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Pats Play Broncos for Final Time this Season

April 8, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (24-34-3-2) wrap up their three game road swing against the Swift Current Broncos (26-33-5-2) on Friday at 7:00 p.m., inside the Innovation Credit Union i-plex.

The Pats are coming off a 5-4 loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings on Tuesday for their third straight loss. The Pats have now lost seven of their last eight games heading into tonight's action.

Logan Nijhoff scored his first career hat-trick in the loss to Brandon, doing so in game #226 of his WHL career. Jacob Brook also scored for the Pats, while Drew Sim made 24 saves on 29 shots. The final shots were 32-39 for the Pats, going 1-for-4 on the power play and 2-for-4 on the penalty kill.

On the other side, the Swift Current Broncos are coming off back-to-back 5-2 losses to the Calgary Hitmen, and have now lost their last two games, with just two games remaining on their schedule. Prior to their last two contests, the Broncos had won six of their last seven games, including a four game winning-streak.

The Broncos are currently sitting in eighth in the Eastern Conference standings with 59 points, one point up on the Calgary Hitmen (9th) and two points ahead of the Prince Albert Raiders (10th). They are six points ahead of the Pats, who sit in 11th.

Swift Current is battling for the eighth seed, while Regina is looking to keep their playoff hopes alive. Here are the full East Standings heading in.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

#TeamGPWLOTLSOLPTSPCTROWGFGAStreakP10PIM

1 Y Winnipeg ICE 64 49 10 3 2 103 0.805 48 291 144 0-1-0-0 9-1-0-0 625

2 X Edmonton Oil Kings 64 46 14 3 1 96 0.750 43 279 175 0-2-1-0 6-3-1-0 909

3 X Red Deer Rebels 64 43 17 2 2 90 0.703 42 245 172 4-0-0-1 7-2-0-1 831

4 X Moose Jaw Warriors 64 36 23 3 2 77 0.602 34 236 204 1-0-0-0 6-4-0-0 712

5 X Saskatoon Blades 66 36 26 3 1 76 0.576 35 215 216 0-1-0-0 4-6-0-0 584

6 X Brandon Wheat Kings 63 33 25 3 2 71 0.563 32 205 225 3-0-0-0 5-5-0-0 865

7 Lethbridge Hurricanes 64 30 30 3 1 64 0.500 26 199 226 3-0-0-0 7-3-0-0 680

8 Swift Current Broncos 66 26 33 5 2 59 0.447 26 178 238 0-2-0-0 6-4-0-0 869

9 Calgary Hitmen 64 25 31 6 2 58 0.453 24 176 209 3-0-0-0 5-5-0-0 776

10 Prince Albert Raiders 64 26 33 4 1 57 0.445 24 182 216 1-0-0-0 4-5-1-0 765

11 Regina Pats 63 24 34 3 2 53 0.421 24 219 256 0-3-0-0 2-7-0-1 833

12 Medicine Hat Tigers 64 11 49 3 1 26 0.203 8 148 292 0-8-0-0 1-9-0-0 840

Match Up

Regina

Swift Current

Team Record 24-34-3-2 - 53 points 26-33-5-2 - 59 points

Division Ranking 6th East 4th Central

Conference Ranking 11th Eastern 8th Eastern

League Ranking 17th 14th

Past 10 Games 2-7-0-1 6-4-0-0

Streak 0-3-0-0 0-2-0-0

Last Game 5-4 L @ Brandon (Apr 5 2022) Final 5-2 L @ Calgary (Apr 3 2022) Final

Home Record 16-14-1-1 15-15-1-1

Away Record 8-20-2-1 11-18-4-1

GF 219 178

GA 256 238

PP (Overall) (62/243) 25.5% (45/279) 16.1%

PP (Home) (37/125) 29.6% (19/129) 14.7%

PP (Away) (25/118) 21.2% (26/150) 17.3%

PK (Overall) (76/266) 71.4% (60/281) 78.6%

PK (Home) (35/122) 71.3% (24/125) 80.8%

PK (Away) (41/144) 71.5% (36/156) 76.9%

PP vs. Opp. (7/19) 36.8% (7/27) 25.9%

PK vs. Opp. (7/27) 74.1% (7/19) 63.2%

Leading Rookie Howe (25-37-62) Ward (22-34-56)

Most PIM Evans - 96 Davies - 115

Team PIM/GM 13.2/Game 13.2/Game

Leading Scorers Bedard (45-42-87) Ward (22-34-56)

Howe (25-37-62) Pelletier (19-27-46)

Evans (14-45-59) Filmon (23-22-45)

Dubinsky (18-27-45) Davies (16-20-36)

Nijhoff (20-23-43) Pickering (9-24-33)

Last 5 Games 5-4 L @ Brandon (Apr 5 2022) Final 5-2 L @ Calgary (Apr 3 2022) Final

6-1 L @ Prince Albert (Apr 2 2022) Final 5-2 L vs Calgary (Apr 1 2022) Final

7-0 L vs Winnipeg (Apr 1 2022) Final 6-4 W @ Lethbridge (Mar 30 2022) Final

3-2 W vs Saskatoon (Mar 30 2022) Final 3-0 W @ Calgary (Mar 27 2022) Final

5-2 L vs Brandon (Mar 26 2022) Final 6-2 L @ Red Deer (Mar 26 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 14-3-2-0 15-4-2-0

Leading After 2nd 21-1-1-1 23-0-2-2

Tied After 1st 8-10-0-0 9-9-2-1

Tied After 2nd 2-6-1-0 2-5-2-0

Trailing After 1st 2-21-1-2 2-20-1-1

Trailing After 2nd 1-27-1-1 1-28-1-0

Out Shooting Opponents 16-15-2-2 6-6-0-0

Out Shot by Opponents 8-16-1-0 20-27-5-2

1 Goal Games 9-9-3-2 9-3-5-2

2 Goal Games 5-9-0-0 7-7-0-0

3 Goal Games 4-10-0-0 6-11-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

HEAD TO HEAD (2-3-0)

The Pats are 175-152-19-7-6 vs. the Broncos, all-time.

