PREVIEW: Pats Look For Redemption Versus Tigers
Regina, Sask. – The Regina Pats host the Medicine Hat Tigers in the finale of their three game homestand on Wednesday inside the Brandt Centre at 7:00 p.m.
the Regina Pats bounced back from back-to-back losses this weekend with a 4-2 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Monday, improving to 2-0-0-1 against the Hurricanes in the season series with one more meeting left.
The Pats mustered three unanswered goals, coming back from a 2-1 deficit. Regina got scoring from four different players as well as points from nine different Pats in their 26th victory of the season and 11th in comeback fashion. Stanislav Svozil (1G-1A), Braxton Whitehead, Tanner Howe and Zane Rowan scored for the Pats while Connor Bedard and Tye Spencer each chipped in with a pair of assists. Drew Sim made 28 saves for his 22nd win of the season.
On the other side, the Medicine Hat Tigers are coming off a 4-1 win over the Red Deer Rebels, grabbing three of four points in a home-and-home split as they lost 5-4 in overtime to begin the set.
Brenden Lee lead the way scoring twice for his team leading 23rd & 24th goals of the season while Cayden Lindstrom & Andrew Basha helped the Tigers power play go 2/6 in the final meeting of the season against the Rebels. Beckett Langkow made 16 saves for his 20th win of the season.
The Tigers are 8-1-3 over their last 12 games since January 17. The Tigers have also won three of their last five road games since January 17 (3-1-1).
MATCH UP
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| Team Record | 23-22-8-1 — 55 points | 26-24-2-1 — 55 points |
| Division Ranking | 4th Central | 4th East |
| Conference Ranking | 8th Eastern | 6th Eastern |
| League Ranking | 14th | 12th |
| Past 10 Games | 6-1-3-0 | 5-4-1-0 |
| Streak | 2-0-1-0 | 1-0-0-0 |
| Last Game | 4-1 W @ Red Deer (Feb 20 2023) Final | 4-2 W vs Lethbridge (Feb 20 2023) Final |
| Home Record | 11-10-4-1 | 13-11-0-1 |
| Away Record | 12-12-4-0 | 13-13-2-0 |
| GF | 194 | 200 |
| GA | 183 | 215 |
| PP (Overall) | (45/230) 19.6% | (55/202) 27.2% |
| PP (Home) | (22/107) 20.6% | (25/92) 27.2% |
| PP (Away) | (23/123) 18.7% | (30/110) 27.3% |
| PK (Overall) | (63/232) 72.8% | (54/226) 76.1% |
| PK (Home) | (28/109) 74.3% | (17/93) 81.7% |
| PK (Away) | (35/123) 71.5% | (37/133) 72.2% |
| PP vs. Opp. | (0/5) 0% | (1/6) 16.7% |
| PK vs. Opp. | (1/6) 83.3% | (0/5) 100% |
| Leading Rookie | Lindstrom (16-17-33) | Suzdalev (30-38-68) |
| Most PIM | Wiesblatt – 78 | Vaughan – 71 |
| Team PIM/GM | 12.5/Game | 12.8/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Wiesblatt (20-27-47) | Bedard (51-54-105) |
| Basha (12-35-47) | Suzdalev (30-38-68) | |
| Lee (24-18-42) | Howe (26-38-64) | |
| Boehm (18-17-35) | Svozil (7-50-57) | |
| Melin (13-21-34) | Valis (18-25-43) | |
| Last 5 Games | 4-1 W @ Red Deer (Feb 20 2023) Final | 4-2 W vs Lethbridge (Feb 20 2023) Final |
| 5-4 L vs Red Deer (Feb 18 2023) Final OT | 7-4 L vs Winnipeg (Feb 18 2023) Final | |
| 3-2 W vs Lethbridge (Feb 11 2023) Final SO | 6-5 L @ Prince Albert (Feb 17 2023) Final | |
| 3-0 L @ Lethbridge (Feb 10 2023) Final | 8-4 W vs Moose Jaw (Feb 11 2023) Final | |
| 5-1 W vs Regina (Feb 5 2023) Final | 5-1 L @ Medicine Hat (Feb 5 2023) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 12-5-1-0 | 17-5-1-0 |
| Leading After 2nd | 16-2-3-0 | 20-2-1-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 10-9-3-0 | 5-3-0-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 4-5-3-1 | 3-6-0-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 1-8-4-1 | 4-16-1-1 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 3-15-2-0 | 3-16-1-1 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 16-11-4-1 | 11-7-0-1 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 6-11-4-0 | 13-17-2-0 |
| 1 Goal Games | 7-6-8-1 | 10-4-2-1 |
| 2 Goal Games | 3-7-0-0 | 2-3-0-0 |
| 3 Goal Games | 5-6-0-0 | 7-7-0-0 |
WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN
- Radio: 620ckrm.com
- Stream: WHL Live
HEAD TO HEAD (0-2-0-0)
The Pats are 127-123-12-2-3 vs. the Tigers, all-time.
