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Pats Wrap up Homestand against Hitmen

March 12, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (21-27-3-1) host the Calgary Hitmen (20-27-6-2) as they wrap up their four game homestand on Saturday at 7:00 p.m., inside the Brandt Centre.

The Pats are coming off a massive 4-3 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday, improving to 2-1-1 in the month of March. The Pats once had a 3-1 lead, which lasted until midway through the second period, but Braxton Whitehead's late goal proved to be the winner, as the Pats found a way to hold onto the victory.

Connor Bedard (1G-1A), Cole Dubinsky (1G-1A), Logan Nijhoff (2A) and Whitehead (1G-1A) finished with multi-point games, while Matthew Kieper made his first start since February 6th, stopping 21 of 24 for his 15 win of the season. Zack Stringer returned from injury and scored for a third straight game.

The Final shots were 24-22 for the Hurricanes, while the Pats went 1-2 on their power play and 3-5 on the penalty kill.

For the Hitmen, they are coming off a 5-2 loss to Moose Jaw last night, extending their losing-streak to five straight, having been outscored 22-to-6 during that time. They are in the third game of their eight game road trip which ends on Saturday, March 26th in Brandon. The Hitmen are currently tied for eighth with 48 points, just two points ahead of the Pats in the Eastern Conference Standings.

MATCH UP

Calgary

Regina

Team Record 20-27-6-2 - 48 points 21-27-3-1 - 46 points

Division Ranking 4th Central 6th East

Conference Ranking 9th Eastern 11th Eastern

League Ranking 15th 17th

Past 10 Games 2-7-1-0 4-4-2-0

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

Last Game 5-2 L @ Moose Jaw (Mar 11 2022) Final 4-3 W vs Lethbridge (Mar 11 2022) Final

Home Record 12-12-4-0 14-12-1-1

Away Record 8-15-2-2 7-15-2-0

GF 154 187

GA 186 203

PP (Overall) (34/219) 15.5% (52/212) 24.5%

PP (Home) (23/133) 17.3% (33/115) 28.7%

PP (Away) (11/86) 12.8% (19/97) 19.6%

PK (Overall) (46/214) 78.5% (65/228) 71.5%

PK (Home) (25/111) 77.5% (35/112) 68.8%

PK (Away) (21/103) 79.6% (30/116) 74.1%

PP vs. Opp. (6/19) 31.6% (7/18) 38.9%

PK vs. Opp. (7/18) 61.1% (6/19) 68.4%

Leading Rookie Tulk (9-8-17) Howe (23-29-52)

Most PIM Slaney - 61 Evans - 81

Team PIM/GM 11.8/Game 13.7/Game

Leading Scorers Fiddler-Schultz (26-33-59) Bedard (35-36-71)

Tschigerl (20-29-49) Evans (13-40-53)

Stevenson (20-27-47) Howe (23-29-52)

Funk (17-13-30) Nijhoff (15-21-36)

Zimmerman (10-12-22) Svozil (9-27-36)

Last 5 Games 5-2 L @ Moose Jaw (Mar 11 2022) Final 4-3 W vs Lethbridge (Mar 11 2022) Final

2-1 L @ Brandon (Mar 9 2022) Final OT 5-4 L vs Lethbridge (Mar 5 2022) Final OT

2-0 L @ Winnipeg (Mar 8 2022) Final 3-2 L vs Red Deer (Mar 4 2022) Final

6-1 L vs Edmonton (Mar 5 2022) Final 7-6 W @ Brandon (Mar 2 2022) Final

7-2 L @ Edmonton (Mar 4 2022) Final 4-3 L @ Calgary (Feb 27 2022) Final OT

Leading After 1st 14-5-1-1 12-3-2-0

Leading After 2nd 16-1-1-2 18-1-1-0

Tied After 1st 2-5-1-0 7-7-0-0

Tied After 2nd 4-6-3-0 2-6-1-0

Trailing After 1st 4-17-4-1 2-17-1-1

Trailing After 2nd 0-20-2-0 1-20-1-1

Out Shooting Opponents 13-8-3-2 14-11-2-1

Out Shot by Opponents 6-18-3-0 7-13-1-0

1 Goal Games 7-7-6-2 8-8-3-1

2 Goal Games 5-5-0-0 4-7-0-0

3 Goal Games 4-8-0-0 3-9-0-0

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WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD (1-1-2-1)

This will mark the sixth of six meetings this season.

Date Road Home Time Result

November 28th Regina Calgary 11:00 a.m. MST L, 10-3

January 11th Calgary Regina 7:00 p.m., CST SOL, 4-3

February 6th Regina Calgary 2:00 p.m., MST OTL, 5-4

February 11th Calgary Regina 7:00 p.m., CST W, 5-0

February 27th Regina Calgary 4:00 p.m., MST OTL, 4-3

March 12th Calgary Regina 7:00 p.m., CST

The Pats are 46-51-2-5-3 vs. the Hitmen, all-time and 22-30-0-2-0 at home.