Date Away Home Time Result

October 29th Regina Swift Current 7:00 p.m. MDT W, 4-1

October 30th Swift Current Regina 7:00 p.m. MDT W, 7-3

December 4th Swift Current Regina 7:00 p.m. CST L, 5-4

February 21st Swift Current Regina 2:00 p.m. CST L, 4-3

March 22nd Regina Swift Current 7:00 p.m. CST L, 5-3

April 8 Regina Swift Current 7:00 p.m. CDT

It's the sixth of six meetings between the Pats and Broncos. The Pats last faced the Broncos in Swift Current on March 22nd, losing 5-3. Swift Current has won their last three meetings against Regina, outscoring the Pats 14-to-10 over that span. The last time the Pats beat the Broncos was on October 29th and 30th, winning 4-1 and 7-3. The Pats are 8-6-1 over the last 15 meetings against the Broncos.

REG VS. SC - INDIVIDUAL STATS

Swift Current Broncos

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

17 Josh Davies 5 3 3 6 11 -1

15 Raphael Pelletier 5 3 3 6 2 -5

10 Mathew Ward 5 2 4 6 2 -7

27 Owen Pickering 4 1 4 5 0 -3

2 Rayan Bettahar 5 0 5 5 6 2

21 Connor Hvidston 5 0 5 5 0 4

18 Karson King 3 3 0 3 0 5

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Reid Dyck 1 0 1 0 0 59:07 3 3.04 0.936

1 Isaac Poulter 4 3 1 0 0 240:00 17 4.25 0.872

Regina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

98 Connor Bedard 5 6 6 12 2 3

18 Cole Dubinsky 4 3 3 6 2 0

43 Tanner Howe 5 3 3 6 0 1

41 Ryker Evans 5 1 5 6 12 0

29 Logan Nijhoff 4 2 1 3 4 2

13 Zack Stringer 2 2 0 2 4 3

11 Stanislav Svozil 5 1 1 2 2 0

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Matthew Kieper 3 2 0 0 0 140:00 6 2.57 0.898

33 Drew Sim 3 0 3 0 0 155:52 11 4.23 0.833

HEADLINES

Connor Bedard is one goal shy of passing Jeff Friesen's (1992-93, 45G) Pats 16-year-old goal record , while two points away from breaking Doug Wickenheiser's (1977-78, 88PTS) Pats 16-year-old points record...he tied Friesen's record on Saturday, April 2 at Prince Albert.

Captain Logan Nijhoff signed a two-year American Hockey League contract with the San Diego Gulls, the affiliate of the National Hockey League's Anaheim Ducks on Thursday, April 7. He was invited to the Ducks rookie camp this past September, and has produced career highs in goals (20), assists (23) and points (43) in 52 games this season.

The Pats have called up 2005-born defenceman Carter Herman from the Swift Current Legionnaires U18 program. This season, the 6-foot-3, 176 lb. Swift Current, Sask., native had produced 20 points (8G-12A) in 37 games in the SMAAAHL. He will make his debut tonight in his hometown.

BY THE NUMBERS

301: Shots on goal for Connor Bedard leads the WHL, as he is averaging 5.28 shots per game this season...the last Pats player to record 300+ shots in a season were Matt Bradley (305) and Cameron Hebig (303) during the 2017-18 season...no 16-year-old has recorded more than 300 shots in a season since the WHL had began tracking the stat prior to the 2017-18 season.

72: Points (34G-38A) over Connor Bedard's last 37 games since Nov. 28, with points in 34 of those 37 contests, after he had 15 points (10G-5A) in his first 20 games this season...the North Vancouver, B.C., native is T-2nd in goals (45), 5th in points (87) while 2nd in OTW goals (3).

20: Number of goals this season for Pats captain Logan Nijhoff ranks third on the Pats...on Tuesday in Brandon, the Comox, B.C., native scored his first career hat-trick to reach the 20-goal mark...his 58.3 faceoff win percentage is the fifth highest in the WHL.

8: Even strength goals over the Pats last eight games, where the club has scored eight on the power play (8-for-22, 36.3%) and one short handed...overall, the Pats have been outscored 44-to-17 over during that stretch in which they have gone 1-7.

219: Goals for this season ranks 10th in the WHL and fifth in the Eastern Conference, averaging 3.48 goals per game which is also 10th...the Pats are the only team in the WHL that has scored 200+ goals this season and is not in a playoff spot or clinched a berth in the playoffs.

256: Total goals against this season is the fifth highest in the WHL, behind Tri-City (18-41-5), Medicine Hat (11-49-4), Spokane (23-37-5) & Victoria (22-36-6), averaging 4.06 goals against per-game which is the fifth highest...on the other hand, they've scored 219 goals, which is 10th.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Saturday, April 9th - Prince Albert Raiders (26-33-5) at Regina Pats (24-34-5)

7:00 p.m., Thursday, April 14th - Regina Pats (24-34-5) at Winnipeg ICE (49-10-5)

7:00 p.m., Friday, April 15th - Regina Pats (24-34-5) at Winnipeg ICE (49-10-5)

4:00 p.m., Sunday, April 17th - Moose Jaw Warriors (36-23-5) at Regina Pats (24-34-5)

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