Pat’s Back Home Versus Spokane
December 14, 2022 – Western Hockey League (WHL) – Regina Pats News Release
Regina, Sask. – The Regina Pats play the first of three games in four nights this week today as they host the Spokane Chiefs at 7:00 pm at the Brandt Centre.
The Pats are coming off a 6-1 loss to the Winnipeg ICE on Sunday, which ended their four game winning streak and their three-in-three weekend with a 2-1 record, gaining four of a possible six points. Regina’s loan goal was scored by Tanner Howe for his 20th of the season. Kelton Pyne made his season debut, allowing six goals on 40 shots. The Pats were outshot 40-20 by the ICE. The Pats went 0-1 on the power play and 2-3 on the penalty kill.
Meanwhile, the Spokane Chiefs snapped their four game losing-streak with a 5-2 win over the Moose Jaw Warriors last night. Carter Streek tallied three points (2G-1A), Tommaso De Luca recorded three points (2G-1A), while Chase Bertholet scored and Dawson Cowan made 33 saves in the win. The final shots were 35-34 for the warriors. Moose Jaw was 0-2 on their power play and Spokane was 0-1 on their man-advantage.
The Chiefs are now 1-4 over their last five contests and have been outscored 16-to-9 during their last five games, having been shutout twice over that span. They are currently in the mix of a six game Eastern Division road trip, where today will be the third game of it.
MATCH UP
Spokane Regina
Team record 6-20-0-1 – 13 points 16-13-1-1 – 34 points
Division Ranking 5th US 4th East
Conference Ranking 9th Western 6th Eastern
League Ranking 20th 9th
Past 10 Games 2-8-0-0 7-3-0-0
Streak 1-0-0-0 0-1-0-0
Last Game 5-2 W @ Moose Jaw (Dec 13 2022) Final 6-1 L @ Winnipeg (Dec 11 2022) Final
Home record 3-13-0-0 6-5-0-1
Away record 3-7-0-1 10-8-1-0
GF 78 121
GA 136 118
PP (overall) (19/116) 16.4% (34/123) 27.6%
PP (Home) (10/69) 14.5% (13/50) 26.0%
PP (Away) (9/47) 19.1% (21/73) 28.8%
PK (overall) (42/122) 65.6% (33/140) 76.4%
PC (Home) (22/64) 65.6% (8/48) 83.3%
PC (Away) (20/58) 65.5% (25/92) 72.8%
PP vs Opp (0/0) 0% (0/0) 0%
PK vs Opp (0/0) 0% (0/0) 0%
Leading rookie De Luca (8-13-21) Suzdalev (17-22-39)
Most PIM Cheveldayoff – 65 Vaughan – 54
Team PIM/GM 14.4/Game 14.7/Game
Leading Scorers Bertholet (10-19-29) Bedard (27-37-64)
Cheveldayoff (12-10-22) Howe (20-24-44)
De Luca (8-13-21) Suzdalev (17-22-39)
Catton (5-13-18) Svozil (5-32-37)
Wiles (6-10-16) Valis (13-16-29)
Last 5 Games 5-2 W @ Moose Jaw (Dec 13 2022) Final 6-1 L @ Winnipeg (Dec 11 2022) Final
2-1 L @ Brandon (Dec 10 2022) Final 5-2 W vs Calgary (Dec 10 2022) Final
6-3 L @ Winnipeg (Dec 9 2022) Final 3-2 W @ Prince Albert (Dec 9 2022) Final
3-0 L vs Seattle (Dec 6 2022) Final 8-2 W @ Edmonton (Dec 4 2022) Final
3-0 L vs Lethbridge (Dec 3 2022) Final 5-1 W @ Prince George (Dec 2 2022) Final
Leading After 1st 3-0-0-0 13-1-1-0
Leading After 2nd 5-0-0-0 14-0-0-0
Tied After 1st 3-4-0-0 2-2-0-0
Tied After 2nd 1-2-0-1 2-4-0-0
Trailing After 1st 0-16-0-1 1-10-0-1
Trailing After 2nd 0-18-0-0 0-9-1-1
Out shooting opponents 2-9-0-0 7-6-0-1
Out shot by opponents 4-11-0-1 8-7-1-0
1 Goal Games 2-1-0-1 5-3-1-1
2 goal games 1-5-0-0 1-1-0-0
3 goal games 2-5-0-0 5-5-0-0
WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN
Radio: 620ckrm.com
Stream: WHL Live
HEAD TO HEAD (0-0-0-0)
It’s the first meeting between the Pats and Chiefs since Jan. 18, 2020 when Spokane beat Regina in Spokane, 6-2. The last time the Chiefs were in Regina was Oct. 17, 2018, with the Chiefs winning 4-0. The Pats have lost their last three meetings against the Chiefs since the 2017-18 season with their last win coming 4-2 on Oct. 21, 2016 on home ice.
