WHL Regina Pats

Pats Play Hitmen for Final Time this Season

Published on February 1, 2023 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Calgary, Alta. - The Regina Pats play the second game of this four game Alberta road swing tonight at 8:00 p.m. CST against the Calgary Hitmen inside the Scotiabank Saddledome.

It's the final meeting between the Pats and Hitmen today, as today's game will be nationally broadcasted on TSN and is sold out with over 19,000+ inside the Saddledome, which could potentially be the largest crowd in WHL history. The Pats are 4-2-1 over their last seven games, and they look to get back into the win column today.

The Pats are coming off a 6-5 overtime loss to the Red Deer Rebels last night for the clubs second straight loss. The Pats got a well-earned point though, leading the Rebels 5-4 over two periods of play, overcoming multiple two goal deficits in the first frame. Tanner Howe recorded a career-high four assists, Connor Bedard added three points (1G-2A) while Borya Valis scored twice and Alexander Suzdalev (1G-1A) chipped in with a multi-point game. Sam Oremba also scored for the Pats in the loss. Kelton Pyne made his first start since January 6, making 26 saves.

The final shots were 32-22 for the Rebels. The Pats finished 2-4 on the power play and 3-4 on their penalty kill. The Pats are now 1-1-1-0 against the Rebels in the season set, getting three of a possible six points against them.

On the other side, the Calgary Hitmen are coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to the Winnipeg ICE on Sunday. Oliver Tulk tallied three points (1G-2A), Sean Tschigerl scored twice, and Riley Fiddler-Schultz and Carter Yakemchuk each had two assists. Maxim Muranov scored the other Hitmen' goal and Brayden Peters made 37 saves in the loss. The final shots were 42-34 for Winnipeg. Calgary finished 3-5 on the power play and 4-5 on the penalty kill.

That's the Hitmen's second straight overtime defeat and third straight loss overall (0-2-1) where they have been outscored 11-to-6 over that three game span. They've also lost five of their last seven home games since January 1st (2-3-2-0).

MATCH UP

Regina Calgary

Team Record 22-21-2-1 - 47 points 23-17-5-1 - 52 points

Division Ranking 4th East 3rd Central

Conference Ranking 8th Eastern 6th Eastern

League Ranking 13th 9th

Past 10 Games 4-5-1-0 2-6-2-0

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

Last Game 6-5 L @ Red Deer (Jan 31 2023) Final OT 5-4 L vs Winnipeg (Jan 29 2023) Final OT

Home Record 11-10-0-1 10-8-3-1

Away Record 11-11-2-0 13-9-2-0

GF 169 156

GA 184 141

PP (Overall) (49/177) 27.7% (34/205) 16.6%

PP (Home) (22/85) 25.9% (20/101) 19.8%

PP (Away) (27/92) 29.3% (14/104) 13.5%

PK (Overall) (49/205) 76.1% (30/208) 85.6%

PK (Home) (15/87) 82.8% (17/108) 84.3%

PK (Away) (34/118) 71.2% (13/100) 87.0%

PP vs. Opp. (5/13) 38.5% (2/17) 11.8%

PK vs. Opp. (2/17) 88.2% (5/13) 61.5%

Leading Rookie Suzdalev (25-35-60) Wetsch (9-10-19)

Most PIM Vaughan - 60 Slaney - 63

Team PIM/GM 13.6/Game 13.4/Game

Leading Scorers Bedard (43-45-88) Fiddler-Schultz (23-26-49)

Suzdalev (25-35-60) Tulk (19-22-41)

Howe (23-34-57) Siepmann (8-27-35)

Svozil (5-43-48) Tschigerl (15-19-34)

Valis (17-21-38) Wright (10-19-29)

Last 5 Games 6-5 L @ Red Deer (Jan 31 2023) Final OT 5-4 L vs Winnipeg (Jan 29 2023) Final OT

6-4 L vs Medicine Hat (Jan 29 2023) Final 3-2 L vs Saskatoon (Jan 28 2023) Final OT

5-2 W vs Swift Current (Jan 21 2023) Final 3-0 L @ Edmonton (Jan 27 2023) Final

4-2 L @ Swift Current (Jan 20 2023) Final 4-2 W vs Red Deer (Jan 22 2023) Final

4-3 W vs Portland (Jan 14 2023) Final 7-1 L @ Medicine Hat (Jan 21 2023) Final

Leading After 1st 16-3-1-0 13-0-3-1

Leading After 2nd 19-1-1-0 18-1-0-1

Tied After 1st 4-3-0-0 5-6-1-0

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

Trailing After 1st 2-15-1-1 5-11-1-0

Trailing After 2nd 1-15-1-1 3-13-3-0

Out Shooting Opponents 10-6-0-1 17-9-3-0

Out Shot by Opponents 10-15-2-0 5-8-2-1

1 Goal Games 8-3-2-1 5-3-5-1

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

3 Goal Games 7-6-0-0 6-8-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

TV: TSN

HEAD TO HEAD (2-1-0-0)

The Pats are 50-52-2-6-3 vs. the Hitmen, all-time, 25-30-0-2-0 at home & 21-31-1-3-0 on the road.

