WHL Regina Pats

Pats Weekly

November 10, 2008 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Week in Review:

November 5th, 2008 Everett Silvertips 4 @ Regina Pats 1

The first of a five game home stand began with a thud for the Regina Pats. They were completely thrown off their game, and it showed with a 4-1 loss. Colten Teubert scored the only Pats goal, while Damien Ketlo was tagged with his first loss of the season. The Pat specialty teams were their downfall, they were not able to score with the man-advantage, while giving up two shorthanded goals.

November 7th, 2008 Medicine Hat Tigers 2 @ Regina Pats 4

It was a polar opposite performance for the blue and white two days later at the 'Dome. The high flying Medicine Hat Tigers were grounded by some solid play by all four Pat lines. Brett Leffler scored his 8th of the season, Alex Pym his 2nd, Mitch Czibere his 1st and Jordan Weal his 9th into an empty net. Linden Rowat was the game's first star with a 24 save performance.

November 9th, 2008 Swift Current Broncos 1 @ Regina Pats 5

In their first meeting since upsetting the Pats in the first round of the playoffs, the blue and white got a little revenge on the Swift Current Broncos with the 5-1 victory. Linden Rowat remains undefeated in regulation play with his fifth straight win. Jordan Eberle, Brett Leffler, Tomas Hricina, Mitch Czibere and Jordan Weal all had multiple point nights in the Pat victory, which put them into top spot in the East.

Injury Front:

Cody Hanson (Day to Day) - Shoulder

The Pats have lost 46 man games due to injury

Who's Hot?:

The penalty killing unit has slowly climbed the ranks of the WHL, and is currently at a 81% clip while the power play has struggled at home, on the road, it's a league second best 26.3%.

*Brett Leffler - has points in 7 of his past 9 games (7-7-14pts)

*Linden Rowat - in his three starts in November, Rowat is undefeated with a 1.67 GAA and a save percentage of .926.

*Mitch Czibere - since coming back from a knee injury, Czibere has three points in two games (1-2)

*Jordan Weal has points in 11 of past 13 games (6-13-19)

*Colten Teubert is on a 3 game scoring streak and has point in 7 of his past 8 games.

This is how you score goals!!!

The Pats are at the top of the Eastern Conference in scoring with 92 goals, and only trail the CHL's top team, the Vancouver Giants for the league lead. The blue and white hasn't been the top scoring team in the conference to finish the season 1997-98 when they had a conference high, 334 goals.

On The Farm:

Myles Bell (1st rd/17th, 2008) NW Flames (AMMMHL) - 11gp - 1G - 1A - 2pts - 39pim

Tyler Borstmayer (2nd rd/39th, 2008) Tisdale (SMAAAHL) - 17gp - 0g - 3a - 3pts

Dyson Stevenson (5th rd/105th, 2008) Moose Jaw (SMAAAHL) - 12gp - 5g - 4a - 9pts

Cory Nygaard (6th rd/127th, 2008) Norman (Man-AAA) 1-5-1 4.53 GAA

In The Show:

The Pats currently have 12 players on NHL clubs, including:

Kyle Calder (Pats 95-99) (L.A.) 8gp - 1g - 3a - 4pts - 11pim

Barret Jackman(Pats 97-00) (Stl)13gp - 2g - 2a - 4pts - 26pims

The Pats currently have 5 players on AHL clubs, including:

Logan Pyett (Pats 03-08) (GrRp) 9gp - 0g - 4a - 4pts - 0pim

Dean Arsene (Pats 96-98) (Her) 7gp - 1g - 2a - 3pts - 19pim

This Week:

The week begins with a battle between the top team in the Central Division, the Calgary Hitmen, and the top team in the East Division, the Regina Pats. It's a Wednesday night tilt, and it is just the tee-off for a potentially large week for the blue and white. Seattle pays their first and only visit to the 'Dome this season on Friday night, with the week concluding with an East Division battle with the Prince Albert Raiders at the Art Hauser Centre in P.A.

Leaders:

(WHL rankings in bold italics)

Goals - Jordan Eberle (15) T2nd GWG - Jordan Eberle (5) 1st

Assists - Jordan Weal (21) T2nd Defensive Scoring - Colten Teubert (18) T4th

Points - Jordan Weal (30) T5th, 1st rookie Penalty Minutes - Colten Teubert (54) 8th

Jordan Eberle (28) T9th Wins - Linden Rowat (7) T9th

Matt Strueby (26) 12th GAA - Linden Rowat (2.41) T8th

Plus/Minus - Rudolf Cerveny, (+19) T2nd SV% - Linden Rowat (.909) 12th

PPG - Matt Strueby (6) T4th Shootouts - Damien Ketlo (6/7 - 83%) T2nd

Schedule:

Monday Nov. 10th No Practice Day Off

Tuesday Nov. 11th Practice 2:30-5pm Exhibition Stadium

Wednesday Nov. 12th Hitmen @ Pats 7pm 'Dome

Thursday Nov. 13th Appearance 1:30 Field House

Catholic School Board Fitness-a-thon

Practice 2:30 - 5pm 'Dome

Friday Nov. 14th T-Birds @ Pats 7pm 'Dome

Saturday Nov. 15th Pats @ Raiders 7:30 Art Hauser Centre

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