HEADLINES
The Regina Pats recalled 2007-born forward Corban Almen from the Saskatoon Blazers U18 AAA and 2006-born defenseman Kolten Bridgeman from the Regina Pat Canadians U18 AAA. The Pats also reassigned 2007-born forward Cole Temple to the Brandon Wheat Kings U18 AAA.
The Regina Pats have won seven of their last nine games since Nov. 25, outscoring their opponents 41-to-32, with a +9 goal differential during that time. The Pats have picked up wins over Vancouver (3-0), Victoria (9-5), Kelowna (OT, 6-5), Prince George (5-1) and Edmonton (8-2), Prince Albert (3- 2) and Calgary (5-2) over that stretch. Their only losses have been 9-3 to Kamloops and 6-1 to Winnipeg.
Connor Bedard (CAN) and Stanislav Svozil (CZE) are currently with their respective countries ahead of the 2023 IIHF World Juniors, and will be missing roughly eight Pats games due to the tournament. This is Bedard’s second World Juniors, while it is Svozil’s third.
BY THE NUMBERS
64: Number of points (27G-37A) in 28 games for Pats captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL…his 27 goals are first, and his 37 assists are also first…the North Vancouver, BC product is also on a 27 game point streak with all 64 points during that time.
29.3: Shooting percentage for Alexander Suzdalev is second in the WHL (17-for-58)…the Washington Capitals 2021 third-round pick is riding a seven game point-streak (4G-6A), and has points in 16 of his last 17 games (11G-19A-30PTS)…his 11 PPG are third in the WHL.
44: Points this season for forward Tanner Howe is T-3rd in the WHL, while his 20 goals are tied for fourth and his shooting percentage of 29.9% (20-for-67) is the best in the league…he is on a nine game point streak (10G-7A-17PTS), and has scored in 10 of his last 13.
6: Six straight wins for Pats goaltender Drew Sim (12GA-363MIN), posting a 1.98 goals-against average and a .935 save percentage over his last six starts…he is currently tied for first in shutouts with two this season and is tied for eighth in wins with 12.
27: Power play goals for the Pats over their last 19 contests dating back to Oct. 26, as the club has scored a PPG in 17 of their last 19 (27-for-76, 35.5%)….prior to this stretch, the Pats power play was 19th in the WHL at 14.9%…now the Pats power play is fourth in the WHL at 27.6%.
COMING UP
7:00pm, Friday, Dec. 16 – Regina Pats (16-13-1-1) at Moose Jaw Warriors (19-12-0-0)
7:00pm, Saturday, Dec. 17 – Saskatoon Blades (22-5-0-0) at Regina Pats (16-13-1-1)
7:00pm, Wednesday, Dec. 28 – Brandon Wheat Kings (12-16-3-0) at Regina Pats (16-13-1-1)
7:00pm, Friday, Dec. 30 – Regina Pats (16-13-1-1) at Prince Albert Raiders (10-18-2-0)
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