PREVIEW: Six Games In Nine Days Starts Tonight In Prince Albert
Regina, Sask. – The Regina Pats play the first of two games this weekend as they travel to Prince Albert to take on the Raiders at 7:00 p.m. inside the Art Hauser Centre.
The Pats begin the first of six games in nine days tonight in Prince Albert. The club has won three of their last five contests (3-1-1) and are 7-3-1 over their last 11 games since January 8.
The Pats are coming off a impressive 8-4 win over the Moose Jaw Warriors on Saturday on home ice in front of their third straight sellout. Connor Bedard completed his sixth hat-trick of the season and the eighth of his career in a five point game (3G-2A). Borya Valis (1G-2A), Luke Bateman (2A), Stanislav Svozil (2A), Tanner Howe (1G-1A) and Alexander Suzdalev (1G-1A) chipped in with multi-point games while Tye Spencer and Zane Rowan rounded out the scoring. Drew Sim made 39 saves for his 21st win of the season. The final shots were 43-27 for Moose Jaw. The Pats and Warriors both went 1-2 on their respective power plays.
Meanwhile, the Prince Albert Raiders are coming off a home-and-home split against the Swift Current Broncos, losing 4-0 on the road on Friday before winning 4-1 at home on Saturday, which snapped their two game skid. In their 4-1 win, the Broncos opened the scoring and they fired back with four unanswered goals, with three in the second. Keaton Sorensen (1G-2A), Niall Crocker (1G-1A), Ryder Ritchie (1G-1A) and Harrison Lodewyk scored for the Raiders in the win while Max Hildebrand made 33 saves for his eighth win of the season. The shots were 34-21 for the Broncos. The Raiders were 1-5 on the power play and 2-2 on the penalty kill.
They are coming off a 3-2 B.C. road trip which spanned from Jan. 28 – Feb. 4. The Raiders have won their last two home games (7GF-2GA).
MATCH UP
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Regina |
Prince Albert |
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| Team Record | 25-22-2-1 — 53 points | 20-28-3-0 — 43 points |
| Division Ranking | 4th East | 6th East |
| Conference Ranking | 6th Eastern | 11th Eastern |
| League Ranking | 11th | 18th |
| Past 10 Games | 6-3-1-0 | 5-5-0-0 |
| Streak | 1-0-0-0 | 1-0-0-0 |
| Last Game | 8-4 W vs Moose Jaw (Feb 11 2023) Final | 4-1 W vs Swift Current (Feb 11 2023) Final |
| Home Record | 12-10-0-1 | 10-14-1-0 |
| Away Record | 13-12-2-0 | 10-14-2-0 |
| GF | 187 | 138 |
| GA | 200 | 175 |
| PP (Overall) | (50/190) 26.3% | (46/237) 19.4% |
| PP (Home) | (23/87) 26.4% | (27/118) 22.9% |
| PP (Away) | (27/103) 26.2% | (19/119) 16.0% |
| PK (Overall) | (51/217) 76.5% | (47/210) 77.6% |
| PK (Home) | (16/89) 82.0% | (20/85) 76.5% |
| PK (Away) | (35/128) 72.7% | (27/125) 78.4% |
| PP vs. Opp. | (2/12) 16.7% | (2/19) 10.5% |
| PK vs. Opp. | (2/19) 89.5% | (2/12) 83.3% |
| Leading Rookie | Suzdalev (28-38-66) | Ritchie (14-19-33) |
| Most PIM | Vaughan – 65 | Goldsmith – 77 |
| Team PIM/GM | 13.2/Game | 13.7/Game |
| Leading Scorers | Bedard (48-48-96) | Stanick (17-27-44) |
| Suzdalev (28-38-66) | Kosior (15-27-42) | |
| Howe (24-37-61) | Sorensen (18-20-38) | |
| Svozil (5-47-52) | Ritchie (14-19-33) | |
| Valis (18-24-42) | Herman (12-17-29) | |
| Last 5 Games | 8-4 W vs Moose Jaw (Feb 11 2023) Final | 4-1 W vs Swift Current (Feb 11 2023) Final |
| 5-1 L @ Medicine Hat (Feb 5 2023) Final | 4-0 L @ Swift Current (Feb 10 2023) Final | |
| 3-2 W @ Lethbridge (Feb 3 2023) Final | 4-0 L @ Kelowna (Feb 4 2023) Final | |
| 6-5 W @ Calgary (Feb 1 2023) Final SO | 6-4 L @ Kamloops (Feb 3 2023) Final | |
| 6-5 L @ Red Deer (Jan 31 2023) Final OT | 4-1 W @ Vancouver (Feb 1 2023) Final | |
| Leading After 1st | 17-3-1-0 | 8-3-0-0 |
| Leading After 2nd | 20-1-1-0 | 15-1-0-0 |
| Tied After 1st | 4-3-0-0 | 8-3-2-0 |
| Tied After 2nd | 2-5-0-0 | 4-4-1-0 |
| Trailing After 1st | 4-16-1-1 | 4-22-1-0 |
| Trailing After 2nd | 3-16-1-1 | 1-23-2-0 |
| Out Shooting Opponents | 10-6-0-1 | 10-8-3-0 |
| Out Shot by Opponents | 13-16-2-0 | 10-20-0-0 |
| 1 Goal Games | 10-3-2-1 | 6-9-3-0 |
| 2 Goal Games | 1-3-0-0 | 5-7-0-0 |
| 3 Goal Games | 7-6-0-0 | 7-3-0-0 |
WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN
- Radio: 620ckrm.com
- Stream: WHL Live
HEAD TO HEAD (3-1-0-0)
The Pats are 165-130-11-11-6 vs. the Raiders, all time & 102-48-5-5-3 at home & 63-82-6-3-3 on the road.
