WHL Regina Pats

Pats Look to Snap Hurricanes Streak on Friday

Published on February 3, 2023 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Lethbridge, Alta. - The Regina Pats play the third game of this four game Alberta road trip tonight against the Lethbridge Hurricanes at 8:00 p.m. CST inside the Enmax Centre.

The Regina Pats are coming off a 6-5 shootout victory over the Calgary Hitmen last night for the clubs first victory in Calgary since 2018, snapping a seven game road losing-streak against the Hitmen. The Pats overcame yet another two goal deficit just like we saw on Tuesday in Red Deer as the Pats trailed 3-1 after two against the Hitmen.

Braxton Whitehead scored twice, both of them coming to tie game with his second doing so with 33 seconds to play. In the shootout, Drew Sim stopped all three Calgary shooters and Connor Bedard scored for Regina, snapping the Pats two game skid. The club has now recorded three of a possible four points over the course of this road trip with two more games to go.

Also on Wednesday, Connor Bedard (1G-1A), Alexander Suzdalev (1G-1A) and Sam Oremba tallied multi-point games. Tanner Brown scored his fourth of the season and Drew Sim made 44 saves for his 19th victory of the campaign. The final shots were 49-37 for the Hitmen. Regina finished 0-6 on the power play and 2-3 on the penalty kill.

Meanwhile, the Lethbridge Hurricanes are coming off a 4-1 win over the Moose Jaw Warriors at the Enmax Centre on Wednesday for their third straight victory. Hayden Smith, Blake Swetlikoff, Anton Astashevich and Joe Arntsen scored in the win while Bryan Thomson turned aside 35 of 36 shots he faced in the game. The Hurricanes went 1-1 on the power play while going 2-3 on the penalty kill. Lethbridge was outshot 36-33 in the contest.

Over their last three games they've defeated Moose Jaw, Edmonton (10-2) and Winnipeg (2-1). The Hurricanes have also grabbed points in six straight games (4-0-1-1). Lethbridge is 6-1-3 over their last 10 games coming in.

MATCH UP

Regina Lethbridge

Team Record 23-21-2-1 - 49 points 27-16-3-2 - 59 points

Division Ranking 4th East 2nd Central

Conference Ranking 7th Eastern 5th Eastern

League Ranking 11th 8th

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

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

Last Game 6-5 W @ Calgary (Feb 1 2023) Final SO 4-1 W vs Moose Jaw (Feb 1 2023) Final

Home Record 11-10-0-1 15-7-1-2

Away Record 12-11-2-0 12-9-2-0

GF 175 145

GA 189 140

PP (Overall) (49/183) 26.8% (40/197) 20.3%

PP (Home) (22/85) 25.9% (17/106) 16.0%

PP (Away) (27/98) 27.6% (23/91) 25.3%

PK (Overall) (50/208) 76.0% (39/193) 79.8%

PK (Home) (15/87) 82.8% (15/101) 85.1%

PK (Away) (35/121) 71.1% (24/92) 73.9%

PP vs. Opp. (0/1) 0% (0/4) 0%

PK vs. Opp. (0/4) 100% (0/1) 100%

Leading Rookie Suzdalev (26-36-62) Marques (6-8-14)

Most PIM Vaughan - 60 Arntsen - 69

Team PIM/GM 13.4/Game 11.4/Game

Leading Scorers Bedard (44-46-90) Shepard (17-24-41)

Suzdalev (26-36-62) Jones (17-23-40)

Howe (23-35-58) Laventure (15-21-36)

Svozil (5-44-49) Zimmer (13-23-36)

Valis (17-21-38) Wormald (18-17-35)

Last 5 Games 6-5 W @ Calgary (Feb 1 2023) Final SO 4-1 W vs Moose Jaw (Feb 1 2023) Final

6-5 L @ Red Deer (Jan 31 2023) Final OT 10-2 W @ Edmonton (Jan 29 2023) Final

6-4 L vs Medicine Hat (Jan 29 2023) Final 2-1 W vs Winnipeg (Jan 27 2023) Final

5-2 W vs Swift Current (Jan 21 2023) Final 5-2 L @ Portland (Jan 21 2023) Final

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

Leading After 1st 16-3-1-0 15-3-0-0

Leading After 2nd 19-1-1-0 24-1-1-0

Tied After 1st 4-3-0-0 9-5-2-0

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

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

Trailing After 2nd 2-15-1-1 0-12-0-2

Out Shooting Opponents 10-6-0-1 12-5-1-2

Out Shot by Opponents 11-15-2-0 15-8-2-0

1 Goal Games 9-3-2-1 14-6-3-2

2 Goal Games 1-3-0-0 6-3-0-0

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

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The Pats are 88-73-4-8-1 vs. the Hurricanes, all-time, going 51-25-4-6-1 at home & 37-48-0-2-0 on the road.

