Game Day – Game 1 Tonight
Head-to-Head:
The greatest rivalry in junior hockey is about to be taken to a whole new level. The Regina Pats and Moose Jaw Warriors will face-off for the first time in the playoffs since the ‘03/’04 season and if the regular season is any indication, this series could go in either team’s favor. Both teams compiled a similar 4-2-2-0 record in the regular season series with 4 of the 8 games going into overtime. Leading the way for the Pats has been All-Star forward Jordan Weal, who has 15 pts in 7 games against the Warriors this season. Between the pipes, Matt Hewitt has posted strong numbers against the Warriors posting a 4-1-1 record with a 2.62 GAA and .917 SV%.
2011-12 Against the Warriors
GP G A Pts. Pim +/-
Jordan Weal 7 5 10 15 8 7
Chandler Stephenson 7 5 1 6 2 4
Lane Scheidl 7 3 1 4 10 5
Dyson Stevenson 7 2 2 4 16 -4
2011-2012 Regular Season Schedule Regular Season Specialty Teams
Oct. 29th, 2011 Regina 2 @ Moose Jaw 3 Power Play: 6/37 – 16% (0 SHGA)
Nov. 10th, 2011 Moose Jaw 3 @ Regina 1 Penalty Kill: 28/32– 88% (0SHGF)
Nov 11th. 2011 Regina 2 @ Moose Jaw 3 (OT)
Dec. 9th, 2011 Regina 3 @ Moose Jaw 2 (OT)
Jan.21, 2012 Moose Jaw 2 @ Regina 3 (OT)
Feb 24th, 2012 Moose Jaw 2 @ Regina 8
Mar 9th, 2012 Moose Jaw 4 @ Regina 5
Mar 10th, 2012 Regina 2 @ Moose Jaw 3 (OT)
Playoff History- Regina Pats vs. Moose Jaw Warriors
2003-2004: Meeting in the East Division Semi-Finals, the Moose Jaw Warriors rolled to a 4-0 series sweep over the Pats. Pats netminder Dustin Slade received a 4 game suspension after Game 1for a headshot to the Warriors Cam Lilley and the Pats never recovered. SERIES: MOOSE JAW 4 – REGINA PATS 0
2001-2002: In this quarter final matchup, it was the Pats who were favored over the Warriors after Bob Lowe’s Pats finished up a solid 40 win season. However, it was the Warriors who came out on top after playing a physical, hard-fought series against the Pats stars Garth Murray and Filip Novak. SERIES: MOOSE JAW 4 – REGINA 2
1997-1998: The Pats, led by forward Josh Holden, defeated the Warriors in 4 straight games to advance to the Semi-Finals against Brandon. Holden was forced out of action in game 2 of the series after a freak accident where a skate cut his wrist. However, the Warriors were still no match for the Pats and went on to be swept. SERIES: REGINA 4 – MOOSE JAW 0
1986-1987: The Moose Jaw Warriors, led by Theoren Fleury, downed the Regina Pats in 3 games of the best of 5 series for the series sweep. The Pats were led by Len Nielsen (who went on to coach the Moose Jaw Warriors) but could not contain the Moose Jaw offense. SERIES: MOOSE JAW 3 – REGINA 0
Injury List:
Nils Moser – Upper Body Injury (Out Indefinitely)
2011/2012 Games Lost to Injury: 85
Quick Hits:
– Jordan Weal had a point in 15 of the 23 Pats goals against the Warriors this season (7 of 8 games)
– Jordan Weal (1st team) and Brandon Davidson (2nd team) were both named to the Eastern Conference All-Star team
– Matt Marantz leads all Pats players with 24 career playoff games which is 30% of the team total experience (80 games)
Pats in the NHL:
Jordan Eberle (Edmonton), Josh Harding (Minnesota), Barret Jackman (St. Louis), Brad Stuart (Detroit), Derek Morris (Phoenix), Barry Trotz (Nashville)
Pats in the AHL:
Carter Ashton (Toronto), Garrett Mitchell (Hershey), Boyd Kane (Hershey), Garnet Exelby (Grand Rapids), Logan Pyett (Grand Rapids), Nick Ross (Portland), Dean Arsene (Portland), Garth Murray (St. John’s), Victor Bartley (Milwakee), Colton Teubert (Oklahoma)
Team Make-up:
16 Year Olds (95) – 3 (Burroughs, Klimchuk, Hunt)
17 Year Olds (94) – 4 (Rodewald, Stephenson, Volek, Beukeboom)
18 Year Olds (93) – 5 (Martell, Ouellette, Stevenson, Moser, Fenske)
19 Year Olds (92) – 8 (Marincin, Jobke, Underwood, Olstad, Rieder, Scheidl, Weal, Hewitt)
20 Year Olds (91) – 3 (Davidson, Bidlevskii, Marantz)
4 (Saskatchewan), 7 (Alberta), 1 (Manitoba), 8 (British Columbia), 1 (Slovakia), 1 (United States), 1 (Czech Republic)
