WHL Regina Pats

Regina Hosts Winnipeg Friday at Brandt Centre

Published on April 1, 2022 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (24-31-3-2) host the Winnipeg ICE on Friday at 7:00 p.m., inside the Brandt Centre.

The Pats are coming off a 3-2 victory over the Saskatoon Blades on Wednesday, which snapped their four game losing-streak. Borya Valis, Logan Linklater and Ryker Evans scored the Pats goals, with Linklater scoring his first in a Pats uniform. It was the Pats first win over the Blades since April 20, 2021, as the season series finishes 5-1 in favor of Saskatoon.

The final shots were 29-23 for the Pats, as Drew Sim made 21 saves on 23 shots for his sixth win of the season. The Pats went 1-for-2 on the power play and 2-for-2 on the penalty kill.

The Winnipeg ICE are coming off a 8-1 win over the Moose Jaw Warriors on Tuesday night, and have now won 12 straight games, while having not lost in regulation in 16 straight contests (14-0-1-1). The ICE have also recorded 10 shutouts this season, which is the most in the WHL. They are currently first in the WHL with 48 wins and 101 points with six games remaining on their schedule, with four being at home.

Winnipeg sits first in the Kia CHL Top 10 Rankings after Week 22, with the Edmonton Oil Kings in third as the only two WHL teams in the top 10. One of the hottest players for the ICE has been Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Jack Finley who is on a seven game point streak (7G-4A-11PTS).

MATCH UP

Winnipeg

Regina

Team Record 48-9-3-2 - 101 points 24-31-3-2 - 53 points

Division Ranking 1st East 6th East

Conference Ranking 1st Eastern 11th Eastern

League Ranking 1st 17th

Past 10 Games 10-0-0-0 4-4-1-1

Streak 14-0-1-1 1-0-0-0

Last Game 8-1 W vs Moose Jaw (Mar 29 2022) Final 3-2 W vs Saskatoon (Mar 30 2022) Final

Home Record 25-3-1-1 16-13-1-1

Away Record 23-6-2-1 8-18-2-1

GF 283 214

GA 141 238

PP (Overall) (71/253) 28.1% (61/234) 26.1%

PP (Home) (43/140) 30.7% (37/124) 29.8%

PP (Away) (28/113) 24.8% (24/110) 21.8%

PK (Overall) (33/202) 83.7% (71/251) 71.7%

PK (Home) (17/106) 84.0% (35/119) 70.6%

PK (Away) (16/96) 83.3% (36/132) 72.7%

PP vs. Opp. (5/14) 35.7% (2/17) 11.8%

PK vs. Opp. (2/17) 88.2% (5/14) 64.3%

Leading Rookie Savoie (30-51-81) Howe (25-37-62)

Most PIM Finley - 68 Evans - 96

Team PIM/GM 9.9/Game 13.3/Game

Leading Scorers Savoie (30-51-81) Bedard (44-41-85)

McClennon (39-35-74) Howe (25-37-62)

Milne (35-37-72) Evans (14-45-59)

Geekie (21-42-63) Dubinsky (18-26-44)

Smallwood (23-37-60) Nijhoff (17-23-40)

Last 5 Games 8-1 W vs Moose Jaw (Mar 29 2022) Final 3-2 W vs Saskatoon (Mar 30 2022) Final

5-2 W vs Prince Albert (Mar 27 2022) Final 5-2 L vs Brandon (Mar 26 2022) Final

6-2 W vs Prince Albert (Mar 26 2022) Final 3-1 L @ Saskatoon (Mar 25 2022) Final

4-2 W @ Saskatoon (Mar 23 2022) Final 5-3 L @ Swift Current (Mar 22 2022) Final

3-2 W @ Prince Albert (Mar 22 2022) Final OT 10-4 L @ Moose Jaw (Mar 19 2022) Final

Leading After 1st 32-5-3-0 14-3-2-0

Leading After 2nd 38-3-1-0 21-1-1-1

Tied After 1st 11-1-0-1 8-8-0-0

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

Trailing After 1st 5-3-0-1 2-20-1-2

Trailing After 2nd 3-5-0-0 1-24-1-1

Out Shooting Opponents 41-6-2-1 16-14-2-2

Out Shot by Opponents 5-3-1-0 8-14-1-0

1 Goal Games 10-3-3-2 9-8-3-2

2 Goal Games 9-2-0-0 5-9-0-0

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

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WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

TV: AccessNow

HEAD TO HEAD (0-4-0)

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

April 14 Winnipeg Regina 8:00 p.m. CT

April 15 Winnipeg Regina 8:00 p.m. CT

It's the first meeting between the Pats and ICE since December 29th at the Brandt Centre, as the ICE lead the season series 4-0. The Pats and ICE will faceoff three times this month, as they'll end their season series in Winnipeg for two games on April 14th and 15th. The Pats are 0-11-1-1 against the ICE since their move from Kootenay to Winnipeg at the beginning of the 2019-20 season.

HEADLINES

The Pats are dealing with several injuries as of late as Zack Stringer, Braxton Whitehead, Easton Armstrong, Adam McNutt and Matthew Kieper were out of the lineup on Wednesday. Timeline remains unclear on their return.

Connor Bedard is the third 16-year-old in team history to reach 80+ points in a season, joining Jeff Friesen (1992-93, 83PTS) and Doug Wickenheiser (1977-78, 88PTS)...he is two goals away from breaking Friesen's Pats 16-year-old record of 45 goals set in 1992-93, and is five points back of passing Wickenheiser's 16-year-old record of 88 points set in 1977-78.

BY THE NUMBERS

28: Amount of points (9G-19A) over Tanner Howe's last 21 games with points in 19 of those 21, and goals in eight of those games, while also being a +7 over that span...he is 2nd among all rookies in SH% (24.0%), 3rd in power play points (25) 3rd in points (62), & 4th in assists (37).

70: Points (33G-37A) over Connor Bedard's last 34 games since Nov. 28, with points in 32 of those 34 contests, after he had 15 points (10G-5A) in his first 20 games this season...he is 2nd in the WHL in shots (287), avg 5.3 shots per game...his also 2nd in goals (44) & 5th in points (85).

24: Number of points for forward Cole Dubinsky over his last 21 games (8G-16A) since January 29th, with points in 15 of those 21 contests...he had his five game goal-streak snapped on 3-22 at SC, and his six game point-streak end 3-25 at SAS (Last nine games: 5G-9A-14PTS).

4-2-1: Record over the Pats last seven home games, outscoring their opponent 21-to-19 during that time...the Pats have won three of their last four home games and are 16-13-2 at home overall this season, having outscored their opponent 119-to-105 for a +14 home goal differential.

238: Total goals against this season is the fifth highest in the WHL, behind Tri-City (18-39-5), Medicine Hat (11-46-4), Spokane (19-37-5) & Victoria (22-35-6), averaging 3.97 goals against per-game which is the fifth highest...on the other hand, they've scored 214 goals, which is 10th.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Saturday, April 2nd Regina Pats (24-31-5) at Prince Albert Raiders (25-32-5)

7:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 5th Regina Pats (24-31-5) at Brandon Wheat Kings (30-25-5)

7:00 p.m., Friday, April 8th Regina Pats (24-31-5) at Swift Current Broncos (26-31-7)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, April 9th Prince Albert Raiders (25-32-5) at Regina Pats (24-31-5)

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