WHL Regina Pats

Pats Look to End Weekend on High Note

Published on March 5, 2023 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats cap off their three-in-three weekend today at 4:00 p.m. against the Saskatoon Blades inside the Brandt Centre.

The Pats are coming off yet another massive win, taking down the Red Deer Rebels 6-5 in overtime, finishing the season series 2-1-1, grabbing five of a possible eight points this season against Red Deer.

The win also marked the Pats 15th comeback win of the season and their 31st win overall, as the Pats trailed 1-0, 3-1 and 4-3 in the contest. Connor Bedard (1G-3A) and Stanislav Svozil (1G-3A) each had four point games in the win. Parker Berge and Tanner Howe would each add a pair of assists while Kelton Pyne made 35 saves for his second win of the season. Tanner Howe and Parker Berge also chipped with a pair of assists each while Alexander Suzdalev scored his second overtime goal of the year.

Regina now shifts their focus to today where they host the Saskatoon Blades as both clubs will be playing the final game of their three-in-three weekend.

The Blades have won four straight games, as they also play the fourth game in five nights. They are coming off a 5-1 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Saturday on home ice. Charlie Wright, Jake Chiasson, Jayden Wiens, Egor Sidorov and Aidan De La Gorgendiere scored for the Blades while Ethan Chadwick made 19 saves in the win.

MATCH UP

Saskatoon Regina

Team Record 41-13-4-1 - 87 points 31-24-2-1 - 65 points

Division Ranking 2nd East 4th East

Conference Ranking 3rd Eastern 6th Eastern

League Ranking 5th 9th

Past 10 Games 8-1-1-0 7-3-0-0

Streak 8-0-1-0 6-0-0-0

Last Game 5-1 W vs Lethbridge (Mar 4 2023) Final 6-5 W vs Red Deer (Mar 4 2023) Final OT

Home Record 22-4-3-0 17-11-0-1

Away Record 19-9-1-1 14-13-2-0

GF 223 227

GA 143 232

PP (Overall) (69/241) 28.6% (60/214) 28.0%

PP (Home) (36/119) 30.3% (30/103) 29.1%

PP (Away) (33/122) 27.0% (30/111) 27.0%

PK (Overall) (38/226) 83.2% (58/247) 76.5%

PK (Home) (20/114) 82.5% (21/111) 81.1%

PK (Away) (18/112) 83.9% (37/136) 72.8%

PP vs. Opp. (6/11) 54.5% (4/12) 33.3%

PK vs. Opp. (4/12) 66.7% (6/11) 45.5%

Leading Rookie Keller (13-16-29) Suzdalev (35-41-76)

Most PIM Lies - 72 Vaughan - 71

Team PIM/GM 10.8/Game 12.8/Game

Leading Scorers Wong (20-53-73) Bedard (59-64-123)

Sidorov (38-34-72) Suzdalev (35-41-76)

Lisowsky (31-29-60) Howe (30-45-75)

De La Gorgendiere (11-45-56) Svozil (10-61-71)

Roulette (21-34-55) Valis (20-25-45)

Last 5 Games 5-1 W vs Lethbridge (Mar 4 2023) Final 6-5 W vs Red Deer (Mar 4 2023) Final OT

4-1 W vs Moose Jaw (Mar 3 2023) Final 5-3 W vs Winnipeg (Mar 3 2023) Final

5-2 W vs Red Deer (Mar 1 2023) Final 6-3 W vs Brandon (Feb 25 2023) Final

3-1 W @ Prince Albert (Feb 25 2023) Final 4-3 W @ Brandon (Feb 24 2023) Final

6-5 L vs Prince Albert (Feb 24 2023) Final OT 6-3 W vs Medicine Hat (Feb 22 2023) Final

Leading After 1st 25-3-3-0 18-5-1-0

Leading After 2nd 30-1-2-1 23-2-1-0

Tied After 1st 11-4-1-1 7-3-0-0

Tied After 2nd 8-1-1-0 4-6-0-0

Trailing After 1st 5-6-0-0 6-16-1-1

Trailing After 2nd 3-11-1-0 4-16-1-1

Out Shooting Opponents 27-7-2-0 12-7-0-1

Out Shot by Opponents 11-5-1-1 17-17-2-0

1 Goal Games 11-1-4-1 12-4-2-1

2 Goal Games 8-8-0-0 3-3-0-0

3 Goal Games 10-3-0-0 9-7-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

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

The Pats are 207-213-27-12-6 vs. the Blades, all-time.

