Pats Head to Moose Jaw on Thursday
October 20, 2022 – Western Hockey League (WHL) – Regina Pats News Release
Regina, Sask. – The Regina Pats head down the highway to take on the Moose Jaw Warriors today at 7:00 p.m. inside the Moose Jaw Events Centre.
The Regina Pats are coming off a 4-3 shootout loss to the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Sunday afternoon at the Brandt Centre. The Pats trailed 3-0 after one, and were able to comeback in the third, scoring three unanswered goals in the opening eight minutes of the final frame to force extra time. In the shootout, Tyson Zimmer scored the winner on their fourth shooter.
The final shots were 24-22 for the Pats and 9-9 in the third. Cole Dubinsky, Luke Bateman and Tanner Howe scored for the Pats. Regina went 0-1 on the power play and 0-4 on the penalty kill. With the shootout loss, the winning-streak ends at three games, but the point-streak extends to four straight (3-0-0-1). The Pats are now 6-4-0-1 on the season.
On the other side, the Moose Jaw Warriors are 5-4-0-0 on the season with 10 points. They are coming off a 4-3 regulation victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Saturday on home ice, snapping their two game losing-streak. The Warriors got goals from Eric Alarie, Ben Riche, Nathan Pilling and Atley Calvert in the win. The shots were even 34-34, with the Warriors going 2-3 on the power play and 3-4 on the penalty kill.
The Moose Jaw Warriors are coming off a season where they finished fourth in the Eastern Conference with 81 points, losing in the second round to the Winnipeg ICE in five games after sweeping the Saskatoon Blades in round one…2004 D Denton Mateychuk was drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets 12th overall, while 2004 F Jagger Firkus was selected 35th overall by the Seattle Kraken in 2022.
Match Up
Regina Moose Jaw
Team Record 6-4-0-1 – 13 points 5-4-0-0 – 10 points
Division Ranking 3rd East 5th East
Conference Ranking 4th Eastern 9th Eastern
League Ranking 7th 17th
Past 10 Games 6-3-0-1 5-4-0-0
Streak 3-0-0-1 1-0-0-0
Last Game 4-3 L vs Lethbridge (Oct 16 2022) Final SO 4-3 W vs Lethbridge (Oct 15 2022) Final
Home Record 2-2-0-1 4-2-0-0
Away Record 4-2-0-0 1-2-0-0
GF 38 27
GA 38 30
PP (Overall) (7/44) 15.9% (6/33) 18.2%
PP (Home) (2/18) 11.1% (5/21) 23.8%
PP (Away) (5/26) 19.2% (1/12) 8.3%
PK (Overall) (8/48) 83.3% (6/35) 82.9%
PK (Home) (2/18) 88.9% (5/25) 80.0%
PK (Away) (6/30) 80.0% (1/10) 90.0%
PP vs. Opp. (0/5) 0% (2/10) 20%
PK vs. Opp. (2/10) 80% (0/5) 100%
Leading Rookie (0-0-0) Riche (3-1-4)
Most PIM Bedard – 20 Wanner – 9
Team PIM/GM 12.9/Game 8.7/Game
Leading Scorers Bedard (9-11-20) Yager (3-8-11)
Howe (6-9-15) Calvert (5-4-9)
Valis (3-6-9) Firkus (3-4-7)
Suzdalev (5-2-7) Alarie (3-3-6)
Armstrong (4-3-7) Mateychuk (1-5-6)
Last 5 Games 4-3 L vs Lethbridge (Oct 16 2022) Final SO 4-3 W vs Lethbridge (Oct 15 2022) Final
4-3 W @ Swift Current (Oct 14 2022) Final 4-2 L vs Red Deer (Oct 14 2022) Final
3-0 W vs Prince Albert (Oct 12 2022) Final 4-1 L @ Saskatoon (Oct 9 2022) Final
4-3 W vs Swift Current (Oct 8 2022) Final 4-1 W vs Winnipeg (Oct 8 2022) Final
5-2 L vs Winnipeg (Oct 7 2022) Final 3-1 W vs Saskatoon (Oct 5 2022) Final
Leading After 1st 4-0-0-0 2-2-0-0
Leading After 2nd 5-0-0-0 3-0-0-0
Tied After 1st 1-1-0-0 1-0-0-0
Tied After 2nd 1-2-0-0 2-1-0-0
Trailing After 1st 1-3-0-1 2-2-0-0
Trailing After 2nd 0-2-0-1 0-3-0-0
Out Shooting Opponents 5-2-0-1 1-1-0-0
Out Shot by Opponents 1-2-0-0 2-3-0-0
1 Goal Games 3-1-0-1 3-0-0-0
2 Goal Games 1-1-0-0 1-1-0-0
3 Goal Games 2-1-0-0 1-3-0-0
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WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN
Radio: 620ckrm.com
Stream: WHL Live
HEAD TO HEAD (1-1-0-0)
It’s the third of eight meetings in the season series between the Pats and Warriors. The Pats are 195-147-13-9-8 vs. the Warriors, all time.
