
Pats Open Second-Half Schedule against Oil Kings at the Brandt Centre
December 27, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release
Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (12-16-0-0) open their second-half schedule against the Edmonton Oil Kings (22-6-2-1) at 7:00 p.m., inside the Brandt Centre.
The Pats are coming off a home-and-home split on December 17th and 18th against the Moose Jaw Warriors, winning 6-5 on home ice before losing 5-3 on the road. They are now 3-2 over their last five games heading into the second-half schedule.
On the other side, the Oil Kings are on a three game winning-streak after they finished their first-half with wins over Calgary (5-2), and Swift Current (8-5 & OTW 3-2). Edmonton is still without five key players, as Kaiden Guhle (CAN), Dylan Guenther (CAN), Jake Neighbours (CAN), Sebastian Cossa (CAN) and Jakob Demek (SLV) are all away at the 2022 IIHF World Juniors.
MATCH UP
Edmonton
Regina
Team Record 22-6-2-1 - 47 points 12-16-0-0 - 24 points
Division Ranking 1st Central 6th East
Conference Ranking 2nd Eastern 11th Eastern
League Ranking 2nd 18th
Past 10 Games 7-3-0-0 4-6-0-0
Streak 3-0-0-0 0-1-0-0
Last Game 3-2 W vs Swift Current (Dec 18 2021) Final OT 5-3 L @ Moose Jaw (Dec 18 2021) Final
Home Record 15-1-0-0 7-7-0-0
Away Record 7-5-2-1 5-9-0-0
GF 127 94
GA 81 105
PP (Overall) (33/131) 25.2% (27/114) 23.7%
PP (Home) (19/73) 26.0% (16/53) 30.2%
PP (Away) (14/58) 24.1% (11/61) 18.0%
PK (Overall) (21/140) 85.0% (32/133) 75.9%
PK (Home) (14/69) 79.7% (17/61) 72.1%
PK (Away) (7/71) 90.1% (15/72) 79.2%
PP vs. Opp. (1/2) 50% (0/3) 0%
PK vs. Opp. (0/3) 100% (1/2) 50%
Leading Rookie Demek (13-22-35) Howe (12-10-22)
Most PIM Kubicek - 62 McNutt - 54
Team PIM/GM 13.1/Game 14.3/Game
Leading Scorers Williams (15-20-35) Evans (4-24-28)
Demek (13-22-35) Bedard (14-10-24)
Guenther (16-16-32) Howe (12-10-22)
Luypen (12-19-31) Nijhoff (11-9-20)
Souch (9-22-31) Svozil (1-17-18)
Last 5 Games 3-2 W vs Swift Current (Dec 18 2021) Final OT 5-3 L @ Moose Jaw (Dec 18 2021) Final
8-5 W vs Swift Current (Dec 17 2021) Final 6-5 W vs Moose Jaw (Dec 17 2021) Final
5-2 W @ Calgary (Dec 15 2021) Final 4-3 L @ Brandon (Dec 11 2021) Final
5-2 L @ Winnipeg (Dec 11 2021) Final 5-2 W vs Prince Albert (Dec 10 2021) Final
3-2 L @ Brandon (Dec 10 2021) Final 4-2 W vs Medicine Hat (Dec 8 2021) Final
Leading After 1st 13-1-0-0 7-0-0-0
Leading After 2nd 16-0-1-0 12-0-0-0
Tied After 1st 2-2-2-1 4-5-0-0
Tied After 2nd 3-2-0-1 0-3-0-0
Trailing After 1st 7-3-0-0 1-11-0-0
Trailing After 2nd 3-4-1-0 0-13-0-0
Out Shooting Opponents 17-6-1-1 8-8-0-0
Out Shot by Opponents 5-0-1-0 4-6-0-0
1 Goal Games 8-4-2-1 3-4-0-0
2 Goal Games 3-0-0-0 3-4-0-0
3 Goal Games 7-2-0-0 3-6-0-0
WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN
Radio: 620ckrm.com
Stream: WHL Live
2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD
The Pats are 29-22-2-0 vs. the Oil Kings, all-time & 14-11-2-0 at home.
Date Road Home Time Result
November 12th Edmonton Regina 7:00 p.m. CST L, 6-3
December 27th Edmonton Regina 7:00 p.m. CST
February 8th Regina Edmonton 11:00 a.m. MST
February 25th Regina Edmonton 7:00 p.m. MST
The last time these two clubs met was on November 12th in Regina, with the Oil Kings defeating the Pats 6-3. The Pats went 1-2-1 in the 2019-20 season against Edmonton and are 2-6-2 over the last 10 meetings since the 2018-19 season and 1-3-1 at home during that time.
Edmonton Oil Kings vs Regina Pats Head to Head
Regina Pats
#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-
98 Connor Bedard 1 2 0 2 2 0
25 Zane Rowan 1 1 0 1 0 1
40 Parker Berge 1 0 1 1 0 2
21 Cole Carrier 1 0 1 1 0 -1
43 Tanner Howe 1 0 1 1 0 -2
#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%
33 Drew Sim 1 0 1 0 0 60:00 6 6.00 0.824
Edmonton Oil Kings
#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-
11 Dylan Guenther 1 1 2 3 2 3
10 Jacob Boucher 1 2 0 2 2 -1
24 Logan Dowhaniuk 1 1 1 2 0 0
23 Jalen Luypen 1 1 1 2 0 1
77 Jakub Demek 1 0 2 2 0 0
#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%
33 Sebastian Cossa 1 1 0 0 0 60:00 3 3.00 0.897
HEADLINES
Pats rookie defenceman Stanislav Svozil was named the Player of the Game for Czechia, scoring his first career World Juniors goal in a Czechia 6-3 loss to Canada in the 2022 IIHF World Juniors opener. Pats forward Connor Bedard dressed in his first career World Juniors game, recording an assist on Canada's tying goal, helping the Canadians to victory.
The Regina Pats are 6-6 since they parted ways with Dave Struch on November 18th, with John Paddock taking over as the Head Coach...they've been outscored 48-to-44 during that time, while being outshot in five of those 12 games, with equal shots twice (415 SF / 407 SA).
BY THE NUMBERS
5: Straight games with a goal for Pats captain Logan Nijhoff is the longest of his career and the second longest active goal-streak in the WHL...the Comox, B.C., native has five goals and four assists during that time...he currently fifth in the WHL in faceoffs won (360), running at 57.1%.
14: Consecutive games with at least a point for Pats 16-year-old rookie forward Tanner Howe is the second longest active point-streak in the WHL...during that time, the Prince Albert, SK, native has totaled 21 points (11G-10A), with goals in nine of those 14 games...he also leads the WHL in shooting percentage (35.3), while ranking second amongst rookies in power play goals (6), game-winning goals (3), fifth in goals (12) and sixth in points (22)...21 of his 22 points have come in the last 14 games.
16: Points over Borya Valis last 16 games (since November 6th), with four goals and 12 assists over that span and four multi-point efforts...the Denver, Colorado native is tied for ninth among rookies in assists and tied for 10th in points.
28: Number of points (4G-24A) for Regina Pats defenceman Ryker Evans is tied for second among defenceman in in the WHL, while his 24 assists are third...he has points in 12 of his last 18 games (3G-17A-20PTS)...he is also tied for fourth among D in minor penalties (21).
133: Times short-handed this season for the Regina Pats is the fourth highest in the WHL....to add to that, the Pats have gone short-handed 35 times over their last seven games and are averaging 5.0 times short-handed per game during that time.
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