Date Home Away Time Result

October 16th Regina Lethbridge 4:00 p.m. MDT SOL, 4-3

February 3rd Lethbridge Regina 7:00 p.m. MST

February 20th Regina Lethbridge 2:00 p.m. CST

March 10th Lethbridge Regina 7:00 p.m. MST

It's the second of four meetings this season between the Pats and Hurricanes.. Last year, the Pats played the Hurricanes six times, going 3-2-1-0 in the season series (2-1 on road / 1-1-1 at home)...the Pats are 4-9-2 against the Hurricanes over their last 15 meetings. The Pats went 0-4 in the 2019-20 season series. Are 3-4 over the last six road games in Lethbridge and 2-6-2 over their last 10 home matchups.

INDIVIDUAL HEAD-TO-HEAD STATS

Lethbridge Hurricanes

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

22 Hayden Smith 1 2 0 2 0 1

17 Jett Jones 1 1 0 1 0 0

8 Noah Chadwick 1 0 1 1 0 1

3 Chase Pauls 1 0 1 1 0 2

16 Dustin Renas 1 0 1 1 0 1

24 Tristan Zandee 1 0 1 1 0 1

21 Tyson Zimmer 1 0 1 1 0 0

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

35 Harrison Meneghin 1 1 0 0 0 65:00 3 2.77 0.875

Regina Pats

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

3 Luke Bateman 1 1 1 2 0 2

29 Tanner Brown (total) 2 0 2 2 0 0

RD 1 0 1 1 0 1

REG 1 0 1 1 0 -1

18 X Cole Dubinsky 1 1 0 1 0 -1

43 Tanner Howe 1 1 0 1 0 -1

38 Brayden Barnett 1 0 1 1 2 1

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

30 X Matthew Kieper 1 0 0 0 1 65:00 3 2.77 0.864

2021-22 SEASON SERIES

11/13 vs. LET - L, 6-1

11/24 at LET - OTW, 3-2

2/4 at LET - L, 5-4

3/5 vs. LET - OTL, 5-4

3/11 vs. LET - W, 4-3

3/16 at LET - W, 6-4

HEADLINES

The Regina Pats are 5-2-1 over their last eight games, defeating the Calgary Hitmen twice (6-2 & 6-5), 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 eight games, they have outscored their opponents 39-to-33. The Pats are also 11-for-30 on the power play (36.6%) over their last eight.

10 (+1 in shootout) number of goals for the Pats over the first two games of this Alberta road trip, as both contests to begin the trip have ended 6-5 (6-5 OTL at RD & 6-5 SOW at CGY). The Pats have received goals from six different players over the last two games.

Regina Pats Head Coach and GM John Paddock (198) is currently three wins away from 200 as Pats coach. he is four wins away from tying Frank Mario (202) for third on the all-time wins list, while 8 wins away from tying Murray Armstrong (206) for second on the list.

BY THE NUMBERS

90: Number of points (44G-46A) in 36 games for captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL...his 46 assists are first and his 44 goals are also first...the North Vancouver, BC product is on a 35 game point-streak with all 90 points during that time...he's also scored in 11 straight.

62: Points for Alexander Suzdalev leads all WHL rookies...his 26 goals also lead all rookies while his 36 assists are first...the Washington Capitals 2022 third-rounder has points in 28 of his last 33 games (20G-33A-53PTS)...his 15 PPG is second the WHL.

3: Three points (1G-2A) for 17-year-old forward Sam Oremba over his last two contests where he is on a two game point-streak...the Regina, Sask. product recorded two assists Wednesday against Calgary and a goal on Tuesday night in Red Deer.

11: Number of assists in seven games for defenceman Stanislav Svozil since coming back from the World Juniors on Jan. 13...the Czechia product leads all defencemen in assists and is second in the WHL in assists behind only Bedard with 44...his 1.40 points per-game leads all D-men.

19: Wins this season for goaltender Drew Sim has him tied for sixth in the WHL...The Tees, Alta. product has also ranks eighth in minutes (1935) and seventh in games played (34)...he has faced 1033 shots against this season which is seventh amongst WHL goaltenders...his three assists is tied for first in the WHL amongst goaltenders.

5:00 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 6 - Regina Pats (23-21-2-1) at Medicine Hat Tigers (19-21-7-1)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Feb. 11 - Moose Jaw Warriors (30-16-0-3) at Regina Pats (23-21-2-1)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Feb. 17 - Regina Pats (23-21-2-1) at Prince Albert Raiders (19-25-3-0)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 18 - Winnipeg ICE (36-6-1-0) at Regina Pats (23-21-2-1)

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