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Pats Look to Snap Road Losing-Streak in Saskatoon

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


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (17-22-1-1) take on the Saskatoon Blades (25-16-1-1) on Saturday at 7:00 p.m., inside the SaskTel Centre.

The Pats are coming off a 5-0 win over the Calgary Hitmen on Friday, snapping a six game skid, which was the second longest of the season. Kelton Pyne may have cemented himself in the record books, as the White City, Sask., native stopped all 24 shots that he faced for his first career shutout and first career win in just his second start.

Connor Bedard produced a career high five points (3G-2A) as well as his second career hat-trick, grabbing a point on each goal the Pats scored. Ryker Evans had three points (1G-2A) while Tanner Howe tallied two assists in the victory. Logan Nijhoff snapped his seven game goalless-streak, recording his 15th of the season. The final shots were 33-24 for the Pats, with Regina going 3-for-4 on the power play and 2-for-2 on the penalty kill.

The Saskatoon Blades are coming off a 4-1 win over Lethbridge on home ice on Friday. They have now won back-to-back games after defeating Calgary on Wednesday in Saskatoon, 4-2. The Blades have now won four of their last five games (4-1-0), having outscored their opponent 20-to-14 during that time. The Blades have also won six of their last eight home games coming in.

The Blades have two of the top scorers in the WHL as Kyle Crnkovic leads the league in points (67) , second in assists (38) and is fourth in goals (29) while Tristen Robins tied for eighth in scoring (56).

Match Up

Regina

Saskatoon

Team Record 17-22-1-1 - 36 points 25-16-1-1 - 52 points

Division Ranking 5th East 3rd East

Conference Ranking 10th Eastern 5th Eastern

League Ranking 16th 10th

Past 10 Games 3-5-1-1 8-2-0-0

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

Last Game 5-0 W vs Calgary (Feb 11 2022) Final 4-1 W vs Lethbridge (Feb 11 2022) Final

Home Record 12-10-0-1 13-7-1-1

Away Record 5-12-1-0 12-9-0-0

GF 148 147

GA 156 141

PP (Overall) (45/169) 26.6% (53/182) 29.1%

PP (Home) (30/91) 33.0% (27/96) 28.1%

PP (Away) (15/78) 19.2% (26/86) 30.2%

PK (Overall) (49/184) 73.4% (33/149) 77.9%

PK (Home) (29/93) 68.8% (17/79) 78.5%

PK (Away) (20/91) 78.0% (16/70) 77.1%

PP vs. Opp. (1/7) 14.3% (6/15) 40%

PK vs. Opp. (6/15) 60% (1/7) 85.7%

Leading Rookie Howe (16-22-38) Sidorov (11-9-20)

Most PIM Evans - 65 Rhinehart - 56

Team PIM/GM 14.0/Game 8.9/Game

Leading Scorers Bedard (28-24-52) Crnkovic (29-38-67)

Evans (11-35-46) Robins (20-36-56)

Howe (16-22-38) Lisowsky (24-15-39)

Nijhoff (15-18-33) De La Gorgendiere (4-33-37)

Dubinsky (13-14-27) Wiens (16-15-31)

Last 5 Games 5-0 W vs Calgary (Feb 11 2022) Final 4-1 W vs Lethbridge (Feb 11 2022) Final

6-3 L @ Edmonton (Feb 8 2022) Final 4-2 W vs Calgary (Feb 9 2022) Final

5-4 L @ Calgary (Feb 6 2022) Final OT 6-1 L vs Red Deer (Feb 5 2022) Final

5-4 L @ Lethbridge (Feb 4 2022) Final 6-1 W vs Edmonton (Feb 4 2022) Final

5-4 L vs Saskatoon (Feb 2 2022) Final 5-4 W @ Regina (Feb 2 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 11-3-0-0 16-2-1-1

Leading After 2nd 16-0-0-0 19-1-0-1

Tied After 1st 5-5-0-0 6-5-0-0

Tied After 2nd 1-6-0-0 3-3-1-0

Trailing After 1st 1-14-1-1 3-9-0-0

Trailing After 2nd 0-16-1-1 3-12-0-0

Out Shooting Opponents 12-10-1-1 8-4-1-0

Out Shot by Opponents 5-10-0-0 17-11-0-1

1 Goal Games 5-6-1-1 7-2-1-1

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

3 Goal Games 3-8-0-0 5-7-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD (0-2)

This will mark the fourth of six meetings this season.

