WHL Regina Pats

Pats Start Three Game Homestand vs. Winnipeg

October 7, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats host the Winnipeg ICE, as the club begins a three game homestand tonight at 7:00 p.m. inside the Brandt Centre.

The Regina Pats come into today's game with a 3-3-0-0 record, while the Winnipeg ICE are 4-0 on the young season. The Pats are coming off a 3-1 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings on Wednesday to snap the clubs two game losing-streak.

Matthew Kieper was the difference in net for Regina, making a career best 51 saves on 52 shots. Alexander Suzdalev scored his first career two goal game, while Tanner Howe chipped in with the games second marker, which was the go-ahead goal in the second period. The final shots were 52-27 for Brandon, while the Pats went a perfect 1-1 on the power play and 4-4 on the penalty kill.

On the other side, the Winnipeg ICE are coming off a 5-2 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers on Saturday. The ICE are in the mix of a 13 game road trip to start the year as their first home game will be Saturday, October 29 against Brandon. In their victory, they came back from a 2-1 deficit before scoring four unanswered goals to win. Conor Geekie's first career multi-goal game was a hat-trick for the ICE while Ty Nash (2A) and Skyler Bruce (1G-1A) also posted multi-point games.

The final shots were 34-23 for Medicine Hat, and 14-7 Tigers in the third. Winnipeg went 1-4 on the power play and 3-3 on the penalty kill.

The Winnipeg ICE are coming off a 2021-22 season where the club went 53-10-3-2 with 111 points, finishing first in the entire WHL before losing in Eastern Conference Finals to the Edmonton Oil Kings. Their 53 wins and 111 points were franchise records. Matthew Savoie and Conor Geekie were drafted ninth (BUF) and 11th overall (ARZ) in the 2022 NHL Draft.

MATCH UP

Winnipeg Regina

Team Record 4-0-0-0 - 8 points 3-3-0-0 - 6 points

Division Ranking 1st East 2nd East

Conference Ranking 1st Eastern 3rd Eastern

League Ranking 1st 5th

Past 10 Games 4-0-0-0 3-3-0-0

Streak 4-0-0-0 1-0-0-0

Last Game 5-2 W @ Medicine Hat (Oct 1 2022) Final 3-1 W @ Brandon (Oct 5 2022) Final

Home Record 0-0-0-0 0-1-0-0

Away Record 4-0-0-0 3-2-0-0

GF 20 22

GA 7 23

PP (Overall) (4/19) 21.1% (4/22) 18.2%

PP (Home) (0/0) % (0/4) 0.0%

PP (Away) (4/19) 21.1% (4/18) 22.2%

PK (Overall) (1/15) 93.3% (6/34) 82.4%

PK (Home) (0/0) % (1/5) 80.0%

PK (Away) (1/15) 93.3% (5/29) 82.8%

PP vs. Opp. (0/0) 0% (0/0) 0%

PK vs. Opp. (0/0) 0% (0/0) 0%

Leading Rookie Dale (0-3-3) (0-0-0)

Most PIM Nash - 11 McNutt - 15

Team PIM/GM 10.8/Game 14.8/Game

Leading Scorers Benson (3-4-7) Bedard (5-6-11)

McClennon (3-4-7) Howe (3-4-7)

Bruce (1-4-5) Valis (3-4-7)

Pederson (1-4-5) Suzdalev (3-1-4)

Geekie (4-0-4) Armstrong (2-2-4)

Last 5 Games 5-2 W @ Medicine Hat (Oct 1 2022) Final 3-1 W @ Brandon (Oct 5 2022) Final

5-0 W @ Swift Current (Sep 30 2022) Final 7-3 L @ Calgary (Oct 2 2022) Final

6-2 W @ Prince Albert (Sep 28 2022) Final 4-2 L @ Red Deer (Oct 1 2022) Final

4-3 W @ Brandon (Sep 24 2022) Final OT 4-3 W @ Edmonton (Sep 29 2022) Final OT

6-3 W @ Moose Jaw (Sep 24 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 2-0-0-0 1-0-0-0

Leading After 2nd 3-0-0-0 2-0-0-0

Tied After 1st 1-0-0-0 1-1-0-0

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

Trailing After 1st 1-0-0-0 1-2-0-0

Trailing After 2nd 0-0-0-0 0-1-0-0

Out Shooting Opponents 1-0-0-0 2-2-0-0

Out Shot by Opponents 3-0-0-0 1-1-0-0

1 Goal Games 1-0-0-0 1-1-0-0

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

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

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

TV: AccessNowSports

HEAD TO HEAD (0-0-0)

The Pats are 39-49-2-5-5 vs. the ICE, all-time.

