WHL Regina Pats

Regina Pats Weekly

Published on December 3, 2007 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


The Week in Review

November 30th/07- Regina Pats -3 vs Medicine Hat Tigers-0

The Regina Pats entered Friday's contest after having a week off, but showed no signs of the lay off as they opened the scoring in the middle of the opening period when Jordan Eberle (22) out waited Tigers goalie Tomas Vosvrda and slid it behind him to make the score 1-0. The score would stay that way until late in the 2nd period when Pat newcomer Todd Kennedy recorded his first ever WHL goal on a pretty feed from Rudolf Cerveny. The Pats would ice the game with 9 minutes remaining in the 3rd period when Brett Leffler (4) snapped a shot upstairs to move the Pats winning streak to three games. Linden Rowat recorded his second straight shutout and third straight win, which moves the Pats three points up on the idle Brandon Wheat Kings.

December 1st /07- Regina Pats - 3 vs. Kootenay Ice -4 SO

The Regina Pats entered Saturday's contest on a 3 game winning streak, while the Kootenay Ice entered with a 10 game unbeaten streak. It would be the Pats who would open the scoring five minutes into the 1st period when a puck deflected off Kirt Hill (4) to make the score 1-0 Pats. The Pats would make it 2-0 three minutes later when Brett Leffler (5) beat Ice goaltender Kris Lazaruk. The Ice would get a goal back before the 1st period was over, when Andrew Bailey scored on a 5 on 3 powerplay to make the score 2-1 after the 1st. In the 2nd the Ice would score the only goal as Dustin Sylvester scored just a minute into the period, to knot the game at two. In the 3rd Chad Greenan scored a nice powerplay goal to put the Ice up one. But it would be Pats veteran forward Brett Leffler that would score his second of the game just a minute later and would force overtime. In overtime the Pats carried the play outshooting the Ice 7-3 but could not beat Lazaruk. In the shootout Dustin Sylvester scored, ending the Pats winning streak at 3 games. Linden Rowat took the loss in net stopping 29 of 32 shots. The Pats went 1 for 6 on the powerplay, while the Ice were 2 for 8.

Who's Hot

- Jordan Eberle - Has 22 goals and 13 assists, which is good enough for 8th place tie in the WHL scoring race.

- Pats captain, Logan Pyett sits 5th place in WHL defencemen scoring with 13 goals and 15 assists.

- Goaltender Linden Rowat enters tomorrow night's game with a record of 3-1-0-1 in his last five starts, compiling a G.A.A of 1.75 and a Save Percentage of .950.

- Assistant captain Brett Leffler played very well over the weekend scoring 3 goals in 2 games, as well as posting +/- rating of +4.

- Pats newcomer Todd Kennedy notched his first career WHL goal Friday night against Medicine Hat, as well as his 1st WHL assist.

Pats Lose Coach and Captain to World Junior Team Try Outs

Head Coach Curtis Hunt will once again be joining the Canadian National Junior team this December. Team Canada's camp starts Monday, December 10th, so Curtis's last game with the Pats will be Sunday afternoons tilt with the Kelowna Rockets. Hunt will miss up to 9 games as Team Canada goes for their fourth straight Gold medal.

The Pats will also lose their captain Logan Pyett as well. Pyett who has been a leader all season for the Pats currently sits in 5th place in WHL defencemen scoring with 13 goals and 15 assists. Pyett has a very good chance of cracking this year team as he played a big role on Team Canada during the Canada/Russia Super Series.

NHL Preliminary Draft Rankings:

The National Hockey League released its preliminary rankings for the 2008 Entry Draft this week, with three Regina Pats making the grade. Pats defencemen ,Colten Teubert is ranked #3, while forward Jordan Eberle is #8 and Matt Delahey is # 16.

The top ranked WHL player is Everett Silvertips forward Kyle Beach.

Pats Send 2 to World Under 17 Challenge

The Regina Pats will send two players to the World Under 17 Challenge in London, Ontario. Forward Garrett Mitchell and defencemen Alex Pym will play for team Western this upcoming December. The two players will be playing games from December 29th until January 4th; missing three of the Pats games.

Busy Week for Pats

The Regina Pats have a busy week ahead of them as they will play 4 games in 6 days starting with a divisional battle Tuesday night against the Brandon Wheat Kings. They will then go on their 2nd mini road trip through Alberta as they will make stops in Edmonton and Red Deer, on Thursday and Friday. The busy week will then be capped off with a game Sunday afternoon against Kelowna.

In the System

- The Regina Pats prospect Derek Tendler has led the Regina Pat Canadians to the top of the Saskatchewan Midget AAA ranks with some impressive numbers. Tendler has posted a recorded of 14-4-2-0 so far this season with a G.A.A of 1.86 and a SVP % of 0.933. Tendler was a 5th round Bantam selection by the Pats in the 2007 Bantam Draft

Pats' Injuries

- Josh Elder - Concussion - Day to Day

- To date, the Pats have missed 34 man-games due to injury this season

Team Leaders

Goals 22 J. Eberle

Assists 26 T. Kraus

Points 35 J. Eberle

PIM 63 C. Teubert

Wins 14 L. Rowat

Plus/Minus: +11 L. Pyett

PPG: 10 J. Eberle

SHG: 2 J. Jagow

GWG: 4 L. Pyett

2007-08 Attendance

- Total attendance at Brandt Centre this season - 74,473 people

- Average attendance per game at Brandt Centre - 4,648 people

Upcoming Week At A Glance

Monday December 3/07 - Ruth M. Buck School - 11:15am

Practice @ Brandt Centre - 2:30pm

Tuesday December 4/07 - Pats Vs. Brandon Wheat Kings - 7:00 pm

Wednesday December 5/07 - Travel Day

Thursday December 6/07 - Pats @ Edmonton Oil Kings - 8:00pm (Sask Time)

Friday December 7/07 - Pats @ Red Deer Rebels - 8:30pm (Sask Time)

Saturday December 8 /07 - Day Off

Sunday December 9/07 - Pats Vs. Kelowna Rockets - 2:00 pm

*Practice Schedule is Tentative and Subject to Change*

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