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Pats Host Raiders in 2021 Teddy Bear Toss Contest

December 10, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (10-14-0) host the Prince Albert Raiders (9-14-1-1) at 7:00 p.m., for the first Teddy Bear Toss game at the Brandt Centre since December 7th, 2019.

The Pats are coming off a 4-2 win on Wednesday night at the Brandt Centre, snapping the clubs four game skid overall, and season high four game losing-streak on home ice dating back to mid-November. The Pats got multi-point games from Connor Bedard (2G-1A), Borya Valis (1G-2A), and Tanner Howe (2A), along with a 34 save performance from Matthew Kieper. Shots were 39-36 for the Pats, with Regina going 1-4 on the power play and 2-4 on the penalty kill.

Meanwhile, the Prince Albert Raiders have recorded at least a point in four straight games (4-0-1) defeating Brandon (2-1), Winnipeg (OT, 4-3) and Regina (5-2) before losing 5-4 in overtime at home to Swift Current in their Teddy Bear Toss game on Tuesday. The club also announced Wednesday that they have named Reece Vitelli their 45th captain in team history, while Nolan Allan was named an assistant.

MATCH UP

Prince Albert

Regina

Team Record 9-12-1-1 - 20 points 10-14-0-0 - 20 points

Division Ranking 6th East 5th East

Conference Ranking 11th Eastern 10th Eastern

League Ranking 17th 16th

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

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

Last Game 5-4 L vs Swift Current (Dec 7 2021) Final OT 4-2 W vs Medicine Hat (Dec 8 2021) Final

Home Record 3-5-1-1 5-7-0-0

Away Record 6-7-0-0 5-7-0-0

GF 62 77

GA 84 89

PP (Overall) (14/102) 13.7% (22/89) 24.7%

PP (Home) (5/45) 11.1% (12/40) 30.0%

PP (Away) (9/57) 15.8% (10/49) 20.4%

PK (Overall) (25/104) 76.0% (26/111) 76.6%

PK (Home) (5/50) 90.0% (14/48) 70.8%

PK (Away) (20/54) 63.0% (12/63) 81.0%

PP vs. Opp. (1/12) 8.3% (3/16) 18.8%

PK vs. Opp. (3/16) 81.3% (1/12) 91.7%

Leading Rookie Pakkala (4-1-5) Howe (8-8-16)

Most PIM Pakkala - 37 McNutt - 47

Team PIM/GM 13.2/Game 14.4/Game

Leading Scorers Wiesblatt (6-13-19) Bedard (14-10-24)

Stanick (8-7-15) Evans (4-19-23)

Vitelli (8-6-14) Howe (8-8-16)

Kosior (4-10-14) Svozil (1-14-15)

Aquilon (2-10-12) Carrier (9-5-14)

Last 5 Games 5-4 L vs Swift Current (Dec 7 2021) Final OT 4-2 W vs Medicine Hat (Dec 8 2021) Final

5-2 W vs Regina (Dec 3 2021) Final 5-4 L vs Swift Current (Dec 4 2021) Final

4-3 W @ Winnipeg (Nov 28 2021) Final OT 5-2 L @ Prince Albert (Dec 3 2021) Final

2-1 W @ Brandon (Nov 27 2021) Final 10-3 L @ Calgary (Nov 28 2021) Final

4-1 L vs Moose Jaw (Nov 24 2021) Final 4-2 L @ Red Deer (Nov 27 2021) Final

Leading After 1st 5-1-0-0 5-0-0-0

Leading After 2nd 8-1-0-1 10-0-0-0

Tied After 1st 2-3-0-1 4-5-0-0

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

Trailing After 1st 2-8-1-0 1-9-0-0

Trailing After 2nd 0-10-1-0 0-11-0-0

Out Shooting Opponents 7-5-1-1 8-6-0-0

Out Shot by Opponents 2-7-0-0 2-6-0-0

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

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

3 Goal Games 3-5-0-0 2-6-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

TV: AccessNowSports

Today Dante De Caria has the call with Kelly Remple inside the Brandt Centre...pre-game show coverage starts at 6:35, with puck drop set for 7:00 p.m., on WHL Live, 620 CKRM, 620ckrm.com and the TuneIn app.

HEAD TO HEAD

The Pats are 158-128-11-11-6 vs. the Raiders, all time

Date Home Away Time Result

October 1st Prince Albert Regina 7:00 p.m. MDT W, 3-1

October 2nd Regina Prince Albert 1:00 p.m. MDT W, 5-2

December 3rd Prince Albert Regina 7:00 p.m. CST L, 5-2

December 10th Regina Prince Albert 7:00 p.m. CST

January 25th Regina Prince Albert 7:00 p.m. CST

January 28th Regina Prince Albert 7:00 p.m. CST

February, 18th Prince Albert Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

April, 2nd Prince Albert Regina 7:00 p.m. CDT

These two clubs last met last week on December 3rd, with the Raiders defeating the Pats 5-2. Tanner Howe and Braxton Whitehead scored for the Pats in the loss, while Matthew Kieper lasted just two periods, allowing five goals on 25 shots. Tikhon Chaika made a career high 45 saves on 47 shots, while the Raiders got goals from two former Pats as Cale Sanders scored twice and Sloan Stanick scored the opening goal.

