WHL Regina Pats

Pats Wrap up Weekend at SaskTel Centre

Published on March 19, 2023 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats end their three-in-three weekend in Saskatoon against the Blades at 4:00 p.m. inside the SaskTel Centre.

The Pats have clinched a playoff berth for the first time in almost five years, as they defeated the Moose Jaw Warriors 7-3 on Saturday inside the Moose Jaw Events Centre as the club won it's second game in three contests (2-1).

Connor Bedard finished the game with six points as well as his 11th career hat-trick, and his league-tying best 11th game-winner of the season. Braxton Whitehead (1G-1A), Zack Stringer (1G-1A) and Riley Ginnell rounded out the scoring for the Pats while Drew Sim made 45 saves for his 27th victory of the season. The final shots were 48-23 for Moose Jaw. The Pats finished 1-3 on the power play and 6-7 on the penalty kill.

Meanwhile, the Saskatoon Blades are coming off a 3-2 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings on Saturday for their second straight victory. Charlie Wright, Josh Pillar, and Justin Lies (GWG) scored for the Blades in the victory. The contest was tied at two after one but Lies scored the go-ahead goal in the second. Jake Chaisson tallied two assists and Ethan Chadwick made 23 saves in the win.

The final shots were 26-25 for Saskatoon. The Blades went 1-3 on the power play and 3-3 on the penalty kill.

The Blades are 10-1 over their last 11 games since February 25 and are 14-1-1 over their last 16 games since February 11. If the playoffs started today, the Regina Pats as the sixth seed would take on the Blades who are the third seed.

MATCH UP

Regina Saskatoon

Team Record 33-28-3-1 - 70 points 46-14-4-1 - 97 points

Division Ranking 4th East 2nd East

Conference Ranking 6th Eastern 3rd Eastern

League Ranking 10th 5th

Past 10 Games 5-4-1-0 9-1-0-0

Streak 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0

Last Game 7-3 W @ Moose Jaw (Mar 18 2023) Final 3-2 W vs Brandon (Mar 18 2023) Final

Home Record 18-14-0-1 24-5-3-0

Away Record 15-14-3-0 22-9-1-1

GF 253 246

GA 267 162

PP (Overall) (65/237) 27.4% (71/256) 27.7%

PP (Home) (31/114) 27.2% (38/131) 29.0%

PP (Away) (34/123) 27.6% (33/125) 26.4%

PK (Overall) (62/273) 77.3% (41/239) 82.8%

PK (Home) (23/121) 81.0% (22/121) 81.8%

PK (Away) (39/152) 74.3% (19/118) 83.9%

PP vs. Opp. (4/15) 26.7% (6/12) 50%

PK vs. Opp. (6/12) 50% (4/15) 73.3%

Leading Rookie Suzdalev (37-45-82) Keller (13-17-30)

Most PIM Vaughan - 78 Lies - 80

Team PIM/GM 12.7/Game 10.7/Game

Leading Scorers Bedard (69-70-139) Wong (24-57-81)

Suzdalev (37-45-82) Sidorov (40-36-76)

Howe (33-48-81) Lisowsky (33-32-65)

Svozil (10-66-76) De La Gorgendiere (12-50-62)

Valis (20-28-48) Roulette (24-36-60)

Last 5 Games 7-3 W @ Moose Jaw (Mar 18 2023) Final 3-2 W vs Brandon (Mar 18 2023) Final

9-5 L vs Moose Jaw (Mar 17 2023) Final 3-2 W @ Swift Current (Mar 15 2023) Final

6-3 W vs Brandon (Mar 15 2023) Final 8-1 L vs Prince Albert (Mar 12 2023) Final

7-0 L @ Medicine Hat (Mar 11 2023) Final 6-2 W @ Prince Albert (Mar 10 2023) Final

5-4 L @ Lethbridge (Mar 10 2023) Final OT 5-3 W vs Swift Current (Mar 8 2023) Final

Leading After 1st 20-6-2-0 27-3-3-0

Leading After 2nd 25-2-2-0 34-1-2-1

Tied After 1st 7-3-0-0 13-4-1-1

Tied After 2nd 4-7-0-0 9-1-1-0

Trailing After 1st 6-19-1-1 6-7-0-0

Trailing After 2nd 4-19-1-1 3-12-1-0

Out Shooting Opponents 12-8-0-1 29-8-2-0

Out Shot by Opponents 19-20-3-0 14-5-1-1

1 Goal Games 12-5-3-1 13-1-4-1

2 Goal Games 3-3-0-0 9-8-0-0

3 Goal Games 10-8-0-0 11-3-0-0

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

HEAD TO HEAD (1-3-0-0)

The Pats are 207-215-27-12-6 vs. the Blades, all-time.

