PREVIEW: Pats End Four Game Road Swing In Brandon
Regina, Sask. – The Regina Pats (19-26-2-1) finish their four game road swing against the Brandon Wheat Kings (26-16-3-2) on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., at Westoba Place.
The Pats are coming off a 4-3 overtime loss to the Calgary Hitmen on Sunday, falling t0 1-1-2-1 against the Hitmen this season. The Pats finished their first three-in-three on the road since the 2014-15 season where the club went 0-3.
The Pats had three one goal leads escape from them in Calgary, before Blake Stevenson’s overtime winner. Layton Feist, Easton Armstrong and Cole Carrier scored for the Pats, while Connor Bedard recorded two assists. The final shots were 34-31 for the Hitmen, with the Pats going 0-1 on their power play, but 3-3 on the penalty kill.
Regina finished the month of February 3-7-2-0, outscored 51-42.
For the Brandon Wheat Kings, they are coming off a 5-2 loss to the Saskatoon Blades on home ice on Friday. Brandon finished with a 6-2-1-0 record in February, their second-best monthly record of the season. (7-2-1-1 in Dec.). Eight of the next 12 games, including tonight will be played at Westoba Place. 14 of the final 21 games will be played on Manitoba soil (12 in Brandon, 2 in Winnipeg).
Former Wheat King Netihan Salame will make his return to Westoba Place. The Edmonton, AB native who played 149 regular-season games with the Wheat Kings was traded to Victoria in October, before being claimed by the Pats off WHL waivers.
Match Up
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Brandon |
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| Team Record | 19-26-2-1 — 41 points | 26-16-3-2 — 57 points |
| Division Ranking | 5th East | 4th East |
| Conference Ranking | 10th Eastern | 7th Eastern |
| League Ranking | 16th | 13th |
| Past 10 Games | 3-5-2-0 | 7-2-1-0 |
| Streak | 0-2-1-0 | 0-1-0-0 |
| Last Game | 4-3 L @ Calgary (Feb 27 2022) Final OT | 5-2 L vs Saskatoon (Feb 25 2022) Final |
| Home Record | 13-11-0-1 | 12-7-2-1 |
| Away Record | 6-15-2-0 | 14-9-1-1 |
| GF | 170 | 155 |
| GA | 186 | 162 |
| PP (Overall) | (49/195) 25.1% | (37/184) 20.1% |
| PP (Home) | (32/102) 31.4% | (21/90) 23.3% |
| PP (Away) | (17/93) 18.3% | (16/94) 17.0% |
| PK (Overall) | (57/209) 72.7% | (39/204) 80.9% |
| PK (Home) | (29/99) 70.7% | (17/97) 82.5% |
| PK (Away) | (28/110) 74.5% | (22/107) 79.4% |
| PP vs. Opp. | (4/17) 23.5% | (5/18) 27.8% |
| PK vs. Opp. | (5/18) 72.2% | (4/17) 76.5% |
| Leading Rookie | Howe (20-26-46) | Danielson (18-24-42) |
| Most PIM | Evans – 75 | Greig – 80 |
| Team PIM/GM | 13.7/Game | 13.9/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Bedard (33-31-64) | Greig (23-30-53) |
| Evans (13-39-52) | Ritchie (20-27-47) | |
| Howe (20-26-46) | Nychuk (15-31-46) | |
| Nijhoff (15-19-34) | Danielson (18-24-42) | |
| Svozil (6-26-32) | Iorio (8-24-32) | |
| Last 5 Games | 4-3 L @ Calgary (Feb 27 2022) Final OT | 5-2 L vs Saskatoon (Feb 25 2022) Final |
| 6-4 L @ Red Deer (Feb 26 2022) Final | 6-5 W vs Saskatoon (Feb 23 2022) Final OT | |
| 6-3 L @ Edmonton (Feb 25 2022) Final | 2-1 W @ Swift Current (Feb 19 2022) Final | |
| 2-0 W vs Medicine Hat (Feb 23 2022) Final | 5-2 W @ Lethbridge (Feb 18 2022) Final | |
| 4-3 L vs Swift Current (Feb 21 2022) Final | 4-1 W @ Medicine Hat (Feb 16 2022) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 11-3-1-0 | 9-3-2-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 16-1-0-0 | 12-0-1-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 6-7-0-0 | 11-1-1-1 |
| Tied After 2nd | 2-6-1-0 | 9-2-0-1 |
| Trailing After 1st | 2-16-1-1 | 6-12-0-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 1-19-1-1 | 5-14-2-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 14-11-1-1 | 12-3-1-1 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 5-12-1-0 | 13-12-2-1 |
| 1 Goal Games | 6-7-2-1 | 10-4-3-2 |
| 2 Goal Games | 4-7-0-0 | 7-3-0-0 |
| 3 Goal Games | 3-9-0-0 | 8-2-0-0 |
WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN
- Radio: 620ckrm.com
- Stream: WHL Live
HEAD TO HEAD
The Pats are 202-221-21-12-6 vs. the Wheat Kings, all-time.