The Pats lead the season series after sweeping the Raiders in a home-and-home set to start the season...the Pats have won four of the last seven meeting against the Raiders in the Brandt Centre and are 7-12-0 over the last five seasons against the Raiders. They'll meet four more times this season.

egina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

98 Connor Bedard 3 3 1 4 2 -1

21 Cole Carrier 3 1 2 3 0 0

41 Ryker Evans 3 0 3 3 0 5

19 Zack Smith 2 0 3 3 0 4

11 Stanislav Svozil 3 0 3 3 2 1

42 Drew Englot 3 1 1 2 0 1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

33 Drew Sim 1 0 0 0 0 20:00 0 0.00 1.000

30 Matthew Kieper 3 2 1 0 0 160:00 8 3.00 0.882

Prince Albert Raiders

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

16 Cale Sanders 3 2 2 4 7 1

20 Keaton Sorensen 3 2 2 4 0 3

19 Ozzy Wiesblatt 2 1 2 3 2 0

15 Reece Vitelli 2 1 1 2 0 0

7 Remy Aquilon 3 0 2 2 2 2

17 Carson Latimer 2 0 2 2 0 3

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

1 Tikhon Chaika 1 1 0 0 0 60:00 2 2.00 0.957

33 Carter Serhyenko 2 0 2 0 0 117:56 8 4.07 0.890

HEADLINES

The Pats made nine selections in the 2021 WHL Prospects Draft on Thursday, drafting picking six forwards, two defencemen and one goalie...the highlight of the draft was the selections of Jaxsin and Corbin Vaughan - twin brothers taken in the first and second round by the Pats out of the the Rink Hockey Academy U18 program in Kelowna.

The Last Pats player to score a Teddy Bear Toss goal was former captain Austin Pratt on December 7th, 2019 in a 3-2 win over Red Deer...the Pats are 2-3 over their last five Teddy Bear Toss games dating back to the 2015-16 season, losing to Kelowna twice and Medicine Hat, and grabbing wins over Swift Current and Red Deer. The last five Pats to score Teddy Bear Toss goals are:

Austin Pratt: 2019-20

Sergei Alkhimov: 2018-19

Josh Mahura: 2017-18

Riley Woods: 2016-17

Taylor Cooper: 2015-16

Pats rookie defenceman Stanislav Svozil was named to the Czech Republic World Junior roster on Thursday...the Prerov, CZE, native has 15 points (1G-4A) in 24 games this season, ranking third among rookies in assists, third in shots (69) tied for fourth in power play points (8).

BY THE NUMBERS

23: Number of points (4G-19A) for Regina Pats defenceman Ryker Evans is third amongst defenceman in in the WHL, while his 19 assists are tied for third...he has points in nine of his last 14 games (3G-12A-15PTS-+8)...he also is fourth among defencemen in minor penalties (18).

10: Game point-streak for Pats 16-year-old forward Tanner Howe (7G-8A-15PTS)...he has also scored in six of his last 10 games...he leads the WHL in shooting percentage (34.8%, 8G-23SH)...he is also tied for sixth in rookie scoring and third in power play goals (4).

346: Amount of penalty minutes by the Pats this season is the fourth highest in the WHL...the Pats are averaging 14.4 penalty minutes per game which is the second highest and have been short-handed 111 times this season, ranking fourth most in the league.

13: Total points (4G-9A) over Borya Valis' last 12 games after he had just one point (1G-0A) over his first nine games in the WHL...the Denver, CO, native tallied three points last game for his second three point game of the season...he is third on the club in rookie scoring.

132: Shots on goal for Regina Pats forward Connor Bedard leads the WHL...the North Vancouver native is averaging 5.50 shots on net per contest along with 14 goals and 24 points in 24 games...he has 8G-6A over his last 10 games, and nine points (4G-5A) over his four game point-streak.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Dec 11th - Regina Pats (10-14-0) at Brandon Wheat Kings (12-13-1)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Dec 17th - Moose Jaw Warriors (12-12-2) at Regina Pats (10-14-0)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Dec 18th - Regina Pats (10-14-0) at Moose Jaw Warriors (12-12-2)

7:00 p.m., Monday, Dec 27th - Edmonton Oil Kings (19-4-3) at Regina Pats (10-14-0)

The Regina Pats head to Brandon on Saturday, December 11th to take on the Wheat Kings before coming back home on Friday, December 17th where the Pats end the first half schedule with a home-and-home matchup against the Moose Jaw Warriors. The Pats begin their post Christmas schedule on Monday, December 27th against the Edmonton Oil Kings where the Pats will play four games in six days in their first week back from the Christmas break.

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