| Date | Home | Away | Time | Result |
| January 29th | Regina | Medicine Hat | 4:00 p.m. CST | L, 6-4 |
| February 5th | Medicine Hat | Regina | 4:00 p.m. MDT | L, 5-1 |
| February 22nd | Regina | Medicine Hat | 7:00 p.m. CST | |
| March 11th | Medicine Hat | Regina | 7:00 p.m. MDT |
It’s the third of four meetings against the Tigers this season, and the first of the season inside Co-Op Place. Last season, Regina won the season series 3-1, outscoring Medicine Hat 18-to-9 in the season series. The Pats are 3-10-0-1 against the Tigers over the last six seasons. Prior to last year, the Pats had dropped eight in a row versus the Tigers…they trail the season series this year 2-0.
INDIVIDUAL HEAD-TO-HEAD
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HEADLINES
The Regina Pats are 8-5-1 over their last 14 games since Jan. 8, defeating the Calgary Hitmen twice (6-2 & 6-5), Saskatoon Blades (7-4), Portland Winterhawks (4-3), Swift Current Broncos (5-2), Lethbridge Hurricanes twice (3-2 & 4-2) and the Moose Jaw Warriors (8-4) which comes following a three game losing-streak from Jan. 1 – Jan. 6…during that time, they have outscored their opponents 64-to-59.
35 (+1 in shootout) number of goals for the Pats over the past eight games, with five of the last eight games ending by two goals or less (4-3-1), all coming since Jan. 31…during that time, the Pats have received goals from 11 different players over their last eight games.
Regina Pats Head Coach and GM John Paddock picked up his 200th win as coach of the Pats on Feb. 11…sitting on 201 wins, he is one win away from tying Frank Mario (202) for third on the all-time wins list, while 5 wins away from tying Murray Armstrong (206) for second.
BY THE NUMBERS
105: Number of points (51G-54A) in 42 games for captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL…his 51 goals are first, while his 54 assists are tied for first…he is the ninth Pat’ to record 50 goals in back-to-back seasons and first since Mike Sillinger (1988-89, 1989-90, and 1990-91).
30: Goals for Alexander Suzdalev leads all WHL rookies…he has points in 11 of his last 14 games (9G-12A-21PTS)…he is the first Pats rookie to score 30+ since Nick Henry (2016-17) & the first Pats import to score 30+ since Petr Kalus had 36 (2005-06).
12: Points (4G-8A) for Tanner Howe over his last 10 games, with points in in eight of those 10 contests…he is riding a five game point-streak (3G-3A)…he has also scored in three of his last four games…he is one goal away from tying his career-high of 27 set last season.
20: Number of points (2G-18A) in 13 games for Stanislav Svozil since coming back from the World Juniors on Jan. 13…the Czechia product is tied for second amongst defencemen in assists with 50 and tied for fourth in points with 57…his 1.39 points/game is third amongst all defencemen.
7: Total points over Braxton Whitehead’s last eight games since Jan. 31 at RD, with three goals and four assists during that time…he’s also gathered at least a point in nine of his last 13 contests (5G-4A)…six of his eight goals have come since Jan. 1.
COMING UP
7:00 p.m., Friday, Feb. 24 – Regina Pats (26-23-2-1) at Brandon Wheat Kings (22-24-7-0)
7:00 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25 – Brandon Wheat Kings (22-24-7-0) at Regina Pats (26-23-2-1)
2:00 p.m., Friday, March 3 – Winnipeg ICE (44-7-1-0) at Regina Pats (26-24-2-1)
7:00 p.m., Saturday, March 4 – Red Deer Rebels (37-14-1-3) at Regina Pats (26-23-2-1)
