WHL Regina Pats

Pats Host Rebels for Final Home Game Until December 10

November 12, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats host the Red Deer Rebels on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. inside the Brandt Centre.

The Pats are coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to the Swift Current Broncos on Friday on the road. The Pats had a 2-0 lead after one, but the Broncos scored four unanswered goals in the second frame to take a 4-2 lead into the second intermission. Connor Bedard (2G-1A) would score his 15th and 16th goals of the season to tie it in the third. Owen Pickering scored the overtime winner for the Broncos.

Alexander Suzdalev finished with a career-high four points (1G-3A), while Easton Armstrong scored in his 100th career game and Drew Sim made 37 saves. The final shots were 42-37 for the Broncos. The Pats went 1-4 on the power play and 6-6 on the penalty kill. The Pats are now 8-8-1-1.

On the other side, the Red Deer Rebels are coming a 3-2 shootout loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings at Westoba Place last night, as they have now lost three straight games after beginning the season 15-0. Kai Uchacz scored his 16th of the season and Craig Armstrong scored his second of the year. Kyle Kelsey made 15 saves in the loss. The final shots were 28-17 for the Rebels while going 0-3 on the man-advantage and 3-3 on the penalty kill.

Last season, the Red Deer Rebels bounced back from a five win 2020-21 season with a 45-19-2-2 record, good for 94 points, as they finished third in the Eastern Conference, winning round one over Brandon in six games before being swept by Winnipeg in round two.

The Rebels set new franchise records for best start to a season and longest win streak by winning 15 consecutive games to begin the 2022-23 WHL Regular Season. The 2000-01 Rebels team won their first seven games enroute to winning the Memorial Cup. The following year in 2001-02, the Rebels won 14 consecutive games in Jan-Feb.

Match Up

Red Deer Regina

Team Record 15-2-0-1 - 31 points 8-8-1-1 - 18 points

Division Ranking 1st Central 4th East

Conference Ranking 2nd Eastern 7th Eastern

League Ranking 2nd 11th

Past 10 Games 7-2-0-1 4-4-1-1

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

Last Game 3-2 L @ Brandon (Nov 11 2022) Final SO 5-4 L @ Swift Current (Nov 11 2022) Final OT

Home Record 8-0-0-0 4-5-0-1

Away Record 7-2-0-1 4-3-1-0

GF 74 63

GA 38 65

PP (Overall) (19/81) 23.5% (15/76) 19.7%

PP (Home) (9/35) 25.7% (9/43) 20.9%

PP (Away) (10/46) 21.7% (6/33) 18.2%

PK (Overall) (13/87) 85.1% (14/81) 82.7%

PK (Home) (4/35) 88.6% (7/41) 82.9%

PK (Away) (9/52) 82.7% (7/40) 82.5%

PP vs. Opp. (1/7) 14.3% (1/6) 16.7%

PK vs. Opp. (1/6) 83.3% (1/7) 85.7%

Leading Rookie Birnie (3-4-7) Vaughan (2-0-2)

Most PIM Lind - 33 Bedard - 28

Team PIM/GM 14.3/Game 14.2/Game

Leading Scorers Uchacz (16-5-21) Bedard (16-23-39)

Isley (11-8-19) Howe (7-12-19)

Grubbe (4-15-19) Suzdalev (9-9-18)

Sedoff (1-15-16) Valis (8-7-15)

Larson (8-7-15) Svozil (2-12-14)

Last 5 Games 3-2 L @ Brandon (Nov 11 2022) Final SO 5-4 L @ Swift Current (Nov 11 2022) Final OT

7-4 L @ Winnipeg (Nov 9 2022) Final 7-4 W vs Edmonton (Nov 9 2022) Final

3-1 L @ Winnipeg (Nov 8 2022) Final 5-2 L vs Swift Current (Nov 5 2022) Final

4-2 W @ Moose Jaw (Nov 5 2022) Final 7-3 W vs Tri-City (Oct 30 2022) Final

4-1 W @ Swift Current (Nov 4 2022) Final 3-2 L vs Everett (Oct 29 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 6-0-0-1 6-0-1-0

