PREVIEW: Pats Host Raiders To Begin 2023
Regina, Sask. – The Regina Pats host the Prince Albert Raiders on New Years Day inside the Brandt Centre at 4:00 p.m.
The Pats are coming off a 4-3 overtime win over the Prince Albert Raiders on Friday at the Art Hauser Centre. The win snapped the Pats three game losing-streak and ended 2022 on a high note. The Pats led 3-0 after one, but allowed the Raiders to comeback in the third, giving up three unanswered goals.
Tanner Brown capped off a three point night with his first career overtime goal, as the Pats took a 3-0 season series lead over the Raiders. Alexander Suzdalev (1G-2A) and Easton Armstrong (1G-1A) also chipped in with multi-point games while Borya Valis rounded out the scoring for the Pats with a power play goal. Drew Sim made 41 saves and 10 in overtime for his 14th win of the season. The Pats were 2-5 on their power play and 6-7 on their penalty kill.
For the Raiders, they got goals from Carson Latimer, Landon Kosior and Gabe Ludwig in the loss. They outshot Regina 44-29 and 36-19 after the first period. With the loss, the Raiders have dropped eight of their last nine games since the start of December and have now lost two straight.
Yesterday, the Raiders traded 2003-born F Carson Latimer to the Winnipeg ICE in exchange for 2005-born F Aidan Oiring and two third round picks.
MATCH UP
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Prince Albert |
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| Team Record | 11-20-3-0 — 25 points | 18-16-1-1 — 38 points |
| Division Ranking | 6th East | 4th East |
| Conference Ranking | 11th Eastern | 7th Eastern |
| League Ranking | 19th | 10th |
| Past 10 Games | 2-7-1-0 | 6-4-0-0 |
| Streak | 0-1-1-0 | 1-0-0-0 |
| Last Game | 4-3 L vs Regina (Dec 30 2022) Final OT | 4-3 W @ Prince Albert (Dec 30 2022) Final OT |
| Home Record | 6-10-1-0 | 7-7-0-1 |
| Away Record | 5-10-2-0 | 11-9-1-0 |
| GF | 88 | 132 |
| GA | 121 | 140 |
| PP (Overall) | (31/167) 18.6% | (37/140) 26.4% |
| PP (Home) | (20/87) 23.0% | (14/59) 23.7% |
| PP (Away) | (11/80) 13.8% | (23/81) 28.4% |
| PK (Overall) | (32/141) 77.3% | (39/163) 76.1% |
| PK (Home) | (14/55) 74.5% | (11/59) 81.4% |
| PK (Away) | (18/86) 79.1% | (28/104) 73.1% |
| PP vs. Opp. | (2/15) 13.3% | (2/8) 25% |
| PK vs. Opp. | (2/8) 75% | (2/15) 86.7% |
| Leading Rookie | Ritchie (6-12-18) | Suzdalev (21-26-47) |
| Most PIM | Goldsmith – 63 | Vaughan – 58 |
| Team PIM/GM | 14.3/Game | 14.6/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Kosior (12-20-32) | Bedard (27-37-64) |
| Stanick (12-19-31) | Suzdalev (21-26-47) | |
| Latimer (10-18-28) | Howe (21-26-47) | |
| Sorensen (14-13-27) | Svozil (5-32-37) | |
| Herman (6-15-21) | Valis (14-17-31) | |
| Last 5 Games | 4-3 L vs Regina (Dec 30 2022) Final OT | 4-3 W @ Prince Albert (Dec 30 2022) Final OT |
| 3-1 L @ Saskatoon (Dec 27 2022) Final | 4-0 L vs Brandon (Dec 28 2022) Final | |
| 5-3 W vs Spokane (Dec 17 2022) Final | 6-1 L vs Saskatoon (Dec 17 2022) Final | |
| 3-2 L vs Medicine Hat (Dec 14 2022) Final | 6-2 L @ Moose Jaw (Dec 16 2022) Final | |
| 9-0 L vs Saskatoon (Dec 10 2022) Final | 4-3 W vs Spokane (Dec 14 2022) Final SO | |
| Leading After 1st | 5-2-0-0 | 14-1-1-0 |
| Leading After 2nd | 7-1-0-0 | 15-0-0-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 5-1-2-0 | 2-3-0-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 4-1-1-0 | 2-4-0-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 1-17-1-0 | 2-12-0-1 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 0-18-2-0 | 1-12-1-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 5-6-3-0 | 8-6-0-1 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 6-14-0-0 | 9-10-1-0 |
| 1 Goal Games | 4-8-3-0 | 7-3-1-1 |
| 2 Goal Games | 4-4-0-0 | 1-1-0-0 |
| 3 Goal Games | 2-3-0-0 | 5-5-0-0 |
WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN
- Radio: 620ckrm.com
- Stream: WHL Live
HEAD TO HEAD (3-0-0-0)
The Pats are 165-129-11-11-6 vs. the Raiders, all time & 102-47-5-5-3 at home & 63-82-6-3-3 on the road.
