PREVIEW: Pats set for matinee meeting with ICE
REGINA – The Regina Pats return to action Saturday night inside the Subway WHL Hub at the Brandt Centre for a meeting with the Winnipeg ICE.
Regina was off Friday, while Winnipeg picked up their seventh win of the season with a 3-0 victory over the Prince Albert Raiders.
Where to LISTEN/WATCH
- Radio: 620ckrm.com
- Stream: WHL Live
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Saturday marks the second meeting of the season with Winnipeg, as the Regiment complete their second rotation through the six opposing teams inside the Hub. The first meeting between the two teams wasn’t kind to Regina, as the ICE skated away with an 8-3 decision back on March 23. That game started an up and down stretch for the Pats, who have won three games over the stretch, while suffering two lopsided losses – 7-3 vs. Saskatoon on March 26 and Regina’s most recent outing, an 8-3 loss to Winnipeg Thursday.
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A little banged up today. Full complement up front, but five bodies on defence.#JoinTheRegiment #SubwayWHLHub pic.twitter.com/NyjuYR6gT3
— Regina Pats (@WHLPats) April 3, 2021
Regina enters Saturday’s game still looking for their first win over the ICE since the team relocated from the Kootenays prior to last season. The Pats went 0-3-1-1 in 2019-20 versus Winnipeg.
Following Saturday’s game, which marks the midway point of the Hub schedule for Regina, the Pats will play three more games before losing Connor Bedard to Team Canada and the U18 World Championship. Bedard was named Thursday to Canada’s roster for the event, which opens April 26 in Texas. The rookie phenom has 20 points in 11 games and entered the long weekend as the WHL’s leading scorer.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: LAST 10 MEETINGS | REG (2-6-1-1) vs. WPG/KTN
- Mar. 23, 2021: REG 3 @ WPG 8
- Mar. 6, 2020: REG 2 vs. WPG 6
- Dec. 15, 2019: REG 4 vs. WPG 5 (SO)
- Dec. 6, 2019: REG 2 @ WPG 3 (OT)
- Nov. 9, 2019: REG 4 @ WPG 5
- Sept. 29, 2019: REG 2 vs. WPG 5
- Feb. 20, 2019: REG 5 (SO) vs. KTN 4
- Jan. 16, 2019: REG 3 vs. KTN 4
- Nov. 13, 2018: REG 2 @ KTN 5
- Oct. 12, 2018: REG 3 @ KTN 2
PATS ALL-TIME REG. SEASON RECORD vs. ICE
- 39-39-2-5-5 (W-L-T-OTL-SOL)
SPECIAL TEAMS REPORT
- REGINA:
- PP – 8/48, 16.7% (16th WHL)
- PK – 37/49, 75.5% (14th WHL)
- WINNIPEG:
- PP – 15/50, 30% (5th WHL)
- PK – 35/40, 87.5% (5th WHL)
.@Payworks By Numbers
A look at how the Pats & ICE have fared since the team’s last met on March 23.#JoinTheRegiment #SubwayWHLHub pic.twitter.com/ViY03cD3hU
— Regina Pats (@WHLPats) April 3, 2021
BY THE NUMBERS
- Bedard’s assignment to Team Canada put into focus yet again how remarkable his excellence has been. The North Van. Product was the lone 2005-born player named to Canada.
- Carson Denomie keeps scoring. The 20-year-old picked up his 10th of the season Thursday night on a dish from Bedard, which marked the pair’s seventh connection of the season.
- You think Denomie has enjoyed playing with Bedard? The veteran has gotten to double-digit goals in less than a third of the time it took last year. Denomie hit 10 (and 11 goals) in his 38th game last season on January 4 vs. Swift Current.
- Colby Wotton was a bright spot Thursday night, scoring his first career WHL goal. Wotton became the fifth Pats rookie to score this season, joining Bedard, Easton Armstrong, Braxton Whitehead, and Layton Feist.
- Winnipeg features plenty of high WHL Draft picks. 11 ICE players are first or second rounders. That’s second in the hub to Saskatoon’s 14 picks.