Leading After 2nd 9-0-0-0 7-0-0-0

Tied After 1st 5-1-0-0 1-1-0-0

Tied After 2nd 5-0-0-0 1-3-0-0

Trailing After 1st 4-1-0-0 1-7-0-1

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

Out Shooting Opponents 13-0-0-1 6-4-0-1

Out Shot by Opponents 2-2-0-0 2-4-1-0

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

2 Goal Games 5-1-0-0 1-1-0-0

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

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

HEAD TO HEAD (0-1-0)

The Pats are 63-48-4-6-5 vs. the Rebels, all-time, going 29-28-2-2-3 on the road and 34-20-2-4-2 at home.

Date Road Home Time Result

October 1st Regina Red Deer 7:00 p.m. MDT L, 4-2

November 12th Red Deer Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

January 31st Regina Red Deer 7:00 p.m. MST

March 4th Red Deer Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

It's the second of four meetings this season between these two clubs. The Pats went 0-4 against Red Deer last year (outscored 16-to-10), but all four contests were decided by two goals or less. In fact, since the 2019-20 season, their last nine meetings have been decided by two goals or less with the Pats going 3-5-1 during that time. The Pats are 7-7-3 against the Rebels since the 2017-18 season.

HEADLINES

The Regina Pats have recorded at least a point in three of their last four games (2-1-1-0), and have grabbed three of a possible four points over their last two contests...during their last four games, the Pats have outscored their opponents 20-to-17. Their wins have come over Tri-City (7-3) and Edmonton (7-4) with their losses to Swift Current (5-2 & 5-4).

Today's home game inside the Brandt Centre against the Red Deer Rebels will mark the final home game for the Pats until December 10th against the Calgary Hitmen. During that stretch, the Pats will play a total of 10 straight away contests.

With the departure of Cole Dubinsky, the Pats have given Tanner Brown an "A" for road games.

BY THE NUMBERS

39: Number of points (16G-23A) in 18 games for Pats captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL, while his 16 goals are tied for first, and his 22 assists are also first...the North Vancouver, BC product is on a 17 game point-streak, with all 39 points over his last 17 games.

5: Goals since coming back from injury for Borya Valis who has scored in three of his last five games with five goals and one assist for six points during that time...on Wednesday vs. Edmonton, the Denver, Colorado product recorded a career-high four points, as well as his first career hat-trick.

4: Career-high four points last night in Swift Current against the Broncos for forward Alexander Suzdalev (1G-3A)...the Washington Capitals third-round pick has points in four straight (3G-6A) and goals in three straight games (3G)...his 6 PPG goals are tied for second in the WHL

117: Shots on net in 18 games this season for Connor Bedard leads the WHL, as he is averaging 6.50 per-game, while he averaged 5.25 shots on net per game last year, with 326 shots in 62 games, leading the league.

82.7: Penalty kill percentage this season, which is seventh in the WHL and fifth in the Eastern Conference...the club has gone 44-51 on the PK's over their last 13 games (86.2%), after giving up at least one PPGA in five previous games...their PK last season was last at 71.9%.

8: Power play goals for the Regina Pats over their last six contests, having scored at least one power play marker in six straight...during that time, the Pats man-advantage has gone 8-for-29, running at 27.5%...overall, the Pats power play is 16th in the WHL at 19.7%.

COMING UP

4:00 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 13 - Regina Pats (8-8-1-1) at Saskatoon Blades (12-4-0-0)

7:00 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 17 - Regina Pats (8-8-1-1) at Winnipeg ICE (17-1-0-0)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19 - Regina Pats (8-8-1-1) at Winnipeg ICE (17-1-0-0)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Nov. 25 - Regina Pats (8-8-1-1) at Vancouver Giants (6-7-2-2)

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