WHL Regina Pats

Preview: Guaranteed Win Night

Published on April 15, 2022 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (26-34-3-2) host the Winnipeg ICE (51-10-3-2) on Friday at 7:00 p.m., inside the Brandt Centre.

Tonight at the Brandt Centre is GUARANTEED WIN NIGHT. If the Pats come up short today, all fans in attendance will receive a voucher for a FREE silver ticket to any regular season home game next season. The ticket vouchers will be distributed upon exiting the venue. These vouchers have no cash value and will be based on ticket availability at time of redemption during the 2022/23 regular season. Proceeds from both relocated games on Friday and Saturday will be shared with the Winnipeg ICE via an agreed upon revenue share model.

It's the first three-in-three at the Brandt Centre since February 21 - 23 of the 2019-20 season when the Pats hosted Saskatoon (L, 6-3), Edmonton (L, 2-1) and Brandon (OTW, 4-3).

The Pats are coming off back-to-back wins last weekend over Swift Current and Prince Albert, bringing The Regiment within two points of the final playoff spot. The Pats defeated the Prince Albert Raiders on Saturday, 5-3. Connor Bedard (2G-1A) and Tanner Howe (1G-2A) each recorded three point games, while Kelton Pyne made 24 saves for his fourth win of the season. The final shots were 27-18 for the Raiders, while the Pats went 2-for-4 on their power play and 4-for-4 on their penalty kill. It's the Pats first win this season when recording less than 20 shots in a game.

The two wins for the Pats over the Broncos and Raiders were crucial for the club, who now has a strong chance at making the playoffs. Here is a look at the Eastern Conference standings head into tonight's action:

EASTERN CONFERENCE

#TeamGPWLOTLSOLPTSPCTROWGFGAStreakP10PIM

1 Z Winnipeg ICE 66 51 10 3 2 107 0.811 50 305 147 2-0-0-0 9-1-0-0 650

2 Y Edmonton Oil Kings 66 48 14 3 1 100 0.758 45 289 180 2-0-1-0 6-3-1-0 941

3 X Red Deer Rebels 67 45 18 2 2 94 0.701 44 262 185 1-0-0-0 7-2-0-1 863

4 X Moose Jaw Warriors 66 37 23 3 3 80 0.606 35 243 209 2-0-0-1 5-4-0-1 730

5 X Saskatoon Blades 67 37 26 3 1 78 0.582 36 217 216 1-0-0-0 4-6-0-0 592

6 X Brandon Wheat Kings 66 35 26 3 2 75 0.568 33 216 235 0-1-0-0 7-3-0-0 891

7 X Lethbridge Hurricanes 66 31 30 4 1 67 0.508 27 208 232 4-0-1-0 7-2-1-0 703

8 Swift Current Broncos 67 26 34 5 2 59 0.440 26 180 242 0-3-0-0 6-4-0-0 880

9 Calgary Hitmen 67 25 34 6 2 58 0.433 24 181 226 0-3-0-0 5-5-0-0 790

10 Regina Pats 65 26 34 3 2 57 0.438 26 228 261 2-0-0-0 3-7-0-0 856

11 Prince Albert Raiders 66 26 35 4 1 57 0.432 24 185 223 0-2-0-0 3-6-1-0 791

12 Medicine Hat Tigers 67 11 52 3 1 26 0.194 8 154 312 0-11-0-0 0-10-0-0 869

The Swift Current Broncos host the Prince Albert Raiders tonight on home ice. The Prince Albert Raiders wrap up their season on Saturday at home against the Brandon Wheat Kings while the Calgary Hitmen end their season with a matchup against the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Sunday at home.

For the Winnipeg ICE, they wrap up their regular season against the Pats on Friday and Saturday, as they await their first round opponent. The ICE had their streak of 17 straight games without a regulation loss as well as their 13 game winning-streak end on April 2nd following a 3-1 loss to the Moose Jaw Warriors. The ICE have clinched a regular season title, which will give them home ice advantage throughout the playoffs.

