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Pats Rematch Wheat Kings Today

January 4, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats head to Brandon for a rematch with the Wheat Kings at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday at Westoba Place.

The Pats are coming off a 5-2 loss to the Prince Albert Raiders, falling to 1-2 in the second-half. Braxton Whitehead and Sam Oremba scored for the Pats in the loss, while they split the duties in net between Drew Sim and Matthew Kieper as Sim stopped 21 of 26 through 40 minutes of play and Kieper made five saves on five shots in the final period. The Pats went 4-4 on their penalty kill and 0-4 on their power play. The final shots were 31-22 for the Raiders.

Meanwhile, the Brandon Wheat Kings are coming off a 6-2 loss to the Moose Jaw Warriors on home ice on Saturday, which split their home-and-home with Moose Jaw after they defeated the Warriors on the road on Friday by a score of 11-2. On Saturday, the Wheat Kings fell down 5-0 in the second period before adding a couple of goals. Nate Danielson scored his 18th to extend his goal-streak to three games and point-streak to four contests and Luke Shipley scored his seventh of the season and fifth with the Wheat Kings. Carson Bjarnason got the start, allowing five goals on 24 shots before being pulled for Nicholas Jones who made eight saves on nine shots. Moose Jaw was 2-6 on their power play while Brandon was 0-2 on their man advantage.

Since parting ways with Don MacGillivray on Nov. 28, with Marty Murray taking over as both Head Coach & GM, the Wheat Kings have gone 6-2-2. The Wheat Kings will play 33 more games in the second-half, with 18 at home and 15 on the road.

MATCH UP

Regina Brandon

Team Record 18-17-1-1 - 38 points 14-17-4-0 - 32 points

Division Ranking 4th East 5th East

Conference Ranking 7th Eastern 9th Eastern

League Ranking 10th 16th

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

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

Last Game 5-2 L vs Prince Albert (Jan 1 2023) Final 6-2 L vs Moose Jaw (Dec 31 2022) Final

Home Record 7-8-0-1 5-9-2-0

Away Record 11-9-1-0 9-8-2-0

GF 134 106

GA 145 125

PP (Overall) (37/144) 25.7% (31/145) 21.4%

PP (Home) (14/63) 22.2% (13/63) 20.6%

PP (Away) (23/81) 28.4% (18/82) 22.0%

PK (Overall) (39/167) 76.6% (34/170) 80.0%

PK (Home) (11/63) 82.5% (18/71) 74.6%

PK (Away) (28/104) 73.1% (16/99) 83.8%

PP vs. Opp. (1/4) 25% (0/6) 0%

PK vs. Opp. (0/6) 100% (1/4) 75%

Leading Rookie Suzdalev (21-26-47) McQueen (3-4-7)

Most PIM Vaughan - 58 Henry - 84

Team PIM/GM 14.4/Game 14.4/Game

Leading Scorers Bedard (27-37-64) Danielson (18-25-43)

Suzdalev (21-26-47) Ritchie (13-22-35)

Howe (21-26-47) Hyland (18-15-33)

Svozil (5-32-37) Anderson (8-20-28)

Valis (14-17-31) Chiasson (9-15-24)

Last 5 Games 5-2 L vs Prince Albert (Jan 1 2023) Final 6-2 L vs Moose Jaw (Dec 31 2022) Final

4-3 W @ Prince Albert (Dec 30 2022) Final OT 11-2 W @ Moose Jaw (Dec 30 2022) Final

4-0 L vs Brandon (Dec 28 2022) Final 4-0 W @ Regina (Dec 28 2022) Final

6-1 L vs Saskatoon (Dec 17 2022) Final 4-3 L @ Winnipeg (Dec 17 2022) Final OT

6-2 L @ Moose Jaw (Dec 16 2022) Final 5-2 L vs Calgary (Dec 11 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 14-1-1-0 7-2-1-0

Leading After 2nd 15-0-0-0 10-1-1-0

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

Tied After 2nd 2-4-0-0 4-1-2-0

Trailing After 1st 2-13-0-1 1-9-3-0

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

Out Shooting Opponents 8-6-0-1 8-6-0-0

Out Shot by Opponents 9-11-1-0 6-10-3-0

1 Goal Games 7-3-1-1 7-2-4-0

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

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

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

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

The Pats are 204-224-21-12-6 vs. the Wheat Kings, all-time going 34-83-12-3-2 at home & 70-141-9-9-4 on the road.

