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Pats Ride Five Game Winning-Streak into Today

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


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats take a five game winning-streak into the second game of three this weekend inside the Brandt Centre as the Pats host the Red Deer Rebels on Saturday at 7:00 p.m.

The Pats are coming off a 5-3 win over the Winnipeg ICE on Friday for their fifth straight win. The club completed their biggest comeback win of the season, overcoming a 3-0 deficit in the second. The win marks the Pats first victory against the ICE since their move from Kootenay, snapping a 0-18-1-1 stretch since the 2019-20 season.

Connor Bedard led the way with five points (4G-1A) including the game winner in the third, while Stanislav Svozil (3A), Tanner Howe (1G-2A) and Zack Stringer (2A) chipped in with multi-point games. Drew Sim was stellar between the pipes, making 31 saves for his 25th win of the season.

Regina is now 12-5-1 over their last 18 games since January 8, while also winners of nine of their last 11 home games coming in.

Meanwhile, the Red Deer Rebels snapped a mini two game losing-streak following a 6-3 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings on Friday at Westoba Place. The Rebles had a 4-0 lead after two periods of play before Brandon cut the lead to two in the third. Mats Lindgern tallied five points (1G-4A), while Ben King scored twice and Jace Isley, Kai Uchacz and Jayden Grubbe rounded out the offence. Chase Wutzke made 31 saves in the victory.

The Rebels will conclude their four game road trip tonight inside the Brandt Centre, playing the fourth game in five nights. The Rebels are 2-4-0 over their last six games since February 20.

MATCH UP

Red Deer Regina

Team Record 39-17-1-3 - 82 points 30-24-2-1 - 63 points

Division Ranking 1st Central 4th East

Conference Ranking 2nd Eastern 6th Eastern

League Ranking 2nd 11th

Past 10 Games 4-6-0-0 7-3-0-0

Streak 1-0-0-0 5-0-0-0

Last Game 6-3 W @ Brandon (Mar 3 2023) Final 5-3 W vs Winnipeg (Mar 3 2023) Final

Home Record 20-7-1-1 16-11-0-1

Away Record 19-10-0-2 14-13-2-0

GF 217 221

GA 168 227

PP (Overall) (72/263) 27.4% (59/212) 27.8%

PP (Home) (36/127) 28.3% (29/101) 28.7%

PP (Away) (36/136) 26.5% (30/111) 27.0%

PK (Overall) (55/282) 80.5% (57/242) 76.4%

PK (Home) (22/129) 82.9% (20/106) 81.1%

PK (Away) (33/153) 78.4% (37/136) 72.8%

PP vs. Opp. (3/16) 18.8% (6/13) 46.2%

PK vs. Opp. (6/13) 53.8% (3/16) 81.3%

Leading Rookie Josephson (4-12-16) Suzdalev (34-41-75)

Most PIM Formanek - 89 Vaughan - 71

Team PIM/GM 14.6/Game 12.9/Game

Leading Scorers Uchacz (45-31-76) Bedard (58-61-119)

Grubbe (15-47-62) Suzdalev (34-41-75)

Isley (28-21-49) Howe (30-43-73)

Sedoff (4-42-46) Svozil (9-58-67)

Lind (15-27-42) Valis (18-25-43)

Last 5 Games 6-3 W @ Brandon (Mar 3 2023) Final 5-3 W vs Winnipeg (Mar 3 2023) Final

5-2 L @ Saskatoon (Mar 1 2023) Final 6-3 W vs Brandon (Feb 25 2023) Final

5-2 L @ Prince Albert (Feb 28 2023) Final 4-3 W @ Brandon (Feb 24 2023) Final

5-1 W vs Kelowna (Feb 25 2023) Final 6-3 W vs Medicine Hat (Feb 22 2023) Final

2-1 L vs Winnipeg (Feb 24 2023) Final 4-2 W vs Lethbridge (Feb 20 2023) Final

Leading After 1st 21-1-0-1 18-5-1-0

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

Tied After 1st 12-4-0-2 7-3-0-0

Tied After 2nd 12-4-0-0 4-6-0-0

Trailing After 1st 6-12-1-0 5-16-1-1

Trailing After 2nd 4-13-1-2 3-16-1-1

Out Shooting Opponents 30-7-0-2 12-7-0-1

Out Shot by Opponents 9-10-1-1 16-17-2-0

1 Goal Games 11-2-1-3 11-4-2-1

2 Goal Games 8-4-0-0 3-3-0-0

3 Goal Games 11-7-0-0 9-7-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

TV: AccessNowSports

HEAD TO HEAD (1-1-1)

The Pats are 64-48-4-7-5 vs. the Rebels, all-time, going 29-28-2-2-3 on the road and 35-20-2-4-2 at home.

