PREVIEW: Pats head to Assiniboia for neutral site battle with Warriors
Regina, Sask. – The Regina Pats play rematch the Moose Jaw Warriors tonight, this time at the Southland Co-op Centre in Assiniboia, with puck drop set from 7pm.
The Southland co-op Centre is home to the Southern Jr. B Rebels and the Assiniboia Senior Rebels. Their arena seats just over 1,500 people and is expected to be sold out for tonight’s game.
WHERE TO WATCH
- No Stream (highlights posted throughout game)
The Pats will be broadcasting all of their pre-season home games on WHL Live as well as two pre-season games on radio. Dante De Caria will have the call on 620 CKRM of the Pats pre-season contests against the Brandon Wheat Kings on September 13 and 14.
MATCH UP
The Pats play their third game of the pre-season tonight, coming in with a 1-1 record while the Warriors are 0-1 after they opened their pre-season with a 7-4 loss to the Pats Friday in Estevan.
It was Regina’s start that really set the pace of the game early on, as the Pats took off with a 3-0 lead in the opening eight minutes of action. They never looked back from there, firing home another three goals in the second period to lead 6-2 after two.
Cole Temple had a career night with a four point-game (2G-2A) and Sam Oremba added three points (1G-2A). Jaxsin Vaughan (1G-1A) and Brayden Smith (2A) chipped in with multi-point efforts. Zane Rowan and Logan Peskett also scored in the win. Madden Mulawka got the start, stopping 28 shots.
The Warriors did make things interesting a handful of times, coming to within one at 3-2 in the second, and within two in the third. Ethan Hughes (1G-1A) and Ethan Semeniuk (2A) had multi-point games for the Warriors while Dimitri Fortin made 29 saves in the loss.
The Warriors won their first ever WHL Championship last season, sweeping the Portland Winterhawks in the league final. The Warriors then went 1-2-0 in Memorial Cup round-robin play before falling in the semi-final to Saginaw (7-1 L). Moose Jaw finished the regular season with a 44-21-0-3 record with 91 points, and have made the playoffs in each of the last three seasons.
The Pats now have 29 players on their pre-season roster, with four goalies, seven defencemen and 18 forwards. Of those 29 players are 20 returning players from the Pats 2023-24 squad that finished 22-40-4-2 with 50 points.
2024-25 HEAD TO HEAD VS. MOOSE JAW
| Date | Away | Home | Time | Result |
| September 27 | Regina | Moose Jaw | 7:00 p.m. CST | |
| September 29 | Moose Jaw | Regina | 2:00 p.m. CST | |
| December 14 | Moose Jaw | Regina | 6:00 p.m. CST | |
| December 31 | Regina | Moose Jaw | 6:00 p.m. CST | |
| January 1 | Moose Jaw | Regina | 4:00 p.m. CST | |
| January 10 | Regina | Moose Jaw | 7:00 p.m. CST | |
| March 7 | Regina | Moose Jaw | 7:00 p.m. CST | |
| March 8 | Moose Jaw | Regina | 6:00 p.m. CST |
COMING UP
- Saturday, September 7 at Moose Jaw Warriors (7PM in Assiniboia)
- Friday, September 13 at Brandon (7PM)
- Saturday, September 14 vs. Brandon (6PM)
The Regina Pats have two more pre-season games after tonight’s contest against the Warriors in Assiniboia. The Pats finish up their pre-season with a home-and-home against the Brandon Wheat Kings. Tickets for the Pats next pre-season home game on Sept. 14 can be purchased HERE!
The Pats open the 2024-25 season on the road in Prince Albert on September 20. The Pats home opener is September 21 against the Brandon Wheat Kings with a 6pm puck drop! Tickets for the home opener can be found HERE!
