Pats Host Silvertips at Brandt Centre
October 29, 2022 – Western Hockey League (WHL) – Regina Pats News Release
Regina, Sask. – The Regina Pats host the Everett Silvertips at 7:00 p.m. inside the Brandt Centre.
The Pats are coming off a 2-1 loss to the Moose Jaw Warriors on Wednesday at the Brandt Centre, as the club dropped their third straight contest. The Warriors scored two power play goals in the first period to take a 2-0 lead. The Pats would answer with a power play goal in the second period from Alexander Suzdalev, but were unable to complete the comeback in the third. The final shots were 22-20 for the Warriors, as Drew Sim made 20 saves in the loss. Moose Jaw went 2-3 on their power play while Regina went 1-3.
For the Silvertips, they are coming off a 4-1 loss to the Moose Jaw Warriors at the Moose Jaw Events Centre on Friday. Jackson Berezowski scored his ninth of the season, while Olen Zellweger fired 10 shots on net and was named the games third star. Braden Holt got the start, allowing three goals on 30 shots as Everett outshot Moose Jaw 47-30 and 21-8 in the second period. The Silvertips were 0-1 on the power play and 2-2 on the penalty kill.
The Everett Silvertips are coming off a 2021-22 season where they finished first in the Western Conference, going 45-13-5-5 with 100 points, winning their ninth division title and making the playoffs for the 18th season in their 19 year history (2020-21 no playoffs were held)…last season, the Silvertips were upset by the eighth place Vancouver Giants in six games in round one.
Match Up
Everett Regina
Team Record 7-4-0-0 – 14 points 6-6-0-1 – 13 points
Division Ranking 3rd U.S. 4th East
Conference Ranking 3rd Western 5th Eastern
League Ranking 7th 9th
Past 10 Games 6-4-0-0 4-5-0-1
Streak 0-2-0-0 0-2-0-1
Last Game 4-1 L @ Moose Jaw (Oct 28 2022) Final 2-1 L vs Moose Jaw (Oct 26 2022) Final
Home Record 6-2-0-0 2-3-0-1
Away Record 1-2-0-0 4-3-0-0
GF 46 41
GA 43 45
PP (Overall) (14/54) 25.9% (8/50) 16.0%
PP (Home) (12/45) 26.7% (3/21) 14.3%
PP (Away) (2/9) 22.2% (5/29) 17.2%
PK (Overall) (12/47) 74.5% (11/55) 80.0%
PK (Home) (7/32) 78.1% (4/21) 81.0%
PK (Away) (5/15) 66.7% (7/34) 79.4%
PP vs. Opp. (0/0) 0% (0/0) 0%
PK vs. Opp. (0/0) 0% (0/0) 0%
Leading Rookie Rymon (2-6-8) (0-0-0)
Most PIM Hofer – 19 Bedard – 20
Team PIM/GM 13.5/Game 12.5/Game
Leading Scorers Roest (9-10-19) Bedard (10-12-22)
Berezowski (9-7-16) Howe (6-9-15)
Hofer (6-5-11) Suzdalev (6-3-9)
Zellweger (5-6-11) Valis (3-6-9)
Hemmerling (5-6-11) Brown (0-8-8)
Last 5 Games 4-1 L @ Moose Jaw (Oct 28 2022) Final 2-1 L vs Moose Jaw (Oct 26 2022) Final
6-3 L @ Tri-City (Oct 21 2022) Final 5-2 L @ Moose Jaw (Oct 20 2022) Final
7-3 W vs Spokane (Oct 16 2022) Final 4-3 L vs Lethbridge (Oct 16 2022) Final SO
11-3 L vs Seattle (Oct 15 2022) Final 4-3 W @ Swift Current (Oct 14 2022) Final
5-4 W @ Kelowna (Oct 14 2022) Final 3-0 W vs Prince Albert (Oct 12 2022) Final
Leading After 1st 6-1-0-0 4-0-0-0
Leading After 2nd 6-1-0-0 5-0-0-0
Tied After 1st 1-0-0-0 1-1-0-0
Tied After 2nd 1-0-0-0 1-2-0-0
Trailing After 1st 0-3-0-0 1-5-0-1
Trailing After 2nd 0-3-0-0 0-4-0-1
Out Shooting Opponents 6-4-0-0 5-2-0-1
Out Shot by Opponents 1-0-0-0 1-4-0-0
1 Goal Games 1-0-0-0 3-2-0-1
2 Goal Games 2-0-0-0 1-1-0-0
3 Goal Games 1-3-0-0 2-2-0-0
WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN
Radio: 620ckrm.com
Stream: WHL Live
HEAD TO HEAD (0-0-0-0)
Date Home Away Time Result
October 29 Regina Everett 7:00 p.m. MDT
It’s the only meeting between the Pats and Silvertips this season. Today’s game against Everett marks the first matchup between these two teams in Regina since October 21, 2018 (1469 days/4 years) when the Silvertips defeated the Pats 5-1. It’s the first overall matchup since January 12, 2020 when Regina defeated Everett 6-3 on the road. The Pats are 10-6-0-1 against the Silvertips all-time (since 2003), going 2-5-0-1 at home & 8-1-0-0 on the road.
HEADLINES
The Regina Pats have lost their last three games (0-2-1) since having their three game winning-streak come to an end on Sunday, October 16. During that time, the Pats have lost to Lethbridge (SOL, 4-3), and Moose Jaw twice (L, 5-2 & L, 2-1) having been outscored 11-to-6 over that span.
Connor Bedard recorded his 150th career point on Wednesday with an assist on the power play in a 2-1 loss to the Moose Jaw Warriors…the Pats captain reached 150 career points in just his 90th career game (73G-77A).
BY THE NUMBERS
22: Number of points (10G-12A) in 13 games for Pats captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL, while his 10 goals are tied for first, and his 12 assists are also tied for first…the North Vancouver, BC product is on a 12 game point-streak, with all 22 points over his last 12 games.
5: Power play assists for Tanner Brown ranks tied for second amongst WHL defenceman…the Kelowna, B.C. product has totaled eight assists in 10 games split between the Pats and Rebels this season, which is eighth amongst WHL defencemen.
79: Shots on net in 13 games this season for Connor Bedard leads the WHL, as he is averaging 6.07 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 is two others with 54.
80.0%: Penalty kill percentage this season, which is 11th in the WHL and eighth in the Eastern Conference…the club has gone 20-25 on the PK over their last eight games (80.0%), after giving up at least one short-handed in five previous games…their PK last season was last at 71.9%.
2: Two Pats goaltenders have posted a .900+ save percentage to start the season, as Matthew Kieper sits with a .915 SV% over four starts (1-2-0-1) and Drew Sim holds a .906 SV% in seven starts (5-2-0-0).
COMING UP
The Regina Pats will continue their five game homestand with the third game of it on Sunday, October 30th when they host the Tri-City Americans. Regina will end their homestand on November 5th and 9th against Swift Current and Edmonton. In the Month of November, Regina will play 11 games with three at home and eight on the road.
4:00 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 30 – Tri-City Americans (5-5-0-0) at Regina Pats (6-6-0-1)
7:00 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 5 – Swift Current Broncos (4-7-0-0) at Regina Pats (6-6-0-1)
7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 9 – Edmonton Oil Kings (1-11-1-0) at Regina Pats (6-6-0-1)
7:00 p.m., Friday, Nov. 11 – Regina Pats (6-6-0-1) at Swift Current Broncos (4-7-0-0)
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