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nivek_wahs
02-28-2006, 02:32 AM
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Weekly Update

Regina Pats Weekly Update (Feb. 27, 2006 - Mar. 5, 2006)

Where The Team Stands: The Pats have a 32-24-1-4 record and sit in third place in the East division with sixty-six nine points ... The Pats are seventeen points back of first-place Moose Jaw and five back of second-place Saskatoon ... The Pats sit twelve points ahead of Brandon and sixteen ahead of Prince Albert ...

Roster Update: The Pats have twenty-four players on their current roster, including two goaltenders, eight defencemen, and fourteen forwards ... Eleven have been drafted by the Pats ... Ten have been acquired via trade ... Two were protected list additions ... One was selected in the CHL Import Draft ...

Leading Pat: Nineteen-year-old forward Garrett Festerling leads the team in scoring with fifty points (20 goals, 30 assists) ...

Injuries: The Pats are still without nineteen-year-old captain Kyle Deck (week-to-week) while he recovers from knee surgery earlier this month ... Nineteen-year-old forward Tyson Sievert is listed as week-to-week with a shoulder injury, but is expected to resume skating later this week ... Rookie Jason MacDonald missed both games last weekend with strep throat and is listed as day-to-day ... Starting goaltender David Reekie sat on the bench for both games last weekend with strep throat ... Affiliate player Scott Brownlee is continuing to re-hab his broken hand and is listed as week-to-week ...

One Year Ago: On February 27, 2005 the Pats had a 11-43-3-6 record after dropping a 4 - 3 decision to Brandon on home-ice ...

Special Teams: The Pats have the fifth-ranked power-pay in the league scoring 62 goals on 339 man-advantage opportunities (18.3%) ... The Pats are the twelfth rated penalty-killing team in the league allowing 56 goals on 346 short-handed situations (83.8%) ...

First Shutout For Rowat: Linden Rowat made thirty-five saves on Friday night to earn his first career WHL shutout ... Prior to Friday, the Pats last shutout came on December 16th when David Reekie made thirty saves vs. Moose Jaw ...

Success vs. Hitmen: The Pats won their second game of the season vs. Calgary on Friday night, defeating the Hitmen 4 - 0 ... The Pats defeated Calgary 5 - 3 on October 16th at Brandt Centre ... Calgary defeated the Pats 2 - 0 on January 24th at the Pengrowth Saddledome ... The Pats return to Calgary on March 10th to conclude the season series ...

First OT Loss: The Pats suffered their first overtime loss in over a year on Saturday dropping a 5 - 4 decision to the Lethbridge Hurricanes ... The Pats last overtime loss came on Feb. 12, 2005 to the visiting Prince Albert Raiders ... Medicine Hat, Vancouver & Prince George are the only teams in the league yet to lose in overtime this season ...

Nick Ross Scores: Sixteen-year-old defenceman Nick Ross scored his first goal in ten games on Saturday scoring the first goal of the game vs. Lethbridge ...

Welcome Back Petr: Petr Kalus scored a pair of goals in Saturday's loss to Lethbridge, one night after missing the Calgary game after suffering from the flu ...

Robinson Misses Game: Matt Robinson missed his first game of the season on Saturday with a sore shoulder ...

Lone Iron-Man: Assistant Captain Garrett Festerling is the lone Pat to play in all sixty-one games this season ...

Over 5,000 On Friday: The Pats had 5,005 fans at Brandt Centre on Friday night in their 4 - 0 win over the Hitmen ...

Saturday Night Slip-Up: The Pats 5 - 4 overtime loss to Lethbridge dropped the Pats record to 11-1-1-0 on Saturday's at Brandt Centre this season ...

Teubert Returns: Pats first overall 2005 WHL bantam draft choice Colten Teubert has rejoined the Pats after his SW Vancouver Hawks concluded their season last weekend ... Teubert, a 6'4" defenceman from White Rock, BC played in twenty-nine regular season games with the Hawks scoring eight goals and twelve assists, while recording 122 penalty minutes ...

Busy Stretch: The Pats will play four games this week in one of their busiest stretches of their schedule this season ... Tomorrow the team hosts Brandon before hosting Saskatoon on Friday, Moose Jaw on Saturday and then travelling to Moose Jaw on Sunday night ...

Early Season Finale: Due to the Tim Horton's Brier the Pats will play their final regular season home-game a full two weeks earlier than usual ... Last season the Pats defeated Brandon 5 - 3 on March 19th in their home finale ...

Drafted Players: Petr Kalus - Boston Bruins (2nd Round, 39th Overall), Derek Reinhart – Columbus Blue Jackets (6th Round, 177th Overall)

Upcoming Week:
Monday, February 27 Practice 2:30 - 5:00PM
Tuesday, February 28 Game vs. Brandon - 7:00PM - Brandt Centre
Wednesday, March 1 Practice 2:30 - 5:00PM (Exhibition Stadium)
Thursday, March 2 Practice 2:30 - 5:00PM (Exhibition Stadium)
Friday, March 3 Game vs. Saskatoon - 7:00PM - Brandt Centre
Saturday, March 4 Game vs. Moose Jaw - 7:00PM - Brandt Centre
Sunday, March 5 Game vs. Moose Jaw - 7:00PM - MJ Civic Centre
(All Practices at Brandt Centre, unless otherwise noted and are subject to change)

Week In Review:
Friday, Feb. 24 - Calgary 0 @ Regina 4 (Record (32-24-0-4) Attendance 5,005
Goals: 1 - Tolpeko (19) from N. Ross
2 - K. Ross (17) from Reinhart & Fuder
3 - Duval (9) from Lind & Leffler
4 - Bernhardt (19) from Festerling
Goalie: Linden Rowat (35 Saves, 0 GA