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Pats Look to Snap Skid against Hitmen in Calgary

February 6, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Calgary, Sask. - The Regina Pats (16-21-0-1) play the second game of their three game Alberta road trip today, meeting up with the Calgary Hitmen (17-15-5-2) on Sunday at 3:00 p.m., Central Time at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

The Pats have dropped their last four games, and seven straight on the road after a heartbreaking 5-4 loss to the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Wednesday. Hurricanes captain Joe Arntsen scored with two seconds left in regulation to give the Hurricanes their second straight victory. Regina battled back several times on Wednesday after they lost a 2-0 lead in the second period, coming twice in the hockey game.

Cole Dubinsky recorded a career-high three points (1G-2A) and Ryker Evans scored a career-high two goals in the loss. Stanislav Svozil scored his first in 17 games and Connor Bedard tallied two helpers. Matthew Kieper made 32 saves on 37 shots, as the final shots were 37-27 for Lethbridge, and 16-3 in the third for the Hurricanes. The Pats went 2-for-6 on the power play and 3-for-4 on the penalty kill.

On the other side, the Calgary Hitmen play their first game since January 30th, as they're coming off a 4-2 loss to the Swift Current Broncos. They are 5-3-2-0 over their last 10 games and are 2-2-1-0 over their last five contests. The Hitmen also just snapped their three game home losing-streak and sit with a 10-7-4 home record.

Calgary is eight points ahead of Regina in the Eastern Conference standings, sitting in seventh.

Match Up

Regina

Calgary

Team Record 16-21-0-1 - 33 points 17-15-5-2 - 41 points

Division Ranking 5th East 3rd Central

Conference Ranking 10th Eastern 6th Eastern

League Ranking 17th 11th

Past 10 Games 4-5-0-1 5-3-2-0

Streak 0-4-0-0 0-1-0-0

Last Game 5-4 L @ Lethbridge (Feb 4 2022) Final 4-2 L vs Swift Current (Jan 30 2022) Final

Home Record 11-10-0-1 10-7-4-0

Away Record 5-11-0-0 7-8-1-2

GF 136 122

GA 145 127

PP (Overall) (40/158) 25.3% (27/163) 16.6%

PP (Home) (27/87) 31.0% (19/102) 18.6%

PP (Away) (13/71) 18.3% (8/61) 13.1%

PK (Overall) (46/170) 72.9% (37/160) 76.9%

PK (Home) (29/91) 68.1% (21/87) 75.9%

PK (Away) (17/79) 78.5% (16/73) 78.1%

PP vs. Opp. (3/10) 30% (5/9) 55.6%

PK vs. Opp. (5/9) 44.4% (3/10) 70%

Leading Rookie Howe (16-18-34) Tulk (6-8-14)

Most PIM McNutt - 61 Slaney - 61

Team PIM/GM 14.1/Game 12.2/Game

Leading Scorers Bedard (22-20-42) Fiddler-Schultz (21-26-47)

Evans (8-33-41) Tschigerl (18-21-39)

Howe (16-18-34) Stevenson (16-23-39)

Nijhoff (14-17-31) Funk (14-11-25)

Dubinsky (13-13-26) Zimmerman (9-9-18)

Last 5 Games 5-4 L @ Lethbridge (Feb 4 2022) Final 4-2 L vs Swift Current (Jan 30 2022) Final

5-4 L vs Saskatoon (Feb 2 2022) Final 6-5 W @ Medicine Hat (Jan 29 2022) Final

4-1 L @ Moose Jaw (Jan 29 2022) Final 3-2 L vs Lethbridge (Jan 28 2022) Final OT

6-4 L vs Brandon (Jan 28 2022) Final 4-1 L vs Moose Jaw (Jan 23 2022) Final

4-0 W vs Prince Albert (Jan 25 2022) Final 5-2 W @ Swift Current (Jan 21 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 10-3-0-0 12-3-1-1

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

Tied After 1st 5-5-0-0 2-2-1-0

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

Trailing After 1st 1-13-0-1 3-10-3-1

Trailing After 2nd 0-15-0-1 0-13-2-0

Out Shooting Opponents 11-10-0-1 11-6-3-2

Out Shot by Opponents 5-9-0-0 5-9-2-0

1 Goal Games 5-6-0-1 5-5-5-2

2 Goal Games 3-6-0-0 5-2-0-0

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

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD (0-1-0-1)

This will mark the third of six meetings this season.

Date Road Home Time Result

November 28th Regina Calgary 11:00 a.m. MST L, 10-3

January 11th Calgary Regina 7:00 p.m. CST SOL, 4-3

February 6th Regina Calgary 2:00 p.m. MST

February 11th Calgary Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

February 27th Regina Calgary 4:00 p.m. MST

March 12th Calgary Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

The Pats are 46-51-2-4-3 vs. the Hitmen, all-time 21-30-0-2-0 on the road.

These two teams last met on Jan. 18 with the Hitmen defeating the Pats 4-3 in a shootout. The Pats went 0-3-1 against the Hitmen in the 2019-20 season, with their last win coming on February 22nd, 2019, winning 5-4 in overtime at home. The Pats have lost the last six meetings vs. the Hitmen (0-4-2). Have also lost last four in Calgary.

HEADLINES

Ryker Evans scored his first career multi-goal game of his WHL career on Friday in Lethbridge...he's the first Pats' defenceman to record a multi-goal game since Zach Wytinck scored twice against the Saskatoon Blades on March 7, 2020 in a 5-4 loss.

The Regina Pats have dropped their last four games, sliding from tied for eighth in the Eastern Conference standings to 10th...during the skid, the Pats have been outscored 20-to-13...the Pats have also dropped three of the last four games where they've blown multiple leads...the Pats have also dropped two straight games by allowing the game-winning-goal in the final two minutes.

BY THE NUMBERS

41: Points (8G-33A) this season for Pats D Ryker Evans is T-1st among WHL defencemen...he is also T-2nd in assists and 2nd in PTS/G at 1.08...he is the only Pat' to have played in all 38 games this season...he must play the remaining 30 games to reach 200 career contests.

27: Points (12G-15A) over Connor Bedard's last 12 games, with points in 11 of those 12 contests...he is currently 8th in goals per game (0.68) while third in the WHL in shots (176), averaging 5.50 shots per game...he has scored 34 goals in 47 career games (34G-36A-70PTS).

58.7: Faceoff win percentage for captain Logan Nijhoff is the 2nd highest in the WHL...his 498 faceoffs won this season ranks 6th while his 848 attempts are 9th...he also has 20 points (8G-12A) over his last 14 games.

7: Straight losses over the Pats current season high seven game road losing-streak heading into an upcoming road schedule where they've been outscored 37-to-19 during that time...on the other side, the Pats are 7-3-1 over their last 11 home games, outscoring their opponent 62-to-40.

62.5%: Penalty kill percentage (20-32) over the last eight games since the start of January where the Pats have allowed 12 power play goals against and 19 even strength goals...overall, the Pats penalty kill is last in the WHL at 72.9%.

COMING UP

12:00 p.m., Tuesday, Feb 8 Regina Pats (16-21-1) at Edmonton Oil Kings (31-11-3)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Feb 11 Calgary Hitmen (17-15-7) at Regina Pats (16-21-1)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Feb 12 Regina Pats (16-21-1) at Saskatoon Blades (23-16-2)

8:00 p.m., Tuesday, Feb 15 Regina Pats (16-21-1) at Winnipeg ICE (29-6-3)

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