Pats Take on Warriors for Final Time at Mosaic
March 19, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release
Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (23-27-3-2) take on the Moose Jaw Warriors (33-21-3-2) on Saturday at 7:00 p.m., at Mosaic Place.
The Pats are coming off a 6-4 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Saturday, moving up to eighth in the Eastern Conference standings with the victory. After losing a 4-2 lead in the third, the Pats answered with three unanswered goals in the final frame to secure the win.
The Pats got three point games from Connor Bedard (2G-1A) and Cole Dubinsky (1G-2A), while Layton Feist and Tanner Howe each chipped in with two assists each. Matthew Kieper made 31 saves for his second straight victory. The final shots were 35-26, with the Pats going 1-for-2 on the power play and 3-for-4 on the penalty kill.
Bedard's two goal tally brought him to 40 goals on the season, doing so in just game number 49.
The Moose Jaw Warriors are coming off a 4-0 loss in Winnipeg against the ICE on Wednesday, and have now dropped two of their last three games. Overall, the Warriors are 11-5-0-1 since they last saw the Pats on January 29th, but are 3-3 over their last six contests. The Warriors have two home games remaining after tonight, and eight total games, with six on the road.
On Tuesday night in Brandon, Warriors rookie forward Brayden Yager set a new franchise record for goals by a 16-year-old, breaking Theo Fleury's record of 29, which had stood since the 1984-85 season. Now with 31 goals, Yager leads all rookies in scoring while fifth in points with 53 - five points back of Tanner Howes's 58 points which is third amongst rookies.
MATCH UP
Regina
Moose Jaw
Team Record 23-27-3-2 - 51 points 33-21-3-2 - 71 points
Division Ranking 5th East 2nd East
Conference Ranking 8th Eastern 4th Eastern
League Ranking 14th 9th
Past 10 Games 4-3-2-1 6-4-0-0
Streak 3-0-1-1 0-1-0-0
Last Game 6-4 W @ Lethbridge (Mar 16 2022) Final 4-0 L @ Winnipeg (Mar 16 2022) Final
Home Record 15-12-1-1 20-9-1-1
Away Record 8-15-2-1 13-12-2-1
GF 201 214
GA 213 187
PP (Overall) (54/221) 24.4% (46/231) 19.9%
PP (Home) (34/119) 28.6% (25/117) 21.4%
PP (Away) (20/102) 19.6% (21/114) 18.4%
PK (Overall) (67/237) 71.7% (48/216) 77.8%
PK (Home) (35/115) 69.6% (25/104) 76.0%
PK (Away) (32/122) 73.8% (23/112) 79.5%
PP vs. Opp. (11/40) 27.5% (8/37) 21.6%
PK vs. Opp. (8/37) 78.4% (11/40) 72.5%
Leading Rookie Howe (24-34-58) Yager (31-22-53)
Most PIM Evans - 87 Baco - 85
Team PIM/GM 13.4/Game 11.3/Game
Leading Scorers Bedard (40-39-79) Firkus (32-40-72)
Howe (24-34-58) Korczak (20-47-67)
Evans (13-41-54) Yager (31-22-53)
Dubinsky (17-21-38) Mateychuk (9-41-50)
Svozil (10-28-38) Alarie (18-28-46)
Last 5 Games 6-4 W @ Lethbridge (Mar 16 2022) Final 4-0 L @ Winnipeg (Mar 16 2022) Final
5-4 L @ Medicine Hat (Mar 15 2022) Final SO 7-1 W @ Brandon (Mar 15 2022) Final
4-1 W vs Calgary (Mar 12 2022) Final 5-2 L vs Lethbridge (Mar 12 2022) Final
4-3 W vs Lethbridge (Mar 11 2022) Final 5-2 W vs Calgary (Mar 11 2022) Final
5-4 L vs Lethbridge (Mar 5 2022) Final OT 6-5 W vs Brandon (Mar 5 2022) Final
Leading After 1st 13-3-2-0 18-3-0-1
Leading After 2nd 20-1-1-1 25-1-0-1
Tied After 1st 8-7-0-0 11-6-2-1
Tied After 2nd 2-6-1-0 6-0-1-1
Trailing After 1st 2-17-1-2 4-12-1-0
Trailing After 2nd 1-20-1-1 2-20-2-0
Out Shooting Opponents 15-11-2-2 15-8-1-0
Out Shot by Opponents 8-13-1-0 17-13-2-2
1 Goal Games 8-8-3-2 11-6-3-2
2 Goal Games 5-7-0-0 5-5-0-0
3 Goal Games 4-9-0-0 9-4-0-0
WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN
Radio: 620ckrm.com
Stream: WHL Live
HEAD TO HEAD (5-3-0)
This will mark the ninth of 10 meetings this season. The Pats are 193-145-13-9-8 vs. the Warriors, all time.
