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Pats Host Tigers on Talk Today Game

January 29, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats host the Medicine Hat Tigers at 4:00 p.m. inside the Brandt Centre ahead of a week long Alberta road trip.

The Pats are extremely grateful to partner with the Regina branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association to host a Talk Today game today, supported by Brandt to promote mental health and increase public awareness in our community.

The Pats have won their last four home games coming into today's contest against the Tigers, as they faceoff against Medicine Hat for the first time this season. Regina is coming off a 5-2 win over the Swift Current Broncos on Saturday in front of a sold out crowd at the Brandt Centre. Connor Bedard scored twice, while Alexander Suzdalev (1G-2A), Tanner Howe and Matteo Michels scored the others, with Michels scoring his first career WHL goal.

The final shots in the game were 30-25 for the Pats, with the Pats going 1-3 on their power play and 3-3 on their penalty kill. The Pats also won the faceoff department 38-24 in the game, with Connor Bedard (19-for-27) and Braxton Whitehead (10-17) leading that department. Drew Sim picked up his 18th win of the season, making 23 saves.

On the other side, the Medicine Hat Tigers are coming off a 3-2 overtime loss to the Moose Jaw Warriors on the road last night, dropping their second straight game in overtime as they previously fell to the Swift Current Broncos 4-3 in extra-time last Sunday.

Last night, the Tigers had a 2-1 lead in the third period before the Warriors tied it up with under five minutes to play. Oasiz Wiesblatt and Owen MacNeil scored the Tigers goals while Beckett Langkow made 29 saves in the loss. The final shots were 36-32 for Moose Jaw. The Tigers went 0-6 on the power play while the Warriors were 2-3 on their power play.

This season, the Tigers have seen a seven win improvement from last year, as they finished 11-53-3-1 with 26 points, dead last in the league in 2021-22.

ABOUT TODAY'S GAME

Fans in attendance can look forward to a number of unique activations, including:

A 50/50 jackpot, seeded by Brandt that starts at $50,000, with half of the total monies raised going to CMHA Regina

Thundersticks available for free at the door, compliments of Brandt

A CMHA-run kiosk for fans to learn more about CMHA mental health resources available

A raffle draw for a chance to win a team-signed jersey, with all monies raised going to CMHA Regina

Videos featuring Pats players speaking about the importance of mental health

MATCH UP

Medicine Hat Regina

Team Record 18-21-7-1 - 44 points 22-20-1-1 - 46 points

Division Ranking 5th Central 4th East

Conference Ranking 9th Eastern 8th Eastern

League Ranking 14th 13th

Past 10 Games 5-3-2-0 5-5-0-0

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

Last Game 3-2 L @ Moose Jaw (Jan 28 2023) Final OT 5-2 W vs Swift Current (Jan 21 2023) Final

Home Record 8-10-3-1 11-9-0-1

Away Record 10-11-4-0 11-11-1-0

GF 168 160

GA 165 172

PP (Overall) (40/206) 19.4% (46/170) 27.1%

PP (Home) (19/95) 20.0% (21/82) 25.6%

PP (Away) (21/111) 18.9% (25/88) 28.4%

PK (Overall) (53/203) 73.9% (48/199) 75.9%

PK (Home) (20/89) 77.5% (15/85) 82.4%

PK (Away) (33/114) 71.1% (33/114) 71.1%

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

PK vs. Opp. (0/0) 0% (0/0) 0%

Leading Rookie Lindstrom (13-14-27) Suzdalev (24-33-57)

Most PIM Wiesblatt - 62 Vaughan - 60

Team PIM/GM 12.7/Game 13.9/Game

Leading Scorers Basha (10-29-39) Bedard (39-42-81)

Lee (20-18-38) Suzdalev (24-33-57)

Wiesblatt (17-21-38) Howe (23-30-53)

Boehm (17-15-32) Svozil (5-41-46)

Melin (12-19-31) Valis (15-20-35)

Last 5 Games 3-2 L @ Moose Jaw (Jan 28 2023) Final OT 5-2 W vs Swift Current (Jan 21 2023) Final

4-3 L vs Swift Current (Jan 22 2023) Final OT 4-2 L @ Swift Current (Jan 20 2023) Final

7-1 W vs Calgary (Jan 21 2023) Final 4-3 W vs Portland (Jan 14 2023) Final

5-4 W @ Swift Current (Jan 18 2023) Final SO 7-4 W vs Saskatoon (Jan 13 2023) Final

