PREVIEW: Pats Battle Warriors In Trans-Canada Highway Clash
Regina, Sask. – The Regina Pats begin a stretch of three straight games away from home as they take on the Moose Jaw Warriors on Tuesday at 7pm inside the Moose Jaw Events Centre.
The Pats are red hot, having won their last three games coming in, as they currently sit with a 6-3-1-0 record and 13 points, tied for second in the Eastern Conference. The Warriors are 6-4-0-0 on the season with 12 points. They had their three game winning-streak come to an end over the weekend.
HOW TO TUNE-IN
PREVIEW
The Regina Pats finished off their mini three game homestand on Saturday night with a 3-1 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes, improving to 5-1-1 on home ice this year. Parker Berge (1G-1A), Tye Spencer and Braxton Whitehead scored for the Pats while Kelton Pyne grabbed his third win of the season, making 19 saves. The final shots were 26-20 for the Pats. Both teams went 0-3 on their power plays.
The Pats perfect week saw them defeat Calgary (5-4), Red Deer (4-3) and Lethbridge (3-1), with the games against Calgary and Red Deer being comeback victories. Saturday, the Pats held the lead from the first period onward. The three straight wins for the Pats is a season-high.
Meanwhile, the Moose Jaw Warriors are coming off a 6-3 loss to the Prince Albert Raiders on Saturday at home, snapping the clubs three game winning-streak. The Raiders took a 3-0 lead before Moose Jaw tied it with two in the second and one in the third. Three straight goals by the Raiders sealed the contest.
The Warriors got goals from Harper Lolacher, Atley Calvert and Lyden Lakovic. Dimitri Fortin got the start, allowing five goals on 37 shots. The final shot tally was 48-38 for Moose Jaw. The Warriors finished 1-4 on their power play and 1-2 on their penalty kill.
Today, the Warriors wrap up their four game homestand. Having gone 3-1-0 on it, Moose Jaw has defeated Medicine Hat (4-3), Calgary (5-3) and Lethbridge (4-3) before losing to Prince Albert.
Match Up
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Regina |
Moose Jaw |
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| Team Record | 6-3-1-0 — 13 points | 6-4-0-0 — 12 points |
| Division Ranking | 3rd East | 4th East |
| Conference Ranking | 3rd Eastern | 4th Eastern |
| League Ranking | 2nd | 6th |
| Past 10 Games | 6-3-1-0 | 6-4-0-0 |
| Streak | 3-0-0-0 | 0-1-0-0 |
| Last Game | 3-1 W vs Lethbridge (Oct 14 2023) Final | 6-3 L vs Prince Albert (Oct 14 2023) Final |
| Home Record | 5-1-1-0 | 3-2-0-0 |
| Away Record | 1-2-0-0 | 3-2-0-0 |
| GF | 37 | 33 |
| GA | 35 | 39 |
| PP (Overall) | (7/38) 18.4% | (10/35) 28.6% |
| PP (Home) | (5/24) 20.8% | (6/15) 40.0% |
| PP (Away) | (2/14) 14.3% | (4/20) 20.0% |
| PK (Overall) | (11/51) 78.4% | (9/29) 69.0% |
| PK (Home) | (5/30) 83.3% | (7/16) 56.3% |
| PK (Away) | (6/21) 71.4% | (2/13) 84.6% |
| PP vs. Opp. | (0/6) 0% | (2/8) 25% |
| PK vs. Opp. | (2/8) 75% | (0/6) 100% |
| Leading Rookie | Temple (3-2-5) | McKenzie (0-3-3) |
| Most PIM | Vaughan – 18 | Brenton – 15 |
| Team PIM/GM | 12.7/Game | 10.0/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Howe (7-7-14) | Firkus (5-9-14) |
| Whitehead (5-5-10) | Yager (7-6-13) | |
| Spencer (3-5-8) | Lakovic (5-4-9) | |
| Berge (3-5-8) | Calvert (4-2-6) | |
| Michels (4-3-7) | Gallant (1-5-6) | |
| Last 5 Games | 3-1 W vs Lethbridge (Oct 14 2023) Final | 6-3 L vs Prince Albert (Oct 14 2023) Final |
| 4-3 W vs Red Deer (Oct 13 2023) Final SO | 4-3 W vs Lethbridge (Oct 13 2023) Final | |
| 5-4 W vs Calgary (Oct 11 2023) Final | 5-3 W vs Calgary (Oct 10 2023) Final | |
| 6-1 L @ Saskatoon (Oct 7 2023) Final | 4-3 W @ Medicine Hat (Oct 7 2023) Final | |
| 4-2 W vs Medicine Hat (Oct 4 2023) Final | 4-0 L @ Lethbridge (Oct 6 2023) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 3-0-0-0 | 2-0-0-0 |
| Leading After 2nd | 4-1-0-0 | 2-0-0-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 1-1-1-0 | 4-1-0-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 1-0-1-0 | 3-0-0-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 2-2-0-0 | 0-3-0-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 1-2-0-0 | 1-4-0-0 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 2-1-0-0 | 1-1-0-0 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 3-2-0-0 | 4-3-0-0 |
| 1 Goal Games | 3-1-1-0 | 3-0-0-0 |
| 2 Goal Games | 2-1-0-0 | 2-0-0-0 |
| 3 Goal Games | 0-0-0-0 | 1-1-0-0 |
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Last season, Moose Jaw took the season series 5-3, as the Pats went 1-3 at home and 2-2 on the road. In 2021-22, the Pats defeated the Warriors in the season series 6-4, going 5-0 at home. Regina has recorded at least a point in 17 of their last 27 meetings against Moose Jaw (14-10-2-1). Over the last eight seasons, the Pats are 6-8 in Moose Jaw and 9-4-2-1 in Regina.
2023-24 HEAD TO HEAD VS. MOOSE JAW (0-1-1-0)
| Date | Away | Home | Time | Result |
| September 27 | Moose Jaw | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CST | L, 4-2 |
| September 30 | Moose Jaw | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CST | OTL, 4-3 |
| October 17 | Regina | Moose Jaw | 7:00 p.m. CST | |
| December 29 | Regina | Moose Jaw | 4:00 p.m. CST | |
| January 1 | Moose Jaw | Regina | 4:00 p.m. CST | |
| March 8 | Regina | Moose Jaw | 7:00 p.m. CST | |
| March 17 | Moose Jaw | Regina | 4:00 p.m. CST | |
| March 23 | Regina | Moose Jaw | 7:00 p.m. CST |
For the regular season, the Pats will play the Warriors eight times.
COMING UP
- 7:00 p.m., Friday, Oct. 20 – Regina Pats (6-3-1-0) at Prince Albert Raiders (6-3-0-1)
- 4:00 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 22 – Regina Pats (6-3-1-0) at Swift Current Broncos (3-5-1-0)
- 7:00 p.m., Friday, Oct. 27 – Saskatoon Blades (7-2-0-0) at Regina Pats (6-3-1-0)
- 4:00 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 29 – Prince George Cougars (7-3-0-0) at Regina Pats (6-3-1-0)