2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD
Date Home Away Time Result
October 8th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. MT 3-2 L
November 3rd Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. MT 4-3 W
November 20th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CT 4-2 W
December 17th Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. CT 6-5 W
December 18th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CT L, 5-3
January 1st Regina Moose Jaw 4:00 p.m. CT OTW, 7-6
January 16th Regina Moose Jaw 4:00 p.m. CT W, 7-1
January 29th Moose Jaw Regina 4:00 p.m. CT L, 4-1
March 19th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CDT
April 17th Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. CDT
Regina leads the season series 5-3, having gone 4-0 at home, but 1-3 at Mosaic Place. The Pats have recorded at least a point in 12 of their last 15 meetings against Moose Jaw (10-3-1-1), and were 2-0-1-1 against the Warriors during the 2020-21 season, recording six of a possible eight points in the season series.
REG VS. MJ INDIVIDUAL STATS
Moose Jaw Warriors
#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-
23 Atley Calvert 8 4 6 10 2 2
27 Jagger Firkus 8 5 3 8 4 -3
38 Ryder Korczak 8 1 6 7 4 -1
5 D. Mateychuk 7 1 6 7 2 2
29 Brayden Yager 8 3 3 6 2 -1
16 Maximus Wanner 8 1 4 5 12 -6
#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%
35 Carl Tetachuk 7 3 2 1 0 410:47 23 3.36 0.910
30 Jackson Unger 2 0 2 0 0 69:34 10 8.62 0.737
Regina Pats
#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-
43 Tanner Howe 8 6 6 12 2 1
98 Connor Bedard 6 5 4 9 0 -1
29 Logan Nijhoff 8 5 4 9 10 2
41 Ryker Evans 8 1 6 7 10 -2
18 Cole Dubinsky 8 2 3 5 8 4
13 Zack Stringer 5 2 2 4 0 4
#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%
30 Matthew Kieper 6 3 2 0 0 339:10 18 3.18 0.903
33 Drew Sim 3 2 1 0 0 141:01 11 4.68 0.851
HEADLINES
The Pats have recorded at least a point in five straight games, going 3-0-2 during that time, and outscoring their opponents 22-to-18...they've also scored four or more goals in all five games, but have allowed three or more in four of those five contests.
Connor Bedard became the second player in the WHL to reach the 40 goal mark on Wed. at LET, while also becoming just the eighth 16-year-old to score 40+ in a season in WHL history, and the first since former Pat' Jeff Friesen scored 45 during the 1992-93 season...he's sixth CHL player to do so in the last 25 years, joining Sidney Crosby, John Tavares, Steven Stamkos, Taylor Hall and Alexis LaFreniere.
Connor Bedard is riding a 19 game point-streak (20G-21A-41PTS), which is the longest active point-streak in the WHL, and tied with Logan Stankoven (KAM) for the longest total streak...the longest Pats streak since 1996-97 is held by Adam Brooks and Blake Evans (22 games).
Ryker Evans became the 19th defencemen in Regina Pats history to reach 100 career assists on Wednesday night in Lethbridge...his 124 points (24G-100A) rank 21st in Pats history amongst defencemen, three points back of former NHLer Derek Morris...he is the first Pats defencemen to reach 100+ assists since Brandon Davidson did so (2009-2012).
BY THE NUMBERS
24: Amount of points (8G-16A) over Tanner Howe's last 16 games with points in 15 of those 16, and goals in seven of those games, while also being a +9 over that span...he is also currently on a five game point-streak (2G-7A)...is 3rd among all rookies in points (58), while 3rd in assists (34).
64: Points (30G-34A) over Connor Bedard's last 29 games since Nov. 28, with points in 28 of those 29 contests, after he had 15 points (10G-5A) in his first 20 games this season...he is 1st in the WHL in shots (265), avg 5.4 shots per game...his also T-2nd in goals (40) & T-5th in points (79).
18: Number of points for forward Cole Dubinsky over his last 16 games (7G-11A) since January 29th, with points in 11 of those 16 contests...he has scored in four straight games, and has 4G-4A over his four game point-streak...matched his career high with three points on Wed.
14-7-2: Record for the Pats when forward Zack Stringer is in the lineup this season, with the Pats going 12-0-2 over their last 14 games with Stringer playing...he has missed 32 games this season, going 9-20-3 without him in the lineup...just came back from injury on Friday (missed 19 games).
20-1-2: Record when the Pats are leading after two periods of play this season...33 games have been decided by two goals or less (13-15-3-2) this season, with 11 of their last 13 games decided by two goals or less...Saturday's 4-1 win was their first win by 3+ goals since Feb. 11 vs. CGY.
COMING UP
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Mar 22 - Regina Pats (23-27-5) at Swift Current Broncos (22-30-7)
7:00 p.m., Friday, Mar 25 - Regina Pats (23-27-5) at Saskatoon Blades (33-20-4)
7:00 p.m., Saturday, Mar 26 - Brandon Wheat Kings (28-23-5) at Regina Pats (23-27-5)
7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Mar 30 - Saskatoon Blades (33-20-4) at Regina Pats (23-27-5)
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