Date Home Away Time Result

October 7th Regina Winnipeg 7:00 p.m. MDT

November 17th Winnipeg Regina 7:05 p.m. CST

November 19th Winnipeg Regina 8:05 p.m. CST

December 11th Winnipeg Regina 5:05 p.m. CST

February 18th Regina Winnipeg 7:00 p.m. CST

March 3rd Regina Winnipeg 7:00 p.m. CDT

For the regular season, the Pats will play the Winnipeg ICE six times, with three at home and three on the road. The ICE won the season series last year 7-0, having outscored the Pats 37-to-14 in those seven contests.

Pats are 0-14-1-1 against the ICE since their move from Kootenay to Winnipeg at the beginning of the 2019-20 season. The last time the Pats defeated the Kootenay/Winnipeg franchise was on February 20, 2019, as the Pats won 5-4 in a shootout.

HEADLINES

Sam Oremba makes his official return to Regina tonight, as he makes his home debut at the Brandt Centre after the Pats acquired the 2005-born forward on Tuesday from the Seattle Thunderbirds in exchange for 2023 2nd, 2024 1st and a 2025 3rd. The Regina, Sask. product scored 14 points (4G-10A) in 56 games last year in Seattle.

The Regina Pats goaltender Matthew Kieper made 51 saves on 52 shots on Wednesday, becoming the first Pats goaltender to make 50+ saves in a win since Feb. 20, 2013 when Matt Hewitt stopped 53 shots in a 3-2 victory over the host Edmonton Oil Kings. The last Pats goaltender to face 50+ shots in an outing was Max Paddock on January 1, 2019 in a 5-3 loss to the Prince Albert Raiders.

The Pats are dealing with several injuries, as Zack Stringer, Cole Dubinsky, Logan Linlater, Zane Rowan and Jakob Brook are out of the lineup for today's game.

BY THE NUMBERS

4: The Pats have four players over, or at a point per-game pace this season, with Bedard (11PTS), Valis (7PTS), Howe (7PTS) and Alexander Suzdalev (4PTS) all over...the Pats top line of Valis, Bedard and Howe have combined for 25 of the pats 51 points this season, and 11 of the teams 22 goals.

11: Number of points (5G-6A) in six games for Pats captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL, while his five goals are second...last season, he produced 100 points (51G-49A) in 62 games, finishing fourth in points & second in goals... he is also currently on a five game point-streak.

37: Shots on net this season for Connor Bedard leads the WHL, as he is averaging 6.16 per-game, while he averaged 5.25 shots on net per game last year, with 326 shots in 62 games, which led the league...Borya Valis sits third in the WHL with 19 shots.

52: Shots given up by the Pats on Wednesday was the first time the Pats had allowed 50+ shots in a game since January 1, 2019 against the Prince Albert Raiders, with the Pats losing 5-3...the Pats have given up 40 or more shots against in two straight contests.

82.4%: Penalty kill percentage through six games games...Wednesday marked the first time the Pats didn't give up a power play goal against this season, doing so in five previous straight games...they have also now scored a powerplay marker in four straight games, as the power play is 4-22 overall at 18.2%.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Saturday, October 8 - Swift Current Broncos (1-3-0-0) at Regina Pats (3-3-0-0)

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 12 - Prince Albert Raiders (2-3-1-0) at Regina Pats (3-3-0-0)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Oct. 14 - Regina Pats (3-3-0-0) at Swift Current Broncos (1-3-0-0)

4:00 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 16 - Regina Pats (3-3-0-0) at Lethbridge Hurricanes (2-2-0-0)

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