Date Road Home Time Result

October 5th Regina Brandon 7:00 p.m. CDT W, 3-1

December 28th Brandon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST L, 4-0

January 4th Regina Brandon 7:00 p.m. CST

February 24th Regina Brandon 7:00 p.m. CST

February 25th Brandon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

March 15th Brandon Regina 7:00 p.m. CDT

The Pats played the Wheat Kings a week ago today, losing 4-0 at the Brandt Centre to open the second-half. The season series is now tied 1-1. Today will mark the third of six meetings against the Wheat Kings this season. Last year, Brandon won the season series 5-2 as Regina went 1-3 at home and 1-2 on the road. During the season series, the Wheat Kings outscored the Pats 31-to-28. The Pats are 10-13-1-2 against Brandon since the 2018-19 season, with 13 of those 26 games being decided by one goal.

TEAM VS TEAM - INDIVIDUAL

Brandon Wheat Kings

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

29 Nate Danielson 2 1 1 2 0 2

74 Brett Hyland 2 1 1 2 0 3

28 Ben Thornton 1 1 0 1 0 1

47 Mason Ward 2 1 0 1 0 2

21 Anthony Wilson 1 1 0 1 0 1

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

31 Carson Bjarnason 2 1 1 0 0 118:18 3 1.52 0.935

Regina Pats

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

91 Alexander Suzdalev 2 2 0 2 0 -1

98 Connor Bedard 1 0 2 2 2 0

43 Tanner Howe 2 1 0 1 4 -1

40 Parker Berge 2 0 1 1 0 -1

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

30 Matthew Kieper 2 1 0 0 0 68:27 1 0.88 0.982

33 Drew Sim 1 0 1 0 0 51:33 4 4.66 0.789

HEADLINES

The Regina Pats traded 2004-born goaltender Matthew Kieper to the Kamloops Blazers in exchange for a 2023 fourth-round pick (via EDM) and a 2025 sixth-round pick on Tuesday. The Winnipeg, Man. product played in 12 games with the Pats this season, going 4-5-0-1 with a 4.39 GAA and a .865 SV%.

Regina Pats Head Coach and GM John Paddock (193) is currently seven wins away from 200 as Pats coach. He is nine wins away from tying Frank Mario (202) for third on the all-time wins list, while 13 wins away from tying Murray Armstrong (206) for second on the list.

Connor Bedard & Canada faceoff against U.S.A at 5:30 CST in the World Juniors semi-finals action, while Stanislav Svozil & Czechia play Sweden in the semi-finals at 3:30 CST. Connor Bedard leads the tournament in points (21), goals (8) and assists (13) in just five games while Svozil leads all defencemen in points (8) and ranks tied for sixth in assists.

BY THE NUMBERS

64: Number of points (27G-37A) in 28 games for Pats captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL...and his 37 assists are first and his 27 goals are second...the North Vancouver, BC product is also on a 27 game point-streak with all 64 points during that time.

47: Points for Alexander Suzdalev is tied for eighth in the WHL, while his 21 goals are tied for sixth...the Washington Capitals 2022 third-round pick has points in 20 of his last 23 games (15G-23A-38PTS)...his 12 power play goals are tied for third in the WHL.

47: Points this season for forward Tanner Howe is tied for eighth in the WHL, while his 21 goals are also tied for sixth and his shooting percentage of 26.6% (21-for-79) is fourth...his 12 game point-streak ended Wednesday, and he has 21 points over his last 15 games (11G-10A).

11: Points over Easton Armstrong's last 11 games (6G-5A), with points in eight of those 11 contests...the Los Angeles, CA product has set career highs in goals (13) assists (9) and points (22) this season...he is currently on a two game point-streak (1G-2A).

17-15-1-1: First half record this season versus the Pats 11-16-0 first half record last season where the Pats went 7-7-0 at home and just 5-9-0 on the road...at end of the first half last year, the Pats were 18th in the WHL and sixth in their conference.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Friday, Jan. 6 - Seattle Thunderbirds (27-4-1-1) at Regina Pats (18-17-1-1)

4:00 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 8 - Calgary Hitmen (19-11-3-1) at Regina Pats (18-17-1-1)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13 - Saskatoon Blades (25-6-2-0) at Regina Pats (18-17-1-1)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14 - Portland Winterhawks (26-4-2-1) at Regina Pats (18-17-1-1)

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