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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.

1st Half

Score

2nd Half

Score

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11/13 at SAS L, 5-2

1/13 vs. SAS W, 7-4

12/17 vs. SAS L, 6-1

3/5 vs. SAS

L, 5-2

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

L, 3-2

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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SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 2023

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