2021-22 HEAD TO HEAD (1-2)
| Date | Road | Home | Time | Result |
| October 10th | Brandon | Regina | 4:00 p.m. MDT | 4-2 L |
| November 6th | Brandon | Regina | 7:00 p.m. MDT | W, 6-1 |
| December 11th | Regina | Brandon | 7:00 p.m. CST | L, 4-3 |
| January 28th | Brandon | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CST | L, 6-4 |
| March 2nd | Regina | Brandon | 7:00 p.m. CST | |
| March 26th | Brandon | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CDT | |
| April 5th | Regina | Brandon | 7:00 p.m. CST |
Last season, the Regina Pats went 1-2-1-0 against the Wheat Kings, going to overtime in two of those four contests. The Pats won 2-1 in
overtime, while losing 3-2 in overtime, 7-2 and 5-2. The Pats are 8-10-1-2 against Brandon since the 2018-19 season, with 11 of those 21 games being decided by one goal. Brandon and Regina have faced off 462 times all-time coming into today’s play.
BDN VS. REG INDIVIDUAL STATS
Brandon Wheat Kings
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Regina Pats
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HEADLINES
- Connor Bedard was named the WHL’s February Player of the Month on Tuesday, March 1…the North Vancouver, B.C., native led all WHL skaters with 26 points (13G-13A) during the month of February and registered a point in each of his 12 appearances this past month, highlighted by 10 multi-point games and a five-point outing (3G-2A) Feb. 11 against the Calgary Hitmen.
- INJURY REPORT: Five players are on the injured list
- #13 Zack Stringer, F, lower body, indefinite
- #18 Cole Dubinsky, F, upper body, 1 week
- #27 Borya Valis, F, upper body, indefinite
- #29 Logan Nijhoff, F, upper body, indefinite
- #30 Matthew Kieper, G, upper body, 1 week
BY THE NUMBERS
52: Points (13G-39A) this season for Ryker Evans is 3rd amongst WHL D while also 2nd in PTS/GP at 1.08…he is the only Pat’ to have played in all 48 games this season…he must play the remaining 22 games to reach 200 career…he has points in nine of his last 12 games (7G-8A).
49: Points (23G-25A) over Connor Bedard’s last 22 games since Nov. 28, with points in 21 of those 22 contests…he had 15 points in 20 games prior and is currently 1st in the WHL in shots (231), averaging 5.5 shots per game…he has recorded a point in 12 straight games (13G-13A-26PTS).
26.0: Shooting percentage for rookie winger Tanner Howe this season leads all WHL rookies…has recorded at least a point in nine straight games (4G-8A-12PTS) after going his previous five contests with 0G-1A…he is 2nd among rookies in PPG (9), while T-3rd in PP-PTS (20).
12-7-1: Record for the Pats when forward Zack Stringer is in the lineup this season, with the Pats going 9-0-1 over their last 10 games with Stringer playing…Stringer has missed 29 games this season and 15 straight games (4-10-1 without)…are 8-19-2 without him in the lineup in total this year.
16-1: Record when the Pats are leading after two periods of play this season…27 games have been decided by two goals or less (10-14-2-1) this season, with five of their last six games decided by two goals or less…the Pats are 3-7-0-0 in three goal games this season.
COMING UP
The Regina Pats return home for a four game homestand this Friday where they’ll host the Red Deer Rebels and Lethbridge Hurricanes on Saturday…they then rematch Lethbridge at home next Friday and host the Calgary Hitmen on Saturday February 12th. The Pats have 20 games remaining in the regular season, with nine at home and 11 on the road. In March, they will play 12 games, with six at home and six on the road.
- 7:00 p.m., Friday, Mar 4 – Red Deer Rebels (33-15-3) at Regina Pats (19-26-3)
- 7:00 p.m., Saturday, Mar 5 – Lethbridge Hurricanes (21-24-3) at Regina Pats (19-26-3)
- 7:00 p.m., Friday, Mar 11 – Lethbridge Hurricanes (21-24-3) at Regina Pats (19-26-3)
- 7:00 p.m., Saturday, Mar 12 – Calgary Hitmen (20-23-7) at Regina Pats (19-26-3)