They are led by Matthew Savoie and Conor Geekie who are ranked three and four among North American Skaters by NHL Central Scouting heading into the 2022 NHL Draft. Savoie leads all WHL rookies in points (86) and plus/minus while second in goals (34) and second in assists (52). Forward Zach Benson is fourth among WHL 2005-born players in points (61).

MATCH UP

Regina

Winnipeg

Team Record 26-34-3-2 - 57 points 51-10-3-2 - 107 points

Division Ranking 5th East 1st East

Conference Ranking 10th Eastern 1st Eastern

League Ranking 16th 1st

Past 10 Games 3-7-0-0 9-1-0-0

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

Last Game 5-3 W vs Prince Albert (Apr 9 2022) Final 8-2 W vs Medicine Hat (Apr 10 2022) Final

Home Record 17-14-1-1 27-3-1-1

Away Record 9-20-2-1 24-7-2-1

GF 228 305

GA 261 147

PP (Overall) (64/250) 25.6% (73/266) 27.4%

PP (Home) (39/129) 30.2% (45/148) 30.4%

PP (Away) (25/121) 20.7% (28/118) 23.7%

PK (Overall) (76/273) 72.2% (34/212) 84.0%

PK (Home) (35/126) 72.2% (17/112) 84.8%

PK (Away) (41/147) 72.1% (17/100) 83.0%

PP vs. Opp. (2/18) 11.1% (5/17) 29.4%

PK vs. Opp. (5/17) 70.6% (2/18) 88.9%

Leading Rookie Howe (26-40-66) Savoie (34-52-86)

Most PIM Evans - 96 Finley - 68

Team PIM/GM 13.2/Game 9.8/Game

Leading Scorers Bedard (49-43-92) Savoie (34-52-86)

Howe (26-40-66) McClennon (42-36-78)

Evans (14-45-59) Milne (36-42-78)

Nijhoff (22-24-46) Geekie (23-45-68)

Dubinsky (18-27-45) Smallwood (24-40-64)

Last 5 Games 5-3 W vs Prince Albert (Apr 9 2022) Final 8-2 W vs Medicine Hat (Apr 10 2022) Final

4-2 W @ Swift Current (Apr 8 2022) Final 6-1 W vs Medicine Hat (Apr 9 2022) Final

5-4 L @ Brandon (Apr 5 2022) Final 3-1 L @ Moose Jaw (Apr 2 2022) Final

6-1 L @ Prince Albert (Apr 2 2022) Final 7-0 W @ Regina (Apr 1 2022) Final

7-0 L vs Winnipeg (Apr 1 2022) Final 8-1 W vs Moose Jaw (Mar 29 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 15-3-2-0 35-5-3-0

Leading After 2nd 22-1-1-1 41-3-1-0

Tied After 1st 9-10-0-0 11-1-0-1

Tied After 2nd 3-6-1-0 7-2-2-2

Trailing After 1st 2-21-1-2 5-4-0-1

Trailing After 2nd 1-27-1-1 3-5-0-0

Out Shooting Opponents 16-15-2-2 44-7-2-1

Out Shot by Opponents 10-16-1-0 5-3-1-0

1 Goal Games 9-9-3-2 10-3-3-2

2 Goal Games 7-9-0-0 9-3-0-0

3 Goal Games 4-10-0-0 8-2-0-0

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WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

HEAD TO HEAD (0-5-0)

Date Home Away Time Result

October 6 Regina Winnipeg 7:00 p.m. MT 5-2 L

October 15 Winnipeg Regina 7:00 p.m. MT 4-2 L

October 16 Regina Winnipeg 7:00 p.m. CT 6-3 L

December 29 Winnipeg Regina 7:00 p.m. CT L, 4-2

April 1 Regina Winnipeg 7:00 p.m. CT L, 7-0

April 15 Regina Winnipeg 7:00 p.m. MT

April 16 Regina Winnipeg 7:00 p.m. MT

The last time the Pats saw the ICE, Winnipeg skated away with a 7-0 win on April 1 at the Brandt Centre, shutting out the Pats for the first time since their move to Winnipeg. The Pats are 0-12-1-1 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.