Date Road Home Time Result

November 13th Regina Saskatoon 4:00 p.m. CST L, 5-2

December 17th Saskatoon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST L, 6-1

January 13th Saskatoon Regina 7:00 p.m. CST W, 7-4

March 5th Saskatoon Regina 4:00 p.m. CST L, 5-2

March 19th Regina Saskatoon 4:00 p.m. CDT

March 24th Regina Saskatoon 7:00 p.m. CDT

It's fifth of six meetings between the Pats and Blades. The Pats lost the season series last year 5-1, as they were outscored 25-to-13. The Blades have won 14 of their last 17 meetings against the Pats since February 21st, 2020. This year, Saskatoon leads the season series 3-1, having outscored the Pats 20-12 over that time.

INDIVIDUAL HEAD TO HEAD

Saskatoon Blades

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

38 Trevor Wong 4 6 6 12 2 3

19 Egor Sidorov 4 3 4 7 4 4

8 Brandon Lisowsky 4 2 3 5 4 1

5 Aidan De La Gorgendiere 4 1 4 5 2 4

24 Tanner Molendyk 4 2 2 4 0 7

19 Jake Chiasson (total) 5 1 3 4 0 1

BDN 3 1 0 1 0 0

SAS 2 0 3 3 0 1

34 Conner Roulette 3 1 3 4 2 3

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

31 Austin Elliott 2 2 0 0 0 120:00 4 2.00 0.931

33 Ethan Chadwick 2 1 1 0 0 116:05 8 4.13 0.800

Regina Pats

# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

98 Connor Bedard 3 4 3 7 2 -2

11 Stanislav Svozil 3 0 6 6 2 2

91 Alexander Suzdalev 4 2 3 5 2 -3

43 Tanner Howe 4 0 5 5 2 -3

23 Steel Quiring (total) 2 2 0 2 0 1

REG 1 1 0 1 0 1

EVT 1 1 0 1 2 0

55 Sam Oremba 4 1 1 2 0 0

27 Borya Valis 4 1 1 2 2 1

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

33 Drew Sim 4 1 3 0 0 236:32 18 4.57 0.846

HEADLINES

The Pats are 15-9-2 over their last 26 GP since Jan. 8, which is when Connor Bedard returned from the World Juniors, 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 twice (8-4 & 7-3), Medicine Hat (6-3), Brandon 3x (4-3, 6-3, 6-3), Winnipeg (5-3) & Red Deer (6-5)...during that time, they have outscored their opp. 117-to-111.

The Regina Pats have clinched a playoff berth for the first time since the 2017-18 season...the Pats have now made the playoffs 15 times since the 1999-2000 season...the last time they were in the playoffs was 2017-18 where they lost in the Eastern Conference quarter-final.

Feb. 8, Connor Bedard scored his 60th goal in his 49th game, becoming the first Regina Pats player to reach the 60 goal mark since Ronald Petrovicky (64, 1997-98)...he's the fifth fastest Regina Pats player to 60 goals tying Dale Derkatch who last did so in 1983.

BY THE NUMBERS

140: Points (69G-71A) in 54 games for captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL as well as his 71 assists...since having his 35-game point-streak end on Feb. 3, he's recorded 50 points (25G-25A) over his last 17 games, with points in 15 of those...he's recorded 8G-7A-15PTS last 3GP.

69: Goals for Connor Bedard leads the WHL...the last WHL player to reach 70 goals was Jayden Halbgewachs...the last player to score 70+ goals as a 17-year-old was Pavel Brendl in 1998-1999...his 69G and 140PTS are the third and fourth most by a 17-year-old in WHL history.

208: Total wins for GM and Head Coach John Paddock as coach of the Pats is now second in all-time franchise history as he passed Murray Armstrong (206) on Mar. 15...he picked up his 200th win as coach of the Pats on Feb. 11.

39: Number of points (5G-34A) in 25 games for Stanislav Svozil since coming back from the World Juniors on Jan. 13...the Czechia product is first amongst defencemen in assists with 66 and second in points with 76...his 1.43 points/game is second amongst all defencemen.

3: Number of goals in three straight games for forward Riley Ginnell who heads on a three game point-streak come into tonight (3G-1A)...the Calgary, AB product has recorded seven points (4G-3A) over his last nine games, with points in six of those contests.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Friday, March 24 - Regina Pats (33-28-3-1) at Saskatoon Blades (46-14-4-1)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, March 25 - Prince Albert Raiders (27-35-3-0) at Regina Pats (33-28-3-1)

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