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LEGENDS

OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE REGINA PATS

A L E X A N D E R SUZDALEV

SATURDAY, APR. 8, 2023 VS SASKATOON BLADES

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LEGENDS gameday line – up

APRIL 8, 2023 - GM 6 GAME DAY LINE-UP Officials Referees: Steve Papp, Mark Pearce Linespersons: Tarrington Wyonzek, Ryan Lundquist Video Goal Judge: Darick Forbes

SASKATOON BLADES

REGINA PATS

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Owner/Governor ..................................................................... Mike Priestner President & General Manager ................................................ Colin Priestner Associate General Manager ................................................ Steve Hildebrand Head Coach ............................................................................ Brennan Sonne Assistant Coach ......................................................................... Wacey Rabbit Assistant Coach ............................................................................ Dan DaSilva Assistant Coach ........................................................................ Jerome Engele Goaltender Coach ......................................................................... Jeff Harvey Athletic Trainer .......................................................................... Blaine Whyte Equipment Manager ........................................................ Spencer Stehouwer

Governor .................................................................................. Shaun Semple CEO ...................................................................................... Gordon Pritchard VP, Hockey Ops, GM & Head Coach .......................................... John Paddock Assistant Coach ............................................................................ Brad Herauf Assistant Coach ........................................................................ Ken Schneider Goalie Coach ............................................................................ Daniel Wapple Director of Scouting ................................................................ Dale McMullin Interim Athletic Therapist .............................................. Brennan McConaghy Equipment Manager ................................................................. Gord Cochran Director of Hockey Ops .......................................................... Landon Watson

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SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 2023

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LEGENDS media notes

Saskatoon Blades Eastern Conf., 3rd Place & WHL, 4th Place • 48-15-4-1, 101 PTS HC: Brennan Sonne, Asst: Wacey Rabbit & Dan DaSilva

History vs. Saskatoon The Pats are 208-216-27-12-6 vs. the Blades, all-time.

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1/13 vs. SAS W, 7-4

12/17 vs. SAS L, 6-1

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Regina Pats Eastern Conf., 6th Place & WHL, 11th Place • 34-30-3-1, 72 PTS HC: John Paddock, Asst: Brad Herauf & Ken Schneider

3/19 at SAS

W, 4-2

3/24 at SAS

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Brandt Centre - Regina, SK  7:00pm  Saturday April 8th, 2023

Today’s Matchup: The Regina Pats take on the Saskatoon Blades in game six of this first-round series, with the Pats trailing the Blades 3-2 in the series following last night’s road loss...Saskatoon has comeback down 2-0 in this series and now has the lead, as the Blades look to advance to round two for the first time since 2019. Last Game: Saskatoon 4 , Regina 2... the Pats kept it close, trailing 2-1 after one and 3-1 after two, making it a 3-2 game in the third period...the Blades went out in front to an early 2-0 lead in the opening frame...Egor Sidorov scored twice, while Conner Roulette and Vaughn Watterodt added singles...Connor Bedard scored twice for the Pats while Alexander Suzdalev and Stanislav Svozil each had two helpers...both teams finished 1-2 on their power play...the final shots were 33-22 for the Blades. Coming Up: If needed, the Regina Pats will head to the SaskTel Centre on Monday to take on the Saskatoon Blades for game seven on Monday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m., which would bring the series to the distance against the Blades for the second time in history and first since the year 2000. On the Air: Today Dante De Caria has the call alongside Drew Postey inside the Brandt Centre...pre-game show coverage starts at 6:10 MDT with puck drop set for 7:00 p.m., MDT on WHL Live, 620 CKRM, 620ckrm.com and the TuneIn app.

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In a Nutshell 17-15-1-1 1st half, 17-16-2 2nd half Streaks: 2 L, 9-6-1 last 16 Home: 18-15-0-1 Night: 29-23-3 Road: 16-15-3 Day: 5-7-1 vs. EST: 13-19-0 vs. CTR: 14-7-4 vs. BC: 4-1-0 vs. US: 3-2-0 29 shots or less: 18-20-2-1 30 shots or more: 16-10-1-0 1st Period Goal Diff: 77 / 84 2nd Period Goal Diff: 94 / 98 3rd Period Goal Diff 85 / 91 Empty Netters 5 / 6 Scored 1st: 25-9-2-0 Opponent scored 1st: 9-21-1-1 Shutouts: 2-3 1-goal games: 12-6-3-1 Back-to-Back 12-6-0-0 More shots than opp.: 11-9-1-1 Fewer shots than opp.: 20-21-2 Equal shots: 3-0-0-0 Comeback Wins: 15 Blown Lead Losses: 12 Overtime: 4-3 Shootouts: 2-1 REGINA PATS GAMES ONLY Leading Trailing Tied First: 20-6-2-0 6-21-1-1 8-3-0-0 Second:26-2-2-0 4-21-1-1 4-7-0-0

7:00 p.m., Monday. April 10

Regina Pats (34-30-3-1)

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Saskatoon Blades (48-15-4-1)

