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Regina Begins Home-And-Home with Moose Jaw at the Brandt Centre

December 17, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (11-15-0) host the Moose Jaw Warriors (13-13-3) in game one of a home-and-home at 7:00 p.m., inside the Brandt Centre.

The Pats are coming off a 2-1 week, with wins over Medicine Hat (4-2) and Prince Albert (5-2), but are coming off a 4-3 loss in Brandon against the Wheat Kings on Saturday. The Pats went down 3-0 in the first 10 minutes of the game, leading to Matthew Kieper being pulled after allowing three goals on four shots. Drew Sim came in relief and stopped 23 of 24 in the loss. Logan Nijhoff scored for a third straight contest, while Cole Dubinsky scored his first in 12 games and Braxton Whitehead netted his third of the year. The final shots were 31-28 for the Pats, with Regina going 0-for-4 on the power play and 4-for-5 on the penalty kill.

The Regina Pats are 5-5 since John Paddock took over as the Head Coach, while they've been outscored 38-to-35 during that time, and outshot in four of those 10 games, with equal shots twice (348 SF / 338 SA).

On the other side, the Moose Jaw Warriors are 3-3-1 over their last seven games, and are coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to Saskatoon, Tuesday at Mosaic Place. The Warriors once trailed 3-1 and 4-2 before tying the game in the third, with Martin Rysavy scoring the tying goal with less than two minutes left on the clock in the third. The shots were 39-30 for Moose Jaw, with both clubs going 0-for-3 on their power plays.

MATCH UP

Moose Jaw

Regina

Team Record 13-13-2-1 - 29 points 11-15-0-0 - 22 points

Division Ranking 2nd East 6th East

Conference Ranking 4th Eastern 10th Eastern

League Ranking 7th 17th

Past 10 Games 5-3-2-0 5-5-0-0

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

Last Game 5-4 L vs Saskatoon (Dec 14 2021) Final OT 4-3 L @ Brandon (Dec 11 2021) Final

Home Record 8-5-1-1 6-7-0-0

Away Record 5-8-1-0 5-8-0-0

GF 90 85

GA 99 95

PP (Overall) (22/120) 18.3% (25/100) 25.0%

PP (Home) (13/58) 22.4% (15/47) 31.9%

PP (Away) (9/62) 14.5% (10/53) 18.9%

PK (Overall) (32/114) 71.9% (28/122) 77.0%

PK (Home) (16/51) 68.6% (15/55) 72.7%

PK (Away) (16/63) 74.6% (13/67) 80.6%

PP vs. Opp. (1/15) 6.7% (5/11) 45.5%

PK vs. Opp. (5/11) 54.5% (1/15) 93.3%

Leading Rookie Yager (12-12-24) Svozil (1-17-18)

Most PIM Baco - 47 McNutt - 54

Team PIM/GM 12.1/Game 14.4/Game

Leading Scorers Korczak (10-22-32) Evans (4-23-27)

Firkus (13-15-28) Bedard (14-10-24)

Mateychuk (7-18-25) Svozil (1-17-18)

Yager (12-12-24) Howe (9-8-17)

Alarie (8-13-21) Nijhoff (9-8-17)

Last 5 Games 5-4 L vs Saskatoon (Dec 14 2021) Final OT 4-3 L @ Brandon (Dec 11 2021) Final

4-2 W vs Swift Current (Dec 11 2021) Final 5-2 W vs Prince Albert (Dec 10 2021) Final

4-1 L @ Swift Current (Dec 10 2021) Final 4-2 W vs Medicine Hat (Dec 8 2021) Final

2-1 W vs Brandon (Dec 8 2021) Final 5-4 L vs Swift Current (Dec 4 2021) Final

7-4 L @ Edmonton (Dec 4 2021) Final 5-2 L @ Prince Albert (Dec 3 2021) Final

Leading After 1st 6-1-0-1 6-0-0-0

Leading After 2nd 10-1-0-1 11-0-0-0

Tied After 1st 5-5-2-0 4-5-0-0

Tied After 2nd 2-0-0-0 0-3-0-0

Trailing After 1st 2-7-0-0 1-10-0-0

Trailing After 2nd 1-12-2-0 0-12-0-0

Out Shooting Opponents 6-5-1-0 8-7-0-0

Out Shot by Opponents 7-8-1-1 3-6-0-0

1 Goal Games 6-4-2-1 2-4-0-0

2 Goal Games 1-3-0-0 3-3-0-0

3 Goal Games 3-3-0-0 3-6-0-0

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WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

TV: AccessNowSports

HEAD TO HEAD (2-1-0)

This will mark the fourth of 10 meetings this season and the third of five in the first half.

