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Pats Look to Bounce Back in Medicine Hat

March 11, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Medicine Hat, Alta. - The Regina Pats end their mini two game Alberta road trip tonight at 7:00 p.m. (8:00 CST) inside co-op place against the Medicine Hat Tigers.

The final meeting between the Pats and Tigers tonight is a crucial one, as the Tigers are just five points back of the Pats for sixth in the Eastern conference standings. Both clubs have played 61 games this season.

The Pats are coming off a heart breaking 5-4 overtime loss to the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday inside the Enmax Centre as the club has dropped their last three games (0-2-1). On the bright side, the Pats gather a point and finish the season series 2-0-1-1 against the Hurricanes.

The Pats had a 3-1 lead after one and a 4-3 lead after two. Connor Bedard, Tanner Howe, Braxton Whitehead and Tye Spencer scored for the Pats, while Drew Sim made 34 saves and Zack Stringer picked up two assists against his former team. The final shots were 39-26 for the Hurricanes. The Pats went 3-6 on the power play and 5-6 on the penalty kill.

Meanwhile, the Medicine Hat Tigers are coming off a 2-0 loss to the the Brandon Wheat Kings on Wednesday inside Westoba Place. The final shots were 26-25 for Medicine Hat. Beckett Langkow made 23 saves in the loss. The Tigers finished 0-2 on the power play and 3-4 on the penalty kill.

The Tigers have now dropped their last two games as they previously fell 3-1 in Winnipeg. They've also lost four of their last six contests coming in since February 22 (23GF-25GA). Despite the recent performances, Tigers have won their last two home games and three of their last four home games.

Match Up

Regina Medicine Hat

Team Record 31-26-3-1 - 66 points 26-26-8-1 - 61 points

Division Ranking 4th East 3rd Central

Conference Ranking 6th Eastern 7th Eastern

League Ranking 10th 13th

Past 10 Games 6-3-1-0 5-4-1-0

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

Last Game 5-4 L @ Lethbridge (Mar 10 2023) Final OT 2-0 L @ Brandon (Mar 8 2023) Final

Home Record 17-13-0-1 14-11-4-1

Away Record 14-13-3-0 12-15-4-0

GF 235 218

GA 245 208

PP (Overall) (63/226) 27.9% (50/257) 19.5%

PP (Home) (30/109) 27.5% (25/122) 20.5%

PP (Away) (33/117) 28.2% (25/135) 18.5%

PK (Overall) (60/258) 76.7% (73/267) 72.7%

PK (Home) (22/116) 81.0% (35/132) 73.5%

PK (Away) (38/142) 73.2% (38/135) 71.9%

PP vs. Opp. (3/11) 27.3% (2/11) 18.2%

PK vs. Opp. (2/11) 81.8% (3/11) 72.7%

Leading Rookie Suzdalev (36-42-78) Lindstrom (17-19-36)

Most PIM Vaughan - 76 Wiesblatt - 103

Team PIM/GM 12.8/Game 12.7/Game

Leading Scorers Bedard (61-64-125) Wiesblatt (24-31-55)

Suzdalev (36-42-78) Basha (15-36-51)

Howe (31-45-76) Lee (27-21-48)

Svozil (10-63-73) Melin (13-25-38)

Valis (20-27-47) Lindstrom (17-19-36)

Last 5 Games 5-4 L @ Lethbridge (Mar 10 2023) Final OT 2-0 L @ Brandon (Mar 8 2023) Final

3-2 L vs Edmonton (Mar 8 2023) Final 3-1 L @ Winnipeg (Mar 7 2023) Final

5-2 L vs Saskatoon (Mar 5 2023) Final 5-2 W vs Edmonton (Mar 3 2023) Final

6-5 W vs Red Deer (Mar 4 2023) Final OT 6-4 W vs Winnipeg (Mar 1 2023) Final

5-3 W vs Winnipeg (Mar 3 2023) Final 5-2 L vs Swift Current (Feb 28 2023) Final

Leading After 1st 18-6-2-0 14-5-1-0

Leading After 2nd 23-2-2-0 19-2-3-0

Tied After 1st 7-3-0-0 11-11-3-0

Tied After 2nd 4-7-0-0 4-5-3-1

Trailing After 1st 6-17-1-1 1-10-4-1

Trailing After 2nd 4-17-1-1 3-19-2-0

Out Shooting Opponents 12-8-0-1 17-14-4-1

Out Shot by Opponents 17-18-3-0 8-12-4-0

1 Goal Games 12-5-3-1 7-6-8-1

2 Goal Games 3-3-0-0 4-9-0-0

3 Goal Games 9-8-0-0 6-8-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

HEAD TO HEAD (1-2-0-0)

The Pats are 128-123-12-2-3 vs. the Tigers, all-time.

