PREVIEW: Pats Host Rebels Inside Brandt Centre
Regina, Sask. – The Regina Pats continue their three game homestand tonight at 7pm against the Red Deer Rebels.
The Pats enter tonight’s game 4-3-1 with nine points while the Rebels role into town 2-3-0 on the season.
HOW TO TUNE-IN
- Stream: WHL Live
- Radio: 620 CKRM (RM2)
- Live Scoring: WHL.ca
ABOUT TONIGHT
Tonight the Regina Pats will be giving away a Beer Koozie’s to the first 1500 fans into the Brandt Centre.
For tickets to tonight’s action, CLICK HERE.
PREVIEW
The Pats are coming off a 5-4 regulation win over the Calgary Hitmen on Wednesday to begin the clubs three game homestand. The Pats have now won their last two home games, and are 3-1-1 overall on home ice.
Braxton Whitehead (1G-1A), Tanner Howe (1G-1A) and Zackary Shantz (1G-1A) had multi-point games, while Layton Feist and Borya Valis had singles. Kelton Pyne made 29 saves. 10 different Pats players gathered at least a point. The shots were an even 33-33.The Pats went 1-5 on their power play and 3-4 on their penalty kill.
The win marked the Pats second comeback win of the season, as they trailed 3-1 after one until a four goal third period.
Meanwhile, the Red Deer Rebels snapped their two game losing-streak on Saturday at home with a 3-1 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. The Hurricanes opened the scoring before scoring three unanswered goals, with two coming in the second as the Rebels led 2-1 after one.
Olie Josephson, Talon Brigley and Frantisek Formanek scored for Red Deer in their second win of the year. Kyle Kelsey made 33 saves in the win. The final shots were 34-29 for Lethbridge. The Hurricanes went 0-7 on their power play, while the Rebels were 0-4.
MATCH UP
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Red Deer |
Regina |
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| Team Record | 2-3-0-0 — 4 points | 4-3-1-0 — 9 points |
| Division Ranking | 5th Central | 4th East |
| Conference Ranking | 10th Eastern | 6th Eastern |
| League Ranking | 19th | 7th |
| Past 10 Games | 2-3-0-0 | 4-3-1-0 |
| Streak | 1-0-0-0 | 1-0-0-0 |
| Last Game | 3-1 W vs Lethbridge (Oct 7 2023) Final | 5-4 W vs Calgary (Oct 11 2023) Final |
| Home Record | 1-3-0-0 | 3-1-1-0 |
| Away Record | 1-0-0-0 | 1-2-0-0 |
| GF | 13 | 30 |
| GA | 18 | 31 |
| PP (Overall) | (5/25) 20.0% | (5/31) 16.1% |
| PP (Home) | (4/22) 18.2% | (3/17) 17.6% |
| PP (Away) | (1/3) 33.3% | (2/14) 14.3% |
| PK (Overall) | (5/25) 80.0% | (11/42) 73.8% |
| PK (Home) | (5/23) 78.3% | (5/21) 76.2% |
| PK (Away) | (0/2) 100.0% | (6/21) 71.4% |
| PP vs. Opp. | (0/0) 0% | (0/0) 0% |
| PK vs. Opp. | (0/0) 0% | (0/0) 0% |
| Leading Rookie | (0-0-0) | Temple (3-1-4) |
| Most PIM | Uchacz – 8 | Barnett – 14 |
| Team PIM/GM | 13.4/Game | 13.6/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Latimer (3-3-6) | Howe (5-6-11) |
| Josephson (2-2-4) | Michels (4-3-7) | |
| Lindgren (1-3-4) | Whitehead (3-4-7) | |
| Brigley (2-1-3) | Spencer (2-5-7) | |
| Uchacz (2-1-3) | Berge (2-3-5) | |
| Last 5 Games | 3-1 W vs Lethbridge (Oct 7 2023) Final | 5-4 W vs Calgary (Oct 11 2023) Final |
| 6-2 L vs Prince Albert (Oct 6 2023) Final | 6-1 L @ Saskatoon (Oct 7 2023) Final | |
| 4-2 L vs Medicine Hat (Sep 29 2023) Final | 4-2 W vs Medicine Hat (Oct 4 2023) Final | |
| 4-3 W @ Edmonton (Sep 23 2023) Final | 4-3 L vs Moose Jaw (Sep 30 2023) Final OT | |
| 4-2 L vs Edmonton (Sep 22 2023) Final | 4-3 L @ Prince Albert (Sep 29 2023) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 0-0-0-0 | 1-0-0-0 |
| Leading After 2nd | 1-0-0-0 | 3-1-0-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 0-1-0-0 | 1-1-1-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 0-0-0-0 | 0-0-1-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 2-2-0-0 | 2-2-0-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 1-3-0-0 | 1-2-0-0 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 1-3-0-0 | 1-1-0-0 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 1-0-0-0 | 2-2-0-0 |
| 1 Goal Games | 1-0-0-0 | 2-1-1-0 |
| 2 Goal Games | 1-2-0-0 | 1-1-0-0 |
| 3 Goal Games | 0-0-0-0 | 0-0-0-0 |
HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Pats went 2-1-1 against the Rebels last season (19GF-17GA), with all but one game being decided by two goals or less. The Pats went 0-4 against the Rebels in the 2021-22 season (10GF-16GA), with all of those games decided by two goals or less. In fact, since the 2019-20 season, 11 of their last 12 meetings have been decided by two goals or less with the Pats going 5-5-2 during that time.
The Pats will play the Rebels four times in the regular season, with three of those four meetings before Christmas.
COMING UP
- 7:00 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 14 – Lethbridge Hurricanes (5-2-0-0) at Regina Pats (4-3-1-0)
- 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 17 – Regina Pats (4-3-1-0) at Moose Jaw Warriors (5-3-0-0)
- 7:00 p.m., Friday, Oct. 20 – Regina Pats (4-3-1-0) at Prince Albert Raiders (4-3-0-0)
- 4:00 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 22 – Regina Pats (4-3-1-0) at Swift Current Broncos (2-4-1-0)
