WHL Regina Pats

Trans-Canada Highway Clash Begins Six Game Road Swing

Published on November 20, 2021 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Regina Pats (6-10-0) begin their six game road swing at Mosaic Place against the Moose Jaw Warriors (7-9-1) at 7:00 p.m., Saturday night.

The Pats are coming off a 3-3 six game homestand and are riding a six game losing-streak following a 6-1 loss to the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Saturday, November 13th at the Brandt Centre. The Pats opened the scoring for a third straight game, with Tanner Howe scoring his sixth of the season, but ultimately gave up six unanswered goals, as the Hurricanes snapped their six game skid. Lethbridge tied it up at one going into the second, and scored three in the second period, before two more in the third.

The Moose Jaw Warriors are coming off a 4-2 loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings on Friday in Brandon. The Warriors are 3-3-0-1 over seven games in the month of November, having been outscored 21-to-20 during that time. The Warriors were last on home ice on November 14th, defeating the Lethbridge Hurricanes 3-2. They are 2-1-0-1 over their last four home games dating back to October 29th.

MATCH UP

Regina

Moose Jaw

Team Record 6-10-0-0 - 12 points 7-9-0-1 - 15 points

Division Ranking 6th East 3rd East

Conference Ranking 11th Eastern 5th Eastern

League Ranking 17th 9th

Past 10 Games 4-6-0-0 4-5-0-1

Streak 0-3-0-0 0-1-0-0

Last Game 6-1 L vs Lethbridge (Nov 13 2021) Final 4-2 L @ Brandon (Nov 19 2021) Final

Home Record 4-6-0-0 4-4-0-1

Away Record 2-4-0-0 3-5-0-0

GF 49 53

GA 57 61

PP (Overall) (15/58) 25.9% (14/70) 20.0%

PP (Home) (10/31) 32.3% (9/37) 24.3%

PP (Away) (5/27) 18.5% (5/33) 15.2%

PK (Overall) (16/73) 78.1% (23/69) 66.7%

PK (Home) (10/37) 73.0% (12/32) 62.5%

PK (Away) (6/36) 83.3% (11/37) 70.3%

PP vs. Opp. (4/8) 50% (1/11) 9.1%

PK vs. Opp. (1/11) 90.9% (4/8) 50%

Leading Rookie Howe (6-4-10) Yager (9-8-17)

Most PIM McNutt - 29 Baco - 28

Team PIM/GM 14.7/Game 12.0/Game

Leading Scorers Evans (3-13-16) Korczak (6-15-21)

Bedard (8-4-12) Yager (9-8-17)

Dubinsky (7-5-12) Firkus (7-10-17)

Howe (6-4-10) Mateychuk (6-11-17)

Stringer (6-3-9) Hunt (5-6-11)

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WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN

Radio: 620ckrm.com

Stream: WHL Live

HEAD TO HEAD (1-1-0)

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

The last time these two teams met was on November 3rd at the Brandt Centre, with the Pats defeating the Warriors 4-3. Both meetings this season have ended by one goal, with the Warriors taking home the first meeting 3-2 on October 8th at Mosaic Place.

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 eight of their last nine meetings (6-1-1-1 vs. MJ over their last nine meetings) and are 1-7 over their last eight meetings inside Mosaic Place the since 2018-19 season (2020-21 exempt).

Moose Jaw Warriors

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

17 Cade Hayes 2 2 1 3 0 1

5 D. Mateychuk 2 1 2 3 0 3

19 Martin Rysavy 2 1 1 2 6 1

8 Eric Alarie 2 0 2 2 0 3

38 Ryder Korczak 2 0 2 2 2 3

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

35 Tetachuk 2 1 1 0 0 119:07 6 3.02 0.915

Regina Pats

#NameGPGAPTSPIM+/-

41 Ryker Evans 2 1 1 2 6 -1

19 Zack Smith 2 1 1 2 2 -1

13 Zack Stringer 2 1 1 2 0 0

43 Tanner Howe 2 0 2 2 0 0

3 Luke Bateman 2 1 0 1 0 0

#NameGPWLOTLSLMinsGAGAASV%

30 Kieper 2 1 1 0 0 119:40 6 3.01 0.915

2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD

Date Home Away Time

October 8th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. MT

November 3rd Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. MT

November 20th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CT

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 189-143-13-9-8 vs. the Warriors, all time.

HEADLINES

The Regina Pats announced a coaching change Thursday, parting ways with Dave Struch and VP of Hockey Ops & GM John Paddock taking over the coaching duties...Struch went 55-101-9-6 from 2018-2021 after he was promoted from an Assistant Coach to Head Coach prior to the 2018-19 season...Paddock is 165-89-21-13 as the Pats' head coach and was named the WHL's coach of the year in 2015 and 2017...this will also mark the first game behind the bench for Paddock since May, 27th, 2018 when the Pats lost the Memorial Cup Final (1,273 days).

Pats forwards Jakob Brook and Zack Stringer came off the injured list Tuesday and are back in the lineup for tonight's game...Stringer missed the last three games with an upper-body injury while Brook was out since October 22nd, missing the last eight games due to illness.

Ended their six game homestand with a 3-3 record, having dropped their last three games...the Pats began their homestand with wins over Swift Current, Moose Jaw and Brandon before losing to Red Deer, Edmonton and Lethbridge...over their homestand, they outscored their opponent, 23-to-22, while also holding a +41 shot differential (219 SF / 178 SA), averaging 36.5 shots on net per game during that time.

BY THE NUMBERS

3: Straight losses for the Regina Pats to end their six game homestand is the second longest skid this season...the Pats scored first in the opening frame in all three games, but never had the lead after one, going in the second tied twice and trailing once...the Pats have been outscored 7-1 in the second period over the last three contests, outshot 42-to-28 in the second frame during that time...the Pats have also been outshot in back-to-back games for the first time all year.

6: Straight games with a point for Pats forward Tanner Howe, with nine points (5G-4A) during that time...four of his six goals are to tie or take the lead...he also holds a 37.5% shooting percentage (6-for-16), which is second in the WHL & is one of five rookies to score a short-handed goal.

16: Number of points (3G-13A) for Regina Pats defenceman Ryker Evans is tied for fourth amongst defenceman in in the WHL, while his 13 assists are also tied for fourth...the Calgary, AB, native is also fourth among defencemen in power play points with eight, and tied for fourth in power play assists with seven...he also has points in four of his last six games (2G-6A).

85: Shots on goal for Regina Pats forward Connor Bedard leads the WHL...the North Vancouver native is averaging 5.31 shots on net per contest this season along with eight goals and 12 points in 16 games...he has scored 2G-0A over his last five games...last game he had a season low one shot on net.

230: Faceoff wins for Pats captain Logan Nijhoff is the second highest total in the WHL behind Prince Albert's Reece Vitelli (251)...he went 15-25 on the faceoff dot on Saturday against Lethbridge and holds 56.8 faceoff win percentage this season, which is second on the Pats.

COMING UP

7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Nov 23rd - Regina Pats (6-10-0) at Medicine Hat Tigers (4-8-4)

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Nov 24th - Regina Pats (6-10-0) at Lethbridge Hurricanes (7-10-0)

7:00 p.m., Saturday, Nov 27th - Regina Pats (6-10-0) at Red Deer Rebels (13-6-1)

11:00 a.m., Sunday, Nov 28th - Regina Pats (6-10-0) at Calgary Hitmen (7-8-0)

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