PREVIEW: Pats continue road trip in Prince George
Regina, Sask. – The Regina Pats play the fifth game of their six game road trip tonight against the Prince George Cougars.
WHL REGULAR SEASON GAME #28 | Regina Pats (7-16-2-2, T-10th East) at Prince George Cougars (13-8-3-2, 5th)
| Date | Time | Friday, December 6 | 9:00pm CST |
| Place | CN Centre |
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| What’s Next | Next Game: Sunday, December 8 at Edmonton (5:00pm CST) |
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PREVIEW
The Regina Pats were finally able to exhale on Wednesday night, snapping a seven game skid with an impressive 5-3 win over the Vancouver Giants at the Langley Events Centre thanks to a 38 save performance from Kelton Pyne. Five different Pats players found the back of the net with Zach Moore, Jace Egland, Julien Maze, Zackary Shantz and Caden Brown scoring for Regina. Egland scored his first in the WHL while Brown and Maze added their first with the Regiment. Maze finished the game with three points (1G-2A) while Zackary Shantz (1G-1A) and Connor Bear (2A) each added multi-point efforts.
Regina was outshot 41-26 in their seventh win of the season. The Pats were 1-4 on the power play and 2-3 on their penalty kill. The win also marked Regina’s first victory in the second game of a back-to-back.
Also to note: the Pats have three victories away from the Brandt Centre this season which is two shy from their road win total last season.
Tonight’s matchup will mark the fifth and final game against B.C., opponents this season.
The Cougars have dropped their last three games and are coming off a 5-0 loss to the Edmonton Oil Kings at Rogers Place on November 30. Parker Snell shutout the Cougars in his first WHL start, and Prince George has now been outscored 12-to-7 in their last three games. The final shots were 32-29 for Edmonton. The Cougars were 0-5 on their power play and 5-7 on their penalty kill.
WHO TO WATCH
Julien Maze is coming off a standout performance on Wednesday, tying his career-high with three points (1G-2A). His goal in Vancouver broke a 10 game goalless drought, and was his first with Regina. He’s now produced five multi-point games this season.
Jace Egland is also looking to build off a strong outing after he scored his first career WHL goal. Egland has showed his ability to score goals at the U18 level with the Swift Current Legionnaires, picking up 14 goals in nine games this season and 29 goals last season.
The Cougars have five players in the WHL’s top 50 scorers: Tarik Parascak (33PTS), Borya Valis (34PTS), Riley Heidt (34PTS), Koehn Ziemmer (28PTS) and Viliam Kmec (28PTS). Despite not scoring in his last four contests, 20-year-old forward Ziemmer has 19 goals in 19 games this season which ranks tied for fifth in the WHL.
Valis, a former Pat’, is an easy choice for player to watch as he is having a career season with 34 points (13G-21A) in 24 games, and is currently on pace 94 points (36G-58A) in 66 games.
COMING UP
The Regina Pats will finish up this stretch of eight straight away from home on Sunday with a 4pm MDT puck drop against the Edmonton Oil Kings. The Pats then return home for two home games before the Christmas Break: December 13 vs. Saskatoon and December 14 vs. Moose Jaw.