5-2 W vs Prince George (Jan 17 2023) Final 6-2 W vs Calgary (Jan 8 2023) Final

Leading After 1st 9-5-1-0 16-2-1-0

Leading After 2nd 13-2-3-0 19-0-0-0

Tied After 1st 9-8-3-0 4-3-0-0

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

Trailing After 1st 0-8-3-1 2-15-0-1

Trailing After 2nd 2-14-2-0 1-15-1-1

Out Shooting Opponents 13-10-4-1 10-6-0-1

Out Shot by Opponents 4-11-3-0 10-14-1-0

1 Goal Games 6-6-7-1 8-3-1-1

2 Goal Games 1-7-0-0 1-2-0-0

3 Goal Games 4-5-0-0 7-6-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

TV: AccessNow

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

The Pats are 127-121-12-2-3 vs. the Tigers, all-time.

Date Home Away Time Result

January 29th Regina Medicine Hat 4:00 p.m. CST

February 5th Medicine Hat Regina 4:00 p.m. MDT

February 22nd Regina Medicine Hat 7:00 p.m. CST

March 11th Medicine Hat Regina 7:00 p.m. MDT

It's the first of four meetings against the Tigers this season, and the first of two games against the Tigers in the next week. Last season, Regina won the season series 3-1, outscoring Medicine Hat 18-to-9 in the season series. The Pats are 3-8-0-1 against the Tigers over the last six seasons. Prior to last year, the Pats had dropped eight in a row versus the Tigers.

HEADLINES

Pats forward Connor Bedard could flirt with "50 in 39" going for 50 goals in 39 games just as the great Wayne Gretzky did back in 1981. The North Vancouver, B.C. product has scored 39 goals in 33 games thus far, with 12 goals (5A-17PTS) over his last five games. He will need 11 goals over his next six contests to do so. According to EliteProspects.com, Bedard is projected to finish with 67 goals and 140 points in 57 games.

The Regina Pats have won four of their last five games, defeating the Calgary Hitmen (6-2), Saskatoon Blades (7-4), Portland Winterhawks (4-3) and Swift Current Broncos (5-2), which comes following a three game losing-streak from Jan. 1 - Jan. 6. Over the Pats last five games, they have outscored their opponents 24-to-16. The Pats are also 8-for-17 on the power play (47%) over their last five games.

Regina Pats Head Coach and GM John Paddock (197) is currently three wins away from 200 as Pats coach. He is five wins away from tying Frank Mario (202) for third on the all-time wins list, while 9 wins away from tying Murray Armstrong (206) for second on the list.

Milestone: Tanner Brown will play his 200th career WHL game today.

BY THE NUMBERS

81: Number of points (39G-42A) in 33 games for Pats captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL...his 42 assists are first and his 39 goals are also first...the North Vancouver, BC product is on a 32 game point-streak with all 81 points during that time...he's also scored in eight straight.

57: Points for Alexander Suzdalev leads all WHL rookies...his 24 goals also lead all rookies while his 33 assists are first...the Washington Capitals 2022 third-rounder has points in 25 of his last 30 games (18G-30A-48PTS)...his 14 PPG are tied for second the WHL.

8: Points (1G-7A) over Tanner Brown's last nine games, with points in five of his last nine games and two multi-point outings during that stretch...the Kelowna, B.C. product plays career game #200 today.

9: Nine assists in four games for defenceman Stanislav Svozil since coming back from the World Juniors on Jan. 13...the Czechia product is third amongst all defencemen in assists with 41, while leading all D-men in points per-game (1.44).

18: 18 wins this season for goaltender Drew Sim has him tied for sixth in the WHL...The Tees, Alta. product has won four of his last five starts coming into today's game (15GA) with a 3.00 GAA and a .905 SV% during that time.

COMING UP

8:00 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 31 - Regina Pats (22-20-1-1) at Red Deer Rebels (32-10-1-3)

8:00 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 1 - Regina Pats (22-20-1-1) at Calgary Hitmen (23-17-4-1)

8:00 p.m., Friday, Feb. 3 - Regina Pats (22-20-1-1) at Lethbridge Hurricanes (25-16-3-2)

5:00 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 6 - Regina Pats (22-20-1-1) at Medicine Hat Tigers (18-21-7-1)

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