PREVIEW: Pats host Wheat Kings on Fan Appreciation Night
Regina, Sask. – The Regina Pats conclude their 2023-24 home schedule with their second last game of the season as they host the Brandon Wheat Kings for the Fan Appreciation game at 7:00 p.m.
Prior to puck drop, the Pats will be honouring the 1974 Memorial Cup winning team, as well as holding their annual pre-game awards ceremony. In addition, today’s 50/50 jackpot will start $35,000, and it will be your last time to bid on game used jerseys from the 2023-24 season. To buy a 50/50 ticket online, CLICK HERE. To bid on the game worn jerseys CLICK HERE.
For more details on today’s game, CLICK HERE.
HOW TO TUNE-IN
PREVIEW
The Regina Pats look to end their home schedule on a high note today. The Pats enter this contest with a 22-38-4-2 record and 50 points, which is 11th in the East with 50 points. Despite a 5-25-2-1 road record this season, the Pats have gone 17-13-2-1 on home ice this season, with 122 goals for inside the Brandt Centre versus their 83 goals for on the road.
The Pats are coming off a 5-1 loss to the Prince Albert Raiders on Wednesday, dropping their second straight game. The Pats would spoil Max Hildebrand’s shutout bid with Tanner Howe scoring his team leading 28th of the season in the third period. The Raiders power play proved to be the difference, going 3-6. The Pats finished 1-2 on their power play. The shots were 37-26 for the Raiders, with Kelton Pyne allowing five goals on 37 shots.
The Brandon Wheat Kings have clinched a playoff spot with one game left in the season.
Currently in sixth in the East with a 32-28-6-1 record with 71 points, the Wheat Kings will have to await results to see who they will play in round one. They can still finish as low as eighth and as high as sixth as just four points separate the Wheat Kings and Prince Albert Raiders.
They are coming off a 5-3 win over the Moose Jaw Warriors on Thursday and have now won their last two contests coming in.
MATCH UP
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Brandon |
Regina |
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| Team Record | 32-28-6-1 — 71 points | 22-38-4-2 — 50 points |
| Division Ranking | 3rd East | 5th East |
| Conference Ranking | 6th Eastern | 11th Eastern |
| League Ranking | 9th | 20th |
| Past 10 Games | 3-6-1-0 | 1-9-0-0 |
| Streak | 2-0-0-0 | 0-2-0-0 |
| Last Game | 5-3 W vs Moose Jaw (Mar 21 2024) Final | 5-1 L @ Prince Albert (Mar 20 2024) Final |
| Home Record | 22-10-2-0 | 17-13-2-1 |
| Away Record | 10-18-4-1 | 5-25-2-1 |
| GF | 222 | 205 |
| GA | 242 | 286 |
| PP (Overall) | (41/223) 18.4% | (48/229) 21.0% |
| PP (Home) | (23/111) 20.7% | (24/112) 21.4% |
| PP (Away) | (18/112) 16.1% | (24/117) 20.5% |
| PK (Overall) | (64/267) 76.0% | (70/293) 76.1% |
| PK (Home) | (23/127) 81.9% | (32/148) 78.4% |
| PK (Away) | (41/140) 70.7% | (38/145) 73.8% |
| PP vs. Opp. | (9/29) 31% | (9/33) 27.3% |
| PK vs. Opp. | (9/33) 72.7% | (9/29) 69% |
| Leading Rookie | Petr (17-27-44) | Temple (6-13-19) |
| Most PIM | Henry – 98 | Vaughan – 80 |
| Team PIM/GM | 14.0/Game | 12.8/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Hyland (32-26-58) | Howe (28-48-76) |
| Roersma (20-38-58) | Whitehead (16-35-51) | |
| McQueen (21-30-51) | Spencer (23-23-46) | |
| Petr (17-27-44) | Oremba (20-24-44) | |
| Wiens (25-18-43) | Gibson (2-29-31) | |
| Last 5 Games | 5-3 W vs Moose Jaw (Mar 21 2024) Final | 5-1 L @ Prince Albert (Mar 20 2024) Final |
| 3-2 W vs Prince Albert (Mar 16 2024) Final | 6-3 L vs Moose Jaw (Mar 17 2024) Final | |
| 4-0 L @ Saskatoon (Mar 12 2024) Final | 5-2 W vs Prince Albert (Mar 15 2024) Final | |
| 6-3 L @ Swift Current (Mar 9 2024) Final | 6-3 L @ Moose Jaw (Mar 8 2024) Final | |
| 4-0 W @ Lethbridge (Mar 8 2024) Final | 5-3 L @ Everett (Mar 2 2024) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 16-4-2-0 | 10-7-1-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 20-2-1-0 | 15-2-1-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 10-8-1-1 | 7-7-1-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 7-4-1-0 | 2-3-2-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 6-16-3-0 | 5-24-2-1 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 5-22-4-1 | 5-33-1-2 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 18-5-2-0 | 6-7-2-0 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 12-20-4-1 | 15-30-1-2 |
| 1 Goal Games | 11-5-6-1 | 9-5-4-2 |
| 2 Goal Games | 7-6-0-0 | 7-9-0-0 |
| 3 Goal Games | 8-5-0-0 | 2-10-0-0 |
2023-24 HEAD TO HEAD VS. BRANDON (3-3-1-0)
| Date | Home | Away | Time | Result |
| September 22 | Brandon | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CDT | OTW, 7-6 |
| November 3 | Regina | Brandon | 7:00 p.m. CST | W, 6-1 |
| November 11 | Brandon | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CST | L, 7-5 |
| November 12 | Regina | Brandon | 4:00 p.m. CST | W, 4-2 |
| December 1 | Brandon | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CST | L, 7-1 |
| December 27 | Brandon | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CST | OTL, 5-4 |
| December 30 | Regina | Brandon | 7:00 p.m. CST | L, 5-3 |
| March 22 | Regina | Brandon | 7:00 p.m. CST |
The Pats are 209-228-21-13-6 vs. the Wheat Kings, all-time, going 137-84-12-3-2 at home & 72-144-9-10-4 on the road.
It’s the final of eight meetings between the Pats and Wheat Kings this season with the Pats going 3-3-1 in the season series, scoring 30 goals for and giving up 33 goals against.
The Pats went 4-2 in six matchups last season against the Wheat Kings, and were outscored by them 20-to-19. Five of their six matchups last season were decided by two goals or more. The winning team has scored 5+ in six of seven games this season.
COMING UP
The Pats final game of the season is tomorrow (Saturday, March 23) when they take on the Moose Jaw Warriors at the Moose Jaw Events Centre. That will conclude the Pats 107th season dating back to 1917.