Pats • Notes

Headlines: Opponent: The Saskatoon Blades are coming off their first 100+ point season since 2010-11 when they went 56-13-1-2 with 115 points... they are coming off a 2022-23 campaign where they went 48-15-4-1 with 101 points, good for third in the Eastern Conference and fifth in the WHL...they have finished above .500 in each of the last six seasons. It was the Saskatoon Blades went 4-2 in the season series against the Regina Pats, outscoring the Pats 23-18 through those six games...on the flip side, the Pats went 2-2 in the second-half of the season against the Blades, outscoring them 15-14 over those last four contests...the Pats and Blades have played each other 34 times in playoff games, with Regina going 17-16-1 all-time. The Regina Pats finished the 2022-23 regular season with a 34-30-3-1 record, good for 72 points, sixth in the Eastern Conference and 11th amongst 22 WHL teams...they ranked fifth in goals for, scoring 262 goals this season, averaging 3.85 goals per-game... the power play finished seventh at 26.7% while their penalty kill saw a improvement from last year, going from 71.9% in 2021-22 to 77.0% in 2022-23. The Regina Pats are back in the post-season for the first time since 2018 and for the 15th time over their last 23 seasons...the last time the Pats, they dropped an opening round series to the Swift Current Broncos in seven games before hosting the Memorial Cup later that year. The Pats went 16-11-2 over their last 29 games since Jan. 8, which also since Connor Bedard returned from the World Juniors...during that time, they outscored their opp. 126-to-121, holding a +5 goal differential (avg. 4.34 GF/GP & avg. 4.17 GA/GP). Pats By the Numbers:

Points (71G-72A) in 57 games for captain Connor Bedard led the WHL…since having his 35-game point-streak end on Feb. 3, he recorded 53 points (27G-26A) over his last 20 games, with points in 17 of those...this post-season, he’s gathered 15 points (10G-5A) in five games. Goals in the 2022-23 season for Bedard led the WHL, while his 72 assists were tied for first...he also led the way in shots on goal (360), points per-game (2.51), goals per-game (1.24), and finished tied for first in game-winning-goals with 11. Points this season (38G-48A) in 66 games this season for winger Alexander Suzdalev led all first year WHL players...he also led all rookies in goals (38), assists (48), points (86), power play goals (17), and power play assists (19), and tied for first in points per-game (1.30). Number of points (6G-35A) in Stanislav Svozil’s final 28 games of the season (since coming back from the World Juniors on Jan. 13)...he finished first in power play assists (36), second in assists (67), second in points per-game (1.39), and third in points (78) in just 56 games. Points this season (36G-49A) for second year forward Tanner Howe was tied for 13th in the WHL...the Prince Albert, Sask. product ended the regular season on a six game point-streak (4G-4A-8PTS) with goals in three straight contests.

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LEGENDS player profiles

OMEN HARMACY Born: Winnipeg, MB Date: April 29, 2005 Pos: D Shoots: Right Ht: 5’9” Wt: 181 lbs

LUKE BATEMAN

Born: Kamloops, BC Date: September 19, 2002 Pos: D Shoots: Left Ht: 6’6” Wt: 224 lbs

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RILEY GINNELL

Born: Swift Current, SK Date: April 1, 2005 Pos: D Shoots: Left Ht: 6’3” Wt: 181 lbs

Born: Calgary, AB Date: October 9, 2002 Pos: F Shoots: Left Ht: 6’4” Wt: 205 lbs

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ZACK STRINGER

Born: Prerov, CZE Date: January 17, 2003 Pos: D Shoots: Left Ht: 6’1” Wt: 182 lbs

Born: Lethbridge, AB Date: April 10, 2003 Pos: F Shoots: Left Ht: 6’1” Wt: 149 lbs

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TYE SPENCER

STEEL QUIRING Born: Vernon, BC Date: January 15, 2003 Pos: F Shoots: Right Ht: 6’2” Wt: 188 lbs

Born: Saskatoon, SK Date: June 27, 2004 Pos: F Shoots: Right Ht: 5’7” Wt: 138 lbs

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ZANE ROWAN Born: Torrence, CA Date: May 27, 2004 Pos: F Shoots: Left Ht: 5’11” Wt: 183 lbs

BORYA VALIS

Born: Denver, CO Date: April 8, 2004 Pos: F Shoots: Right Ht: 6’2” Wt: 185 lbs

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LEGENDS player profiles

COLE TEMPLE Born: Brandon, MB Date: March 20, 2007 Pos: F Shoots: Left Ht: 5’9” Wt: 150 lbs

TANNER BROWN Born: Kelowna, BC Date: October 24, 2002 Pos: D Shoots: Left Ht: 5’11” Wt: 180 lbs

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DREW SIM Born: Tees, AB Date: February 20, 2003 Pos: D Catches: Left Ht: 6’3” Wt: 212 lbs

KELTON PYNE Born: White City, SK Date: September 3, 2005 Pos: G Catches: Left Ht: 6’1” Wt: 160 lbs

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BRAYDEN BARNETT Born: Martensville, SK Date: August 5, 2004 Pos: F Shoots: Left Ht: 6’3” Wt: 209 lbs 38