2022-23 HEAD TO HEAD
Date Home Away Time Result
September 23rd Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. MDT L, 5-4
September 24th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. MDT W, 6-3
October 20th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. MDT
October 23rd Regina Moose Jaw 4:00 p.m. MDT
December 16th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CST
February 11th Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. CST
March 17th Regina Moose Jaw 7:00 p.m. CST
March 18th Moose Jaw Regina 7:00 p.m. CST
It’s the third of eight meetings between the Pats and Warriors…season series is tied 1-1…the Pats won last years season series 6-4, going 5-0 at home and 1-4 on the road. The Pats have recorded at least a point in 14 of their last 19 meetings against Moose Jaw (12-5-1-1) coming in. Over the last five seasons, the Pats are 5-6 in Moose Jaw and 8-1-1-1 in Regina.
HEADLINES
The Regina Pats have recorded at least a point in four straight games (3-0-0-1) and have won four of their last six games (4-1-0-1) dating back to Wednesday, October 5 in Brandon, which came following a 1-2 road trip to Alberta. During that time, the Pats have outscored their opponents 19-to-16, having defeated Brandon, Swift Current (2x) and Prince Albert.
Tonight will be career game #200 for Cole Dubinsky. Sunday he recorded his 100th point with a goal. He now has points in two straight games (1G-1A). Tonight also marks the 100th career game for Layton Feist. Meanwhile, Connor Bedard is two points away from 150 career points.
BY THE NUMBERS
2: Two Pats goaltenders have posted a .900+ save percentage to start the season, as Matthew Kieper sits with a .915 SV% over three starts (2-1-0-1) and Drew Sim holds a .913 SV% in five starts (5-0-0-0).
5: Power play assists for Tanner Brown this season ranks tied for second in the WHL…the Kelowna, B.C. product has totaled seven assists in eight games split between the Pats and Rebels this season…Sunday, he picked up his first assist with the Pats (3GP-0G-1A).
20: Number of points (9G-11A) in 11 games for Pats captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL, while his nine goals are first, and his 11 assists lead the league…the North Vancouver, BC product is on a 10 game point-streak, with all 20 points over his last 10 games.
73: Shots on net in 11 games this season for Connor Bedard leads the WHL, as he is averaging 6.63 per-game, while he averaged 5.25 shots on net per game last year, with 326 shots in 62 games, leading the league…the next closest in shots is Jackson Berezowski (EVT) with 43.
83.3: Penalty kill percentage this season, which is eighth in the WHL and sixth in the Eastern Conference…the club has gone 16-18 on the PK over their last six games (88.9%), after giving up at least one short-handed in five previous games.
COMING UP
7:00 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 23 – Moose Jaw Warriors (5-4-0-0) at Regina Pats (6-4-0-1)
7:00 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29 – Everett Silvertips (7-2-0-0) at Regina Pats (6-4-0-1)
4:00 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 30 – Tri-City Americans (3-5-0-0) at Regina Pats (6-4-0-1)
7:00 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 5 – Swift Current Broncos (2-6-0-0) at Regina Pats (6-4-0-1)
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