| Date | Home | Away | Time | Result |
| October 12th | Regina | Prince Albert | 7:00 p.m. MDT | W, 3-0 |
| December 9th | Prince Albert | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CST | W, 3-2 |
| December 30th | Prince Albert | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CST | OTW, 4-3 |
| January 1st | Regina | Prince Albert | 4:00 p.m. CST | L, 5-2 |
| February 17 | Prince Albert | Regina | 7:00 p.m. CST | |
| March 25 | Regina | Prince Albert | 7:00 p.m. CDT |
It’s the fifth of six meetings between the Pats and Raiders this season, with Regina leading the season series 3-1, having outscored the Raiders 12-to 10. Last year, Regina went 6-2 against the Raiders in the season series over eight meetings, going 4-0 at home and 2-2 on the road. The Pats are 14-14 overall against the Raiders in their 28 meetings over the course of the last six seasons.
INDIVIUAL TEAM VS. TEAM
Prince Albert Raiders
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Regina Pats
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Last year vs. PA
10/1 at PA: W, 3-1…1/25 vs. PA: W, 4-0
10/2 vs. PA: W, 5-2… 2/18 at PA: OTW, 5-4
12/3 at PA: L, 5-2… 4/2 at PA: L, 6-1
12/10 vs. PA: W, 5-2… 4/9 vs. PA: W, 5-3
HEADLINES
- The Regina Pats are 7-3-1 over their last 11 games, defeating the Calgary Hitmen twice (6-2 & 6-5), Saskatoon Blades (7-4), Portland Winterhawks (4-3), Swift Current Broncos (5-2), Lethbridge Hurricanes (3-2) and 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 51-to-44 (+7 goal diff.)
- 22 (+1 in shootout) number of goals for the Pats over the past five games, with three of the last five games ending in one goal (3-1-1), all coming since Jan. 31…during that time, the Pats have received goals from nine different players over their last five games.
- Regina Pats Head Coach and GM John Paddock picked up his 200th win as coach of the Pats on Saturday…he is now two wins away from tying Frank Mario (202) for third on the all-time wins list, while 6 wins away from tying Murray Armstrong (206) for second on the list.
BY THE NUMBERS
96: Number of points (48G-48A) in 39 games for captain Connor Bedard leads the WHL…his 48 goals are first while his 48 assists are first…the North Vancouver, BC product had his career best 35 game point-streak and 11 game goal-streak end on Feb. 3 at LET.
66: Points for Alexander Suzdalev leads all WHL rookies…his 28 goals and 38 assists also lead all WHL rookies…he has points in 10 of his last 11 games (7G-12A-19PTS) and points in 30 of his last 36 games (22G-35A-57PTS)…15 PPG is T-2nd in the WHL.
9: Points (2G-7A) for Tanner Howe over his last seven games, with points in in five of those seven contests…additionally, he has tallied 11 points (7G-4A) in 14 career games against his hometown team, the Raiders…he is eight points away from tying his career high (69).
15: Number of assists in 10 games for defenceman Stanislav Svozil since coming back from the World Juniors on Jan. 13…the Czechia product is tied for fourth amongst defencemen in assists with 47 and sixth in points with 52…his 1.37 points/game is second amongst all defencemen.
85.7: Penalty kill percentage over the Pats last seven games in which the club has gone 18-for-21 during that span…meanwhile, the Pats power play snapped an 0-for-11 skid on Saturday with a PPG, going 1-2…they are 1-for-13 on the man-advantage over their last four contests.
COMING UP
- 7:00 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 18 Winnipeg ICE (41-7-1-0) at Regina Pats (25-22-2-1)
- 2:00 p.m., Monday, Feb. 20 Lethbridge Hurricanes (29-18-3-2) at Regina Pats (25-22-2-1)
- 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22 Medicine Hat Tigers (22-22-7-1) at Regina Pats (25-22-2-1)
- 7:00 p.m., Friday, Feb. 24 Regina Pats (25-22-2-1) at Brandon Wheat Kings (21-23-7-0)
