one goal away from 60, and if he scores 60 today, he will become the fifth fastest player in franchise history to 60 goals as he plays his 49th game of the season today, joining this list:

Fran Huck - 38 games (1963-64)

Fran Huck - 43 games (1964-65)

Jock Callander - 46 games (1981-82)

Doug Wickenheiser - 47 games (1979-80)

BY THE NUMBERS

123: Number of points (59G-64A) in 48 games for captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL...his 59 goals are tops and 64 assists are first...since having his 35-game point-streak end on Feb. 3, he's recorded 33 points (15G-18A) over his last 11 games, with points in 10 of those.

36: Goals for Alexander Suzdalev leads all WHL rookies...he has points in 16 of his last 20 games (15G-16A-31PTS) as well as points six straight games (6G-4A) and goals four of his last five (6G)...his 78 points are tied for eighth in the WHL.

75: Points this season for Tanner Howe ranks tied for 13th in the WHL...the Prince Albert, Sask. product has also gathered at least a point in three of his last four games (2G-5A-7PTS) as well as in 12 of his last 14 games since Jan. 31 (7G-15A-22PTS).

35: Number of points (5G-30A) in 19 games for Stanislav Svozil since coming back from the World Juniors on Jan. 13...the Czechia product is first amongst defencemen in assists with 62 and tied for first in points with 72...his 1.53 points/game is first amongst all defencemen.

63: Number of goals (+1 in shootout) for the Pats over the past 14 games, with eight of the 14 games ending by two goals or less (9-4-1), all coming since Jan. 31...during that time, the Pats have received goals from 12 different players over their last 14 games.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Friday, March 10 - Regina Pats (31-25-2-1) at Lethbridge Hurricanes (32-22-3-3)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, March 11 - Regina Pats (31-25-2-1) at Medicine Hat Tigers (26-25-8-1)

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 15 - Brandon Wheat Kings (24-28-8-0) at Regina Pats (31-25-2-1)

7:00 p.m., Friday, March 17 - Moose Jaw Warriors (36-22-0-3) at Regina Pats (31-25-2-1)

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