Date Home Away Time Result

January 29th Regina Medicine Hat 4:00 p.m. CST L, 6-4

February 5th Medicine Hat Regina 4:00 p.m. MDT L, 5-1

February 22nd Regina Medicine Hat 7:00 p.m. CST W, 6-3

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

It's the last of four meetings against the Tigers this season. Last season, Regina won the season series 3-1, outscoring Medicine Hat 18-to-9 in the season series. The Pats are 4-10-0-1 against the Tigers over the last seven seasons. Prior to last year, the Pats had dropped eight in a row versus the Tigers. They trail the season series this year 2-1.

INDIVIDUAL HEAD-TO-HEAD

Medicine Hat Tigers

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

27 Bogdans Hodass 3 2 4 6 2 4

7 Oasiz Wiesblatt 3 2 4 6 0 1

21 Dallon Melin 3 1 2 3 2 2

12 Pavel Bocharov 2 2 0 2 2 2

34 Andrew Basha 3 1 1 2 2 2

17 Brayden Boehm 2 1 1 2 2 2

11 Tyler MacKenzie 3 1 1 2 0 -3

23 Kurtis Smythe 3 1 1 2 2 1

16 Hunter St. Martin 3 1 1 2 0 3

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

35 Beckett Langkow 2 2 0 0 0 120:00 5 2.50 0.911

31 Evan May 1 0 1 0 0 60:00 6 6.00 0.806

Regina Pats

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

98 Connor Bedard 3 5 5 10 0 5

43 Tanner Howe 3 2 3 5 4 1

11 Stanislav Svozil 3 0 5 5 2 2

13 Zack Stringer 2 1 2 3 0 1

91 Alexander Suzdalev 3 0 2 2 0 0

27 Borya Valis 2 0 2 2 0 -2

55 Sam Oremba 3 1 0 1 0 0

25 Zane Rowan 3 1 0 1 0 -4

19 Tye Spencer 1 1 0 1 0 0

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

33 Drew Sim 3 1 2 0 0 178:30 13 4.37 0.869

HEADLINES

The Pats are 13-7-2 over their last 22 games since Jan. 8, which is when Connor Bedard returned from the World Juniors, 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)...during that time, they have outscored their opp. 99-to-89 (+10 goal diff).

The Pats had their season-high six game winning-streak end on Sunday, March 5, and have dropped their last three games since (0-2-1)....now winners of six of their last nine games (6-2-1), they have outscored opponents 39-to-33 (+6) over that span.

Wednesday, Connor Bedard scored his 60th goal in his 49th game, becoming the first Regina Pats player to reach the 60 goal mark since Ronald Petrovicky (64, 1997-98)...he's the fifth fastest Regina Pats player to 60 goals tying Dale Derkatch who last did so in 1983.

BY THE NUMBERS

125: Number of points (61G-64A) in 50 games for captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL...his 60 goals are tops and 64 assists are first...since having his 35-game point-streak end on Feb. 3, he's recorded 35 points (17G-18A) over his last 13 games, with points in 12 of those.

36: Goals for Alexander Suzdalev leads all WHL rookies...he has points in 16 of his last 21 games (15G-16A-31PTS) as well as points in six of his last eight games (6G-4A) and goals four of his last seven (6G)...his 78 points are tied for 11th in the WHL.

206: Total wins for GM and Head Coach John Paddock as coach of the Pats...he has passed Frank Mario (202) for third on the all-time wins list and is now tied Murray Armstrong (206) for second...he picked up his 200th win as coach of the Pats on Feb. 11.

36: Number of points (5G-31A) in 21 games for Stanislav Svozil since coming back from the World Juniors on Jan. 13...the Czechia product is first amongst defencemen in assists with 63 and is first in points with 73...his 1.49 points/game is second amongst all defencemen.

69: Number of goals (+1 in shootout) for the Pats over the past 16 games, with 10 of the 16 games ending by two goals or less (9-5-2), all coming since Jan. 31...during that time, the Pats have received goals from 12 different players. (avg 4.31 goals per game in that span).

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 15 - Brandon Wheat Kings (25-28-8-0) at Regina Pats (31-26-3-1)

7:00 p.m., Friday, March 17 - Moose Jaw Warriors (37-22-0-3) at Regina Pats (31-26-3-1)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, March 18 - Regina Pats (31-26-3-1) at Moose Jaw Warriors (37-22-0-3)

4:00 p.m., Sunday, March 19 - Regina Pats (31-26-3-1) at Saskatoon Blades (44-13-4-1)

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