Date Road Home Time Result

November 13th Regina Saskatoon 4:00 p.m. CST L, 5-2

December 17th Saskatoon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST L, 6-1

January 13th Saskatoon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST W, 7-4

March 5th Saskatoon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

March 19th Regina Saskatoon 4:00 p.m. CDT

March 24th Regina Saskatoon 7:00 p.m. CDT

It's fourth of six meetings between the Pats and Blades. The Pats lost the season series last year 5-1, as they were outscored 25-to-13. The Blades have won 13 of their last 16 meetings against the Pats since February 21st, 2020. This year, Saskatoon leads the season series 2-1, having outscored the Pats 15-10 over that time. The last time these two teams met was on January 13, 2023, with Regina winning 7-4 at home.

INDIVIDUAL HEAD TO HEAD

Regina Pats

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

98 Connor Bedard 2 4 3 7 0 3

43 Tanner Howe 3 0 5 5 2 0

91 Alexander Suzdalev 3 1 3 4 2 -3

11 Stanislav Svozil 2 0 4 4 2 3

22 Steel Quiring (total) 2 2 0 2 0 1

REG 1 1 0 1 0 1

EVT 1 1 0 1 2 0

27 Borya Valis 3 1 1 2 0 2

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

33 Drew Sim 3 1 2 0 0 177:12 14 4.74 0.827

Saskatoon Blades

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

38 Trevor Wong 3 3 5 8 0 0

5 Aidan De La Gorgendiere 3 1 4 5 0 1

19 Egor Sidorov 3 1 4 5 4 1

8 Brandon Lisowsky 3 2 2 4 2 0

24 Tanner Molendyk 3 2 1 3 0 4

34 Conner Roulette 2 1 2 3 2 2

9 Jayden Wiens 1 2 0 2 2 0

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

31 Austin Elliott 1 1 0 0 0 60:00 2 2.00 0.941

33 Ethan Chadwick 2 1 1 0 0 116:05 8 4.13 0.800

HEADLINES

The Pats are 13-5-1 over their last 19 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. 91-to-76 (+15 goal diff).

The Pats have won six straight games for their longest winning-streak of the season...in fact, it's their longest winning-streak of two or more games since Jan. 9 - Jan. 14....during this time, they have outscored opponents 31-to-20 (+11).

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, 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 48th 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 47 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 come to an end on Feb. 3, he's recorded 33 points (15G-18A) over his last 10 games.

35: Goals for Alexander Suzdalev leads all WHL rookies...he has points in 15 of his last 19 games (14G-15A-29PTS) as well as points in four of his last five (5G-3A) and goals three of his last four (5G)...his 76 points are 11th in the WHL, while his 35 goals are tied for 9th.

23: Points (8G-15A) for Tanner Howe over his last 15 games, with points in 12 of those 15 contests...he's also recorded a point in nine of his last 10 games (7G-10A-17PTS) with goals in six of his last nine games...his 30 goals and 75 points this season are career highs.

34: Number of points (5G-29A) in 18 games for Stanislav Svozil since coming back from the World Juniors on Jan. 13...the Czechia product is first amongst defencemen in assists with 61 and second in points with 71...his 1.54 points/game is first amongst all defencemen.

61: Number of goals (+1 in shootout) for the Pats over the past 13 games, with eight of the last 13 games ending by two goals or less (9-3-1), all coming since Jan. 31...during that time, the Pats have received goals from 12 different players over their last 13 games.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 8 - Edmonton Oil Kings (8-48-3-0) at Regina Pats (31-24-2-1)

7:00 p.m., Friday, March 10 - Regina Pats (31-24-2-1) at Lethbridge Hurricanes (32-22-3-3)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, March 11 - Regina Pats (31-24-2-1) at Medicine Hat Tigers (26-24-8-1)

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 15 - Brandon Wheat Kings (23-28-8-0) at Regina Pats (31-24-2-1)

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