Streaking Pats Welcome Raiders
Regina Pats vs. Prince Albert Raiders (7 p.m.) – Brandt Centre
620 CKRM, WHL Live
Game Sponsor: Mysask411
Regina, Saskatchewan – The Regina Pats (30-23-3-4) welcome the Prince Albert Raiders (33-20-7-1) to the Brandt Centre (7 p.m.). It’s the eighth and final meeting between the clubs in the regular season with the Pats holding a 2-2-2-1 record against the Raiders. Their previous meeting saw the Pats come away with a 4-2 win in Prince Albert. Adam Brooks had a hat-trick in the victory. Brooks leads the Pats with 12 points (4G, 8A) against Prince Albert this season. Tyler Brown has a 2-1-0-1 record against the Raiders with a 2.98 GAA and 0.911 SV%. The Pats truck into this evening’s matchup winners of seven straight and nine of their last ten following a nail-biting 9-8 shootout win over Lethbridge on Wednesday. Tonight’s game can be heard on 620 CKRM beginning at 6:35 p.m.
The Pats scored on four of their first five shots to build a 5-1 lead on the Lethbridge Hurricanes. The advantage was fleeting as the ‘Canes cut the lead to 5-3 before the end of the first. The second period saw the lead shrink to 6-5 before Brayden Burke tied things up, 6-6, in the third. Lane Zablocki put the Pats back in front before former Pat Colton Kroeker scored twice to post a hat-trick and give Lethbridge a late 8-7 lead. Zablocki, not to be outdone, capped off his own hat-trick to tie the game 8-8 and force overtime. The Pats put seven shots on goal in overtime and hit two posts, but needed a shootout to come away victorious with Austin Wagner scoring the game winner in the 9-8 win.
The Pats’ seven game win streak is their longest since the 2007-08 season when they won seven in a row twice in the regular season. The last time the Pats won eight straight was the 2001-2002 season when they won nine in a row from Nov. 17 to Dec. 5, 2001. (Courtesy Kevin Shaw)
With three assists in Lethbridge, Adam Brooks became the first player to reach 100 points in the WHL this season and holds the scoring lead with 101 (33G, 68A) points. The Winnipeg, MB product is the 51st player in Pats history to post 100 points in a campaign. It’s the 68th time a Pats player has reached the 100 point plateau. Brooks is currently riding a twelve game point streak with 30 points (6G, 24A) over that span.
Lane Zablocki potted a big goal in Medicine Hat with the shootout winner on Tuesday. He followed that up with his first career hat-trick on Wednesday against the Hurricanes scoring both Pats goals in the third period to force overtime. Zablocki is 16th among WHL rookies with 28 points (14G, 14A) and his 14 goals are tied for 9th among first year skaters.
Don’t forget to grab your pucks for tonight’s Chuck-A-Puck promotion in support of Telemiracle. They’ll be available in the northwest corner of the concourse. Pucks are one for $5 and three for $10.
Tickets for tonight’s game are available at Ticketmaster.ca, the Brandt Centre Box Office and Safeway locations throughout Regina.