Date Road Home Time Result

October 2nd Regina Calgary 7:00 p.m. MDT L, 7-3

December 10th Calgary Regina 7:00 p.m. CST W, 5-2

January 8th Calgary Regina 7:00 p.m. CST W, 6-2

February 1st Regina Calgary 7:00 p.m. MST

It's the final game of this four game season set between these two clubs, with Regina leading the season series 2-1. The Pats went 2-1-2-1 in six meetings against the Hitmen last season, going 2-0-0-1 at home and 0-1-2-0 on the road. The Pats are 4-5-4 over their last 13 meetings vs. Calgary. The Pats have lost their last seven meetings inside the Saddledome in Calgary (0-5-2). Their last win in Calgary came on October 14, 2018 (OTW, 4-3).

INDIVIDUAL STATS IN SEASON SERIES

Calgary Hitmen

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

21 Riley Fiddler-Schultz 3 3 1 4 4 0

24 X Zac Funk 3 1 3 4 7 2

19 Sean Tschigerl 3 0 4 4 0 -1

37 Oliver Tulk 3 3 0 3 0 -1

22 Tyson Galloway 3 0 3 3 0 2

26 Carter Yakemchuk 3 0 3 3 4 0

11 Matteo Danis 3 1 1 2 0 -1

25 Jacob Wright 3 1 1 2 0 1

8 Grayden Siepmann 3 1 0 1 2 1

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

35 Brayden Peters 2 1 1 0 0 118:43 6 3.03 0.900

29 Ethan Buenaventura 1 0 1 0 0 60:00 6 6.00 0.778

Regina Pats

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

98 Connor Bedard 2 4 3 7 2 0

91 Alexander Suzdalev 3 3 2 5 2 0

43 Tanner Howe 3 2 2 4 4 -2

29 Tanner Brown (total) 3 1 2 3 2 0

RD 1 0 0 0 0 0

REG 2 1 2 3 2 0

11 Stanislav Svozil 2 0 3 3 0 1

33 Drew Sim 2 0 2 2 0 0

44 Layton Feist 3 1 0 1 2 -1

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

33 Drew Sim 2 2 0 0 0 120:00 4 2.00 0.952

35 X Koen MacInnes 1 0 1 0 0 60:00 7 7.00 0.848

HEADLINES

Career-high four assists last night against the Red Deer Rebels for forward Tanner Howe...the Prince Albert, Sask. product now has five 4+ point games this season and now has five points (1G-4A) over his last three games.

Regina Pats Head Coach and GM John Paddock (197) is currently three wins away from 200 as Pats coach...he is five wins away from tying Frank Mario (202) for third on the all-time wins list, while 9 wins away from tying Murray Armstrong (206) for second on the list.

BY THE NUMBERS

88: Number of points (43G-45A) in 35 games for captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL...his 45 assists are first and his 43 goals are also first...the North Vancouver, BC product is on a 34 game point-streak with all 88 points during that time...he's also scored in 10 straight.

60: Points for Alexander Suzdalev leads all WHL rookies...his 25 goals also lead all rookies while his 35 assists are first...the Washington Capitals 2022 third-rounder has points in 27 of his last 32 games (19G-32A-51PTS)...his 15 PPG is second the WHL.

+32: Combined plus/minus rating between top pairing defencemen Luke Bateman (+13) and Stanislav Svozil (+19) this season...Bateman's 11 points this season is one point shy of his career-high of 12 (2019-20) while Svozil is currently 11 points away from 100 in his career.

11: Number of assists in six 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 43...his 1.41 points per-game leads all D-men.

18: Wins this season for goaltender Drew Sim has him tied for seventh in the WHL...The Tees, Alta. product has also ranks eighth in minutes (1871) and seventh in games played (33)...he has faced 984 shots against this season which is ninth amongst WHL goaltenders.

COMING UP

8:00 p.m., Friday, Feb. 3 - Regina Pats (22-21-2-1) at Lethbridge Hurricanes (26-16-3-2)

5:00 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 6 - Regina Pats (22-21-2-1) at Medicine Hat Tigers (19-21-7-1)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Feb. 11 - Moose Jaw Warriors (30-15-0-3) at Regina Pats (22-21-2-1)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Feb. 17 - Regina Pats (22-21-2-1) at Prince Albert Raiders (18-25-3-0)

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