TEAM VS. TEAM

Winnipeg ICE

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

9 Zachary Benson 5 4 7 11 2 11

93 Matthew Savoie 5 6 3 9 6 7

28 Conor Geekie 5 1 6 7 4 6

24 Mikey Milne 5 3 3 6 8 3

94 Connor McClennon 5 2 4 6 9 6

7 Carson Lambos 4 0 5 5 9 3

23 Jakin Smallwood 5 1 3 4 0 2

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

31 Daniel Hauser 3 3 0 0 0 179:44 5 1.67 0.919

33 Gage Alexander 2 2 0 0 0 120:00 4 2.00 0.923

Regina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

29 Logan Nijhoff 5 2 1 3 7 -3

18 Cole Dubinsky 5 1 2 3 7 -2

21 Cole Carrier 4 1 1 2 0 -1

41 Ryker Evans 5 0 2 2 4 -2

11 Stanislav Svozil 4 0 2 2 0 -8

43 Tanner Howe 5 1 0 1 4 -3

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Matthew Kieper 2 0 2 0 0 118:52 8 4.04 0.869

33 Drew Sim 3 0 3 0 0 159:30 15 5.64 0.821

70 Spencer Welke 1 0 0 0 0 20:00 2 6.00 0.800

HEADLINES

Connor Bedard is one goal away from becoming the youngest player in WHL history to reach 50 goals...Dan Lucas (57G, 1974-75) and Glen Goodell (63G, 1986-87) reached the mark in their 16-year-old season, but had already turned 17 by the time they captured 50 goals...the last Pats' 50 goal scorer was Sam Steel back in the 2016-17 season.

BY THE NUMBERS

2: Pats records were broken by Connor Bedard, as he passed Jeff Friesen's (1992-93, 45G) Pats 16-year-old goal record and broke Doug Wickenheiser's (1977-78, 88PTS) Pats 16-year-old points record with a two goal effort on Friday, April 8, against the Swift Current Broncos.

4-1-1: Record for Pats affiliate goaltender Kelton Pyne, posting a 2.68 goals against average and a .915 save percentage in those seven starts....the White City, Sask., native stopped 61 of 66 in his two wins last weekend for the Pats, as Regina was outshot 66-to-44 in those two contests.

77: Points (38G-39A) over Connor Bedard's last 39 games since Nov. 28, with points in 36 of those 39 contests, after he had 15 points (10G-5A) in his first 20 games this season...over that 39 game span, he is producing at a 1.97 point per-game pace....the North Vancouver, B.C., native is 1st in shots (309), 2nd in goals (49), 5th in points (92).

22: Goals this season for Pats captain Logan Nijhoff ranks third on the Pats...on Apr. 5 at BDN, the Comox, B.C., native scored his first career hat-trick to reach the 20-goal mark...he has goals in three straight (5G-1A) while his 58.0 faceoff win percentage is fifth in the WHL.

66: Points this season for Tanner Howe is third amongst all rookies, while his 40 assists are fourth and his 26 goals are tied for seventh...his +7 plus/minus rating leads the Pats roster...Sat. vs. PA, he snapped his eight game goalless-streak with a goal and two helpers.

228: Goals for this season ranks 10th in the WHL and fifth in the Eastern Conference, averaging 3.51 goals per game which is also 10th...the Pats are the only team in the WHL that has scored 200+ goals this season, and have not clinched a berth in the playoffs...the Pats have scored more goals than Saskatoon (217), Brandon (216) and Lethbridge (208) who are all in playoff position.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Saturday, April 16th - Winnipeg ICE (51-10-5) at Regina Pats (26-34-5)

4:00 p.m., Sunday, April 17th - Moose Jaw Warriors (37-23-6) at Regina Pats (26-34-5)

Check out the Regina Pats Statistics

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