Last season, the Regina Pats went 2-0-1-1 against the Warriors, recording six of a possible eight points in the season series..the Pats have recorded at least a point in nine of their last 10 meetings against Moose Jaw (7-1-1-1) and are 4-0-2 inside the Brandt Centre as the home team against the Warriors since the 2019-20 season...lead the season series 2-1, having won the last two meetings over the Warriors.

Regina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

43 Tanner Howe 3 1 3 4 0 1

29 Logan Nijhoff 3 2 0 2 2 -1

41 Ryker Evans 3 1 1 2 8 0

19 Zack Smith 2 1 1 2 2 -1

13 Zack Stringer 3 1 1 2 0 1

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Matthew Kieper 3 2 1 0 0 179:40 8 2.67 0.930

Moose Jaw Warriors

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

17 Cade Hayes 3 2 1 3 0 -1

5 D. Mateychuk 3 1 2 3 0 2

19 Martin Rysavy 3 1 2 3 8 2

8 Eric Alarie 3 0 2 2 0 3

38 Ryder Korczak 3 0 2 2 2 3

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

35 Carl Tetachuk 3 1 2 0 0 178:01 9 3.03 0.913

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

December 18th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CT

January 1st Regina Moose Jaw 4:00 p.m. CT

January 29th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CT

January 30th Regina Moose Jaw 4:00 p.m. CT

March 9th Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. CT

March 19th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CDT

The Pats are 190-143-13-9-8 vs. the Warriors, all time.

HEADLINES

Pats forward Connor Bedard was named to team Canada's World Junior roster on Sunday afternoon, becoming the seventh 16-year-old to do so, joining Wayne Gretzky (1978), Eric Lindros (1989), Jason Spezza (2000), Jay Bouwmeester (2000), Sidney Crosby (2004) and Connor McDavid (2014)...he is also the first Pat' to play for Canada at the World Juniors since Sam Steel (2018)...he is the 24th Pat' all-time to play for Canada at the World Juniors.

The Pats are missing six players heading into action, as Jake Johnson, Zack Smith, Zack Stringer and Luke Bateman are out with injuries while Connor Bedard and Stanislav Svozil are attending the 2021-22 IIHF World Juniors...the Pats have called up D Mitchell McEachern.

BY THE NUMBERS

34.6: Shooting percentage this season for Pats 16-year-old forward Tanner Howe is first in the WHL (9-for-26)...the Prince Albert, SK native is second among rookies in power play goals (5), sixth in goals (9) and eighth in points (17)...he had his 11 game point-streak come to an end on Saturday (8G-8A-16PTS), which is the third longest point-streak by a rookie this season.

25: Power play goals this season for the Pats is third best in the Eastern Division and seventh in the WHL...their 25% conversion rate ranks third (25-for-100)...their home power play percentage ranks third in the WHL at 31.9% (15-for-47).

27: Number of points (4G-23A) for Regina Pats defenceman Ryker Evans is tied for second among defenceman in in the WHL, while his 23 assists are also tied for second...he has points in 11 of his last 16 games (3G-16A-19PTS)...he is also tied third among D in minor penalties (21).

340: Faceoffs won by Pats captain Logan Nijhoff this season is the fifth highest in the WHL...the Comox, B.C., native went 13-for-21 on the faceoff dot on Saturday, while scoring his ninth of the season and for a third straight game, and is on a three game point-streak (3G-3A-6PTS).

375: Amount of penalty minutes by the Pats this season is the fifth highest in the WHL...the Pats are averaging 14.4 penalty minutes per game which is the second highest and have been short-handed 122 times this season, which is fourth in the league.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Dec 18th - Regina Pats (11-15-0) at Moose Jaw Warriors (13-13-3)

7:00 p.m., Monday, Dec 27th - Edmonton Oil Kings (20-6-3) at Regina Pats (11-15-0)

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Dec 29th - Winnipeg ICE (24-4-1) at Regina Pats (11-15-0)

7:00 p.m., Friday, Dec 31st - Regina Pats (11-15-0) at Swift Current Broncos (11-14-3)

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