Born: Kamloops, BC Date: September 19, 2002 Pos: D Shoots: Left Ht: 6’5” Wt: 219 lbs

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PARKER BERGE Born: Edmonton, AB Date: January 13, 2003 Pos: D Shoots: Left Ht: 6’0” Wt: 181 lbs

CORBIN VAUGHAN Born: Merritt, BC Date: January 10, 2006 Pos: D Shoots: Left Ht: 6’0” Wt: 195 lbs

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LEGENDS player profiles

ZACKARY SHANTZ Born: Sucker Creek, AB Date: September 9, 2005 Pos: F Shoots: Right Ht: 5’10” Wt: 145 lbs

TANNER HOWE

Born: Prince Albert, SK Date: November 28, 2005 Pos: F Shoots: Left Ht: 5’10” Wt: 182 lbs

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LAYTON FEIST

Born: Merritt, BC Date: January 10, 2006 Pos: D Shoots: Left Ht: 6’1” Wt: 192 lbs

Born: Dawson Creek, BC Date: January 26, 2004 Pos: D Shoots: Left Ht: 5’10” Wt: 171 lbs

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SAM OREMBA Born: Regina, SK Date: January 19, 2005 Pos: F Shoots: Left Ht: 6’2” Wt: 96 lbs

Born: Palmer, AK Date: June 9, 2004 Pos: D Shoots: Right Ht: 5’11” Wt: 147 lbs

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CONNOR BEDARD Born: North Vancouver, BC Date: July 17, 2005 Pos: F Shoots: Right Ht: 5’10” Wt: 185 lbs

Born: Khabarovsk, RUS Date: March 5, 2004 Pos: F Shoots: Left Ht: 6’3” Wt: 171 lbs

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LEGENDS player spotlight

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Born: Khabarovsk, RUS Date: March 5, 2004

Position: Forward

Shoots: Left Weight: 171 lbs

Height: 6’3”

First Hockey Memory: My first game as a kid Favourite Sport Other than Hockey: Soccer

Sports Hero Growing Up: Alexander Semin Favorite NHL Team: Washington Capitals Favorite Food: Sushii Best Vacation Place I’ve Been: Marbella, Spain

Fun Fact: I’m a good juggler

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LEGENDS hockey ops profiles

JOHN PADDOCK VP, Hockey Operations, General Manager & Head Coach

(2005-08) and as an Asst. Coach and Asst. GM with the Philadelphia Flyers (2009-14). Playing career: Played for his hometown Brandon Wheat Kings (1972-74). Scored 83-points in 68-games in his second and final junior season, leading to being drafted by the Washington Capitals in the third round of the 1974 NHL draft. Went onto play parts of five seasons in the NHL split between the Philadelphia Flyers and Quebec Nordiques. Notes: 2015 and 2017 WHL Coach of the Year...2017 WHL Executive of the Year.

Bio: From Brandon, Manitoba...now his ninth season with the Pats...took over for Dave Struch on November 18th, 2021 Coaching & Front office: In his 40th season working behind the bench or in a hockey front office (1983-present). Began his coaching career in the AHL with the Maine Mariners and Hershey Bears (1983-89) before joining the Philadelphia Flyers as an Assistant GM in 1989-90. He made his NHL Head Coaching debut in the 1991-92 season with the Win- nipeg Jets, where he both coached (1991-95) and served as their GM (1995-96) before spending half a season with the Phoenix Coyotes following the relocation of the Jets. He later worked as an Asst. and Head Coach of the Ottawa Senators

Bio: Regina, SK...enters his sixth season as Assistant Coach. Coaching Career: Started his coaching career as the Head Coach of the Regina Pat Canadians U18 AAA (2013-2015 member of Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League. He joined the Pats as an Asst. Coach for the 2015-16 season. On the Bench, Brad handles the forwards. BRAD HERAUF Assistant Coach

Playing career: Suited up for the Regina Pat Canadians U18 AAA before embarking a four year career in the SJHL split between the Estevan Bruins and Battlefords North Stars where he tallied 197-points (71 G / 126 A) in 197-games. He then went onto play 10 years of professional hockey, dressing in the AHL, ECHL, CHL and QVHL (2003-13).

KEN SCHNEIDER Assistant Coach

Regina Pats: Hired by the Regina Pats as an Assistant Coach on September 3rd, 2021 after being a scout for the club for three seasons (2015-2019). Schneider has coached at many different levels over the years, including guiding the Ile-des- Chenes North Stars to an Allen Cup national championship in 2003, as well as coaching the AAA U-18 Brandon Wheat Kings from 2010-14 and in 2018-19, when he led them to a provincial championship.

Bio: Colfax, SK (south of Regina)...born May 15, 1961 (61). Playing Career: Began his junior hockey career with the SJHL’s Weyburn Red Wings, scoring back-to-back 30+ goal seasons, totaling 69-goals and 135-points in 117 career games (1977-80). He then went onto play two seasons with the WHL’s Brandon Wheat Kings (1980-82), scoring 20-goals in his first season. Schnieder then finished his career with Weyburn before attending Brandon University from 1982-1984.

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