Date Away Home Time Result

October 22nd Saskatoon Regina 7:00 p.m. MDT L, 5-2

October 24th Regina Saskatoon 4:00 p.m. MDT L, 4-1

February 2nd Saskatoon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST L, 5-4

February 12th Regina Saskatoon 7:00 p.m. CST

March 25th Regina Saskatoon 7:00 p.m. CDT

March 30th Saskatoon Regina 7:00 p.m. CDT

Last season, the Regina Pats went 1-3 against the Saskatoon Blades, dropping the first three meetings 6-3, 7-3 and 4-1 before winning the fourth and final meeting 4-2 on April 20th. The Blades are 9-1-2 over their last 12 meetings against the Pats, dating back to the start of the 2019-20 season. The Blades lead the season series 3-0, sweeping a home-and-home in late October and winning 5-4 on Feb. 2.

The Pats are 206-209-27-12-6 vs. the Blades, all-time.

REG VS. SAS (INDIVIDUAL)

Saskatoon Blades

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

16 Kyle Crnkovic 3 2 3 5 0 0

8 Brandon Lisowsky 3 2 3 5 2 1

5 Aidan De La Gorgendiere 3 0 5 5 2 -1

9 Jayden Wiens 3 2 2 4 0 2

11 Tristen Robins 3 1 3 4 6 0

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

73 Nolan Maier 3 3 0 0 0 180:00 7 2.33 0.928

Regina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

18 Cole Dubinsky 3 4 0 4 2 1

29 Logan Nijhoff 3 0 4 4 0 2

98 Connor Bedard 3 3 0 3 0 0

41 Ryker Evans 3 0 3 3 4 2

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

33 Drew Sim 1 0 0 0 0 17:02 1 3.52 0.889

30 Matthew Kieper 3 0 3 0 0 160:45 13 4.85 0.833

HEADLINES

Kelton Pyne stopped 24 of 24 on Friday vs. CGY in a 5-0 win for his first career shutout in his second ever WHL start and first inside the Brandt Centre...he has now recorded a shutout for three different teams this season (Regina Pat Candians, Melville Millionaires & Regina).

The Pats have seven players on the injured list, as G Drew Sim, G Matthew Kieper, D Adam McNutt, D Jake Johnson, F Zack Stringer, F Jakob Brook and F Zane Rowan are out...G Kelton Pyne and G Spencer Welke have joined the team.

BY THE NUMBERS

46: Points (11G-35A) this season for Pats D Ryker Evans is T-1st among WHL defencemen...he is also 3rd in assists and 2nd in PTS/G at 1.12...he is the only Pat' to have played in all 41 games this season...he must play the remaining 27 games to reach 200 career contests.

37: Points (18G-19A) over Connor Bedard's last 15 games, with points in 14 of those 15 contests...he is currently 2nd in goals per game (0.80) while 1st in the WHL in shots (193), averaging 5.51 shots per game...he has scored 40 goals in 50 career games (40G-40A-80PTS).

58.2: Faceoff win percentage for captain Logan Nijhoff is 4th highest in the WHL...his 538 faceoffs won this season ranks 4th while his 924 attempts are 8th...he also has 22 points (9G-13A) over his last 17 games, and has points in four of his last five games (1G-4A).

9: Straight losses over the Pats current season high nine game road losing-streak heading into an upcoming road schedule where they've been outscored 48-to-26 during that time...on the other side, the Pats are 8-3-1 over their last 12 home games, outscoring their opponent 67-to-40.

5: Straight games with a power play goal in the month of February, going 8-for-20 and running at 40.0% during that time...the Pats have scored a power play goal in 29 of their 41 games this season and currently rank third in PP% at 26.6%.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Friday, Feb 18 - Regina Pats (17-22-2) at Prince Albert Raiders (16-25-2)

2:00 p.m., Monday, Feb 21 - Swift Current Broncos (17-23-5) at Regina Pats (17-22-2)

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Feb 23 - Medicine Hat Tigers (9-28-4) at Regina Pats (17-22-2)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Feb 25 - Regina Pats (17-22-2) at Edmonton Oil Kings (33-11-3)

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