| Date | Home | Away | Time | Result |
| October 12th | Regina | Prince Albert | 7:00 p.m. MDT | W, 3-0 |
| December 9th | Prince Albert | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CST | W, 3-2 |
| December 30th | Prince Albert | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CST | OTW, 4-3 |
| January 1st | Regina | Prince Albert | 4:00 p.m. CST | |
| February 17 | Prince Albert | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CST | |
| March 25 | Regina | Prince Albert | 7:00 p.m. CDT |
Regina Pats
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Prince Albert Raiders
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Last year vs. PA
10/1 at PA: W, 3-1…1/25 vs. PA: W, 4-0
10/2 vs. PA: W, 5-2… 2/18 at PA: OTW, 5-4
12/3 at PA: L, 5-2… 4/2 at PA: L, 6-1
12/10 vs. PA: W, 5-2… 4/9 vs. PA: W, 5-3
HEADLINES
- The Regina Pats play on New Years Day for the 41st time in franchise history. The first Pats game that was played on New Years Day was January 1, 1952 with the Pats Crow’s Nest Pass Coalers 8-1. The Pats have won their last two New Years Day games and five of their last six on New Years Day, with four of those coming against the Raiders.
- Regina Pats Head Coach and GM John Paddock (193) is currently seven wins away from 200 as Pats coach…he is nine wins away from tying Frank Mario (202) for third on the all-time wins list, while 13 wins away from tying Murray Armstrong (206) for second on the list.
- Connor Bedard tallied four assists last night, helping Canada defeat Sweden 5-1. He now has 18 points (6G-12A) in four games at the 2023 World Juniors which has tied Dale McCourt & Brayden Schenn for most by a Canadian at a single World Juniors. He also tied Eric Lindros for the most career points by a Canadian at the World Juniors with 31. He is one goal away from breaking Jordan Eberle’s career goal record for goals by a Canadian at the World Juniors with 14.
BY THE NUMBERS
64: Number of points (27G-37A) in 28 games for Pats captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL…and his 37 assists are first and his 27 goals are second…the North Vancouver, BC product is also on a 27 game point-streak with all 64 points during that time.
47: Points for Alexander Suzdalev is tied for fourth in the WHL, while his 21 goals are tied for fifth…the Washington Capitals 2022 third-round pick has points in 20 of his last 22 games (15G-23A-38PTS)…his 12 power play goals are tied for third in the WHL.
47: Points this season for forward Tanner Howe is tied for fifth in the WHL, while his 21 goals are also tied for fifth and his shooting percentage of 27.3% (21-for-77) is fifth…his 12 game point-streak ended Wednesday, and he has 21 points over his last 13 games (11G-10A).
10: Points over Easton Armstrong’s last 10 games (6G-4A), with points in seven of those 10 contests…the Los Angeles, CA product has set career highs in goals (13) assists (8) and points (21) this season…Friday he tallied two points (1G-1A) for his third multi-point game of the year.
17-15-2: First half record this season versus the Pats 11-16-0 first half record last season where the Pats went 7-7-0 at home and just 5-9-0 on the road…at end of the first half last year, the Pats were 18th in the WHL and sixth in their division.
COMING UP
7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 4 – Regina Pats (18-16-1-1) at Brandon Wheat Kings (14-17-4-0)
7:00 p.m., Friday, Jan. 6 – Seattle Thunderbirds (27-4-1-1) at Regina Pats (18-16-1-1)
4:00 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 8 – Calgary Hitmen (18-10-3-1) at Regina Pats (18-16-1-1)
7:00 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13 – Saskatoon Blades (25-6-1-0) at Regina Pats (18-16-1-1)
