PREVIEW: Pats Partake in Home-and-Home with Broncos
Regina, Sask. – The Regina Pats battle the Swift Current Broncos in the first game of a home-and-home set with puck drop set for 7:00 p.m., at the Brandt Centre.
Tonight, exclusive Regina Pats hockey cards will go on sale for $20 per pack, limited to five per person. Hockey cards will be available on the North West concourse by the kids zone.
HOW TO TUNE-IN
PREVIEW
The Regina Pats are 20-27-4-2 with 46 points, currently 10th in the East and five points back of the eighth and final playoff spot with 15 games left in the season.
The Pats are coming off a 5-4 loss to the Medicine Hat Tigers on Tuesday, breaking their two game winning-streak, which was their third winning-streak of the season. Tuesday’s battle saw five different lead changes, and was tied 3-3 after 40 minutes, and was tied 4-4 early in the third.
Jaxsin Vaughan (1G-1A) and Tanner Howe (2A) led the way with multi-point games. Braxton Whitehead, Zane Rowan and Zach Moore rounded out the scoring for the Pats while Ewan Huet made 16 saves as his three game winning-streak came to a close. The shots were 29-21 for the Pats. Regina went 1-3 on their power play and 0-3 on their penalty kill.
Meanwhile, the Swift Current Broncos are 27-19-4-2 with 60 points, which is fifth in the East and four points back of fourth.
The Broncos are coming off a 4-1 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Wednesday. Mathew Ward led the way with three points (1G-2A) while Clarke Caswell, Connor Hvidston and Owen Pickering (1G-1A) rounded out the scoring. Reid Dyck got he win, allowing one goal on 22 shots. The Broncos outshot the Hurricanes 34-22. Swift Current went 2-6 on their power play and 4-5 on their penalty kill.
The Broncos are now 5-1-1 over their last seven games since January 31 when they defeated Lethbridge 6-0 and Regina 3-0 shortly after. During that time, the Broncos have outscored their opponents 27-to-13.
ROSTER NEWS
The Regina Pats reassigned Brayden Smith to the Saskatoon Blazers U18 AAA team on Wednesday with the return of Brayden Barnett and Ty Gibson to the lineup. Corbin Vaughan is listed as day-to-day with a lower-body injury and is expected to return to the lineup soon as the Merritt, B.C., product has been out since November 22.
MATCH UP
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| Team Record | 27-19-4-2 — 60 points | 20-27-4-2 — 46 points |
| Division Ranking | 3rd Central | 5th East |
| Conference Ranking | 5th Eastern | 10th Eastern |
| League Ranking | 9th | 18th |
| Past 10 Games | 5-3-2-0 | 5-5-0-0 |
| Streak | 1-0-0-0 | 0-1-0-0 |
| Last Game | 4-1 W vs Lethbridge (Feb 14 2024) Final | 5-4 L vs Medicine Hat (Feb 13 2024) Final |
| Home Record | 17-5-3-1 | 15-11-2-1 |
| Away Record | 10-14-1-1 | 5-16-2-1 |
| GF | 203 | 171 |
| GA | 186 | 225 |
| PP (Overall) | (39/209) 18.7% | (41/187) 21.9% |
| PP (Home) | (19/102) 18.6% | (22/101) 21.8% |
| PP (Away) | (20/107) 18.7% | (19/86) 22.1% |
| PK (Overall) | (52/208) 75.0% | (54/237) 77.2% |
| PK (Home) | (17/100) 83.0% | (27/128) 78.9% |
| PK (Away) | (35/108) 67.6% | (27/109) 75.2% |
| PP vs. Opp. | (1/19) 5.3% | (2/13) 15.4% |
| PK vs. Opp. | (2/13) 84.6% | (1/19) 94.7% |
| Leading Rookie | Coupland (8-12-20) | Temple (6-8-14) |
| Most PIM | Wyrostok – 59 | Vaughan – 51 |
| Team PIM/GM | 11.8/Game | 12.0/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Geekie (31-37-68) | Howe (24-40-64) |
| Caswell (17-37-54) | Oremba (18-21-39) | |
| Filmon (22-30-52) | Spencer (18-21-39) | |
| Gould (17-35-52) | Whitehead (12-26-38) | |
| Hvidston (21-21-42) | Gibson (2-25-27) | |
| Last 5 Games | 4-1 W vs Lethbridge (Feb 14 2024) Final | 5-4 L vs Medicine Hat (Feb 13 2024) Final |
| 3-2 L vs Saskatoon (Feb 10 2024) Final | 9-4 W vs Edmonton (Feb 10 2024) Final | |
| 4-1 W vs Edmonton (Feb 9 2024) Final | 5-3 W @ Calgary (Feb 7 2024) Final | |
| 4-3 W vs Red Deer (Feb 6 2024) Final | 5-2 L @ Medicine Hat (Feb 6 2024) Final | |
| 5-4 L vs Brandon (Feb 3 2024) Final OT | 7-6 W vs Red Deer (Feb 4 2024) Final SO | |
| Leading After 1st | 18-4-1-1 | 9-3-1-1 |
| Leading After 2nd | 20-2-1-1 | 13-2-1-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 5-7-3-1 | 6-5-1-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 4-6-2-0 | 2-2-2-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 4-8-0-0 | 5-19-2-1 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 3-11-1-1 | 5-23-1-2 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 14-7-1-0 | 6-7-2-0 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 12-12-3-2 | 13-20-1-2 |
| 1 Goal Games | 7-5-4-2 | 9-5-4-2 |
| 2 Goal Games | 4-4-0-0 | 7-7-0-0 |
| 3 Goal Games | 11-7-0-0 | 1-5-0-0 |
HEAD TO HEAD (1-3-0-0)
The Pats are 180-157-19-8-6 vs. the Broncos, all-time.
| Date | Away | Home | Time | Result |
| October 22 | Regina | Swift Current | 4:00 p.m. CST | L, 2-1 |
| November 17 | Regina | Swift Current | 7:00 p.m. CST | L, 5-2 |
| December 2 | Swift Current | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CST | SOW, 6-5 |
| February 2 | Swift Current | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CST | L, 3-0 |
| February 16 | Swift Current | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CST | |
| February 17 | Regina | Swift Current | 7:00 p.m. CST |
It’s the fifth of six meetings between the Pats and Broncos. Last season the Pats went 3-2-1 against the Broncos, going 2-1 at home and 1-1-1 on the road, outscored by them 22-to-21. In 2021-22, the Pats went 3-3-0 against the Broncos, going 1-2-0 at home and 2-1-0 on the road. The Pats are 12-11-2 over their last 25 meetings against the Broncos.
COMING UP
- 7:00 p.m., Saturday, Feb 17 – Regina Pats (20-27-4-2) at Swift Current Broncos (27-19-4-2)
- 2:00 p.m., Monday, Feb 19 – Calgary Hitmen (22-22-6-1) at Regina Pats (20-27-4-2)
- 9:00 p.m., Friday, Feb 23 – Regina Pats (20-27-4-2) at Spokane Chiefs (21-24-4-1)
- 9:00 p.m., Saturday, Feb 24 – Regina Pats (20-27-4-2) at Tri-City Americans (20-29-2-1)