This will be the sixth of six meetings this season, as the Pats are 1-1-2-1 against Calgary this season. The Pats snapped their seven game losing-streak against the Hitmen the last time these two meet at home on February 11th at the Brandt Centre, with the Pats winning 5-0. Their previous last win was February 24th, 2019. Are 1-4-4 over the last nine meetings vs. Calgary.

INDIVIDUAL SEASON SERIES STATS - REG VS. CGY

Regina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

98 Connor Bedard 5 6 7 13 2 2

41 Ryker Evans 5 4 4 8 13 -1

29 Logan Nijhoff 4 3 4 7 11 -1

43 Tanner Howe 4 0 6 6 0 2

44 Layton Feist 5 1 2 3 5 1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

31 Kelton Pyne 2 1 0 1 0 122:05 4 1.97 0.931

33 Drew Sim 2 0 0 0 1 81:14 5 3.69 0.881

30 Matthew Kieper 2 0 1 1 0 104:18 13 7.48 0.790

Calgary Hitmen

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

21 Riley Fiddler-Schultz 5 7 5 12 8 5

19 Sean Tschigerl 5 3 5 8 7 -1

8 Grayden Siepmann 5 2 3 5 4 2

15 Maxim Muranov 5 2 1 3 2 2

12 Oliver Tulk 5 2 1 3 4 4

25 Blake Allan 4 1 2 3 9 1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

35 Brayden Peters 4 4 0 0 0 246:08 13 3.17 0.922

29 Ethan Buenaventura 1 0 1 0 0 60:00 5 5.00 0.848

HEADLINES

The Pats have 16 games remaining in their regular season schedule, with six at home and 10 on the road, all coming in the next 37 days before the season ends on Sunday, April 17th against Moose Jaw at home...of those 16 remaining games, six more will also be against teams the Pats are chasing in the standings (Lethbridge 1x, Calgary 1x, Swift Current 2x, and Prince Albert 2x).

Connor Bedard is riding a 16 game point-streak (15G-18A-33PTS), which is the longest active point-streak in the WHL, and T-3rd longest total streak...Tanner Howe & Bedard hold the longest point-streaks by Pats 16-year-olds since 1996-97 (Prev; Eberle, 8 games in 2006-07).

Connor Bedard is just one point shy of recording his 100th career point (47G-52A), having played in just 61 career games...he's on the verge of tying the Pats' record for most WHL goals by a player who has yet to turn 17...Jeff Friesen had 48 goals over his first 74 games.

More milestones to watch, as Zack Stringer is one game away from 100 and Ryker Evans is one assist away from 100.

BY THE NUMBERS

17: Of the Pats last 28 total goals over their last seven games (2-3-2-0) have come by players under the age of 18, with Howe (3x), Bedard (3x), Whitehead (3x), Spencer (2x), Rowan (2x), and Feist (2x) scoring for the Pats...the Pats average age of 18.04 is 6th youngest per Elite Prospects.

56: Points (25G-31A) over Connor Bedard's last 26 games since Nov. 28, with points in 25 of those 26 contests, after he had 15 points (10G-5A) in his first 20 games this season...he is currently 1st in the WHL in shots (248), avg 5.4 shots per game...his also T-5th in goals, & T-7th in points.

7: Number of points (3G-4A) over Pats forward Braxton Whitehead's last five games, with points in four of those five...he's also scored in three of his last four contests and in two straight...seven of his 13 total points have come over this span, with two multi-point games.

12-7-1: Record for the Pats when forward Zack Stringer is in the lineup this season, with the Pats going 10-0-1 over their last 11 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).

18-1-1: Record when the Pats are leading after two periods of play this season...the Pats are 2-1-1 over their last four games when ahead after two...31 games have been decided by two goals or less (12-15-3-1) this season, with nine of their last 10 games decided by two goals or less.

COMING UP

The Regina Pats begin a five game road swing with their final Alberta road trip on March 15th and 16th against Medicine Hat and Lethbridge before coming back home on March 26th against Brandon...the Pats have 16 games remaining in the regular season, with six at home and 10 on the road...this month, they have 8 games left, with three at home and five on the road.

7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Mar 15 Regina Pats (21-27-4) at Medicine Hat Tigers (10-40-4)

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Mar 16 Regina Pats (21-27-4) at Lethbridge Hurricanes (23-27-4)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Mar 19 Regina Pats (21-27-4) at Moose Jaw Warriors (32-19-5)

7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Mar 22 Regina Pats (21-27-4) at Swift Current Broncos (20-29-7)

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