Date Road Home Time Result

October 1st Regina Red Deer 7:00 p.m. MDT L, 4-2

November 12th Red Deer Regina 7:00 p.m. CST W, 6-2

January 31st Regina Red Deer 7:00 p.m. MST OTL, 6-5

March 4th Red Deer Regina 7:00 p.m. CST

It's the fourth of four meetings this season between these two clubs. The Pats went 0-4 against Red Deer last year (outscored 16-to-10), but all four contests were decided by two goals or less. In fact, since the 2019-20 season, 10 of their last 11 meetings have been decided by two goals or less with the Pats going 4-5-2 during that time. The Pats are 8-7-4 against the Rebels since the 2017-18 season.

INDIVIDUAL TEAM VS. TEAM STATS

Regina Pats

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

43 Tanner Howe 3 2 6 8 2 -3

27 Borya Valis 3 4 2 6 0 0

98 Connor Bedard 3 2 4 6 4 1

91 Alexander Suzdalev 3 1 3 4 2 0

11 Stanislav Svozil 3 0 3 3 6 0

37 X Easton Armstrong 2 2 0 2 4 -1

55 Sam Oremba 2 2 0 2 0 0

52 Braxton Whitehead 3 0 2 2 0 1

25 Zane Rowan 2 0 1 1 2 0

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

30 X Matthew Kieper 2 1 1 0 0 119:03 5 2.52 0.917

31 Kelton Pyne 1 0 0 1 0 62:16 6 5.78 0.813

Red Deer Rebels

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

19 Kai Uchacz 3 3 2 5 2 0

9 Jayden Grubbe 3 1 3 4 4 1

27 Mats Lindgren 3 1 3 4 2 3

5 Hunter Mayo 3 1 3 4 4 3

14 Ben King 1 2 0 2 0 2

11 Craig Armstrong 3 1 1 2 4 -1

18 Jace Isley 3 1 1 2 6 2

10 Frantisek Formanek 3 0 2 2 6 2

4 Christoffer Sedoff 3 0 2 2 0 0

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

31 Kyle Kelsey 2 1 1 0 0 120:00 8 4.00 0.855

35 Rhett Stoesser 1 1 0 0 0 62:16 5 4.82 0.773

HEADLINES

The Pats are 12-5-1 over their last 18 games since Jan. 8, defeating Calgary twice (6-2 & 6-5), Saskatoon (7-4), Portland (4-3), Swift Current (5-2), Lethbridge twice (3-2 & 4-2), Moose Jaw (8-4), Medicine Hat (6-3), Brandon twice (4-3 & 6-3) & Winnipeg which comes following a three game skid from Jan. 1 - Jan. 6...during that time, they have outscored their opponents 85-to-71 (+14 goal diff).

The Pats have won five straight games for their longest winning-streak of the season...in fact, it's their longest winning-streak of two or more games since Jan. 9 - Jan. 14....during this time, they have outscored opponents 25-to-14.

Regina Pats Head Coach and GM John Paddock picked up his 200th win as coach of the Pats on Feb. 11...sitting on 205 wins, he has passed Frank Mario (202) for third on the all-time wins list...he is one win away from tying Murray Armstrong (206) for second.

BY THE NUMBERS

119: Number of points (58G-61A) in 46 games for captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL...his 58 goals are tops and 61 assists are tied for first...since having his 35-game point-streak come to an end on Feb. 3, he's recorded 29 points (14G-15A) over his last nine games.

34: Goals for Alexander Suzdalev leads all WHL rookies...he has points in 14 of his last 18 games (13G-15A-28PTS) as well as points in three of his last four contests (4G-3A) and goals two of his last three (4G)...his 75 points are tied 11th in the WHL, while his 34 goals are tied for 10th.

21: Points (8G-13A) for Tanner Howe over his last 14 games, with points in 11 of those 14 contests...he's also recorded a point in eight of his last nine games (7G-8A-15PTS)...with goals in six of his last eight games...his 30 goals and 73 points this season are career highs.

30: Number of points (4G-26A) in 17 games for Stanislav Svozil since coming back from the World Juniors on Jan. 13...the Czechia product is second amongst defencemen in assists with 58 and points with 67...his 1.49 points/game is tied for amongst all defencemen.

55: Number of goals (+1 in shootout) for the Pats over the past 12 games, with seven of the last 12 games ending by two goals or less (8-3-1), all coming since Jan. 31...during that time, the Pats have received goals from 11 different players over their last 12 games.

COMING UP

4:00 p.m., Sunday, March 5 - Saskatoon Blades (40-13-4-1) at Regina Pats (30-24-2-1)

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 8 - Edmonton Oil Kings (8-47-3-0) at Regina Pats (30-24-2-1)

7:00 p.m., Friday, March 10 - Regina Pats (30-24-2-1) at Lethbridge Hurricanes (32-21-3-3)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, March 4 - Regina Pats (30-24-2-1) at Medicine Hat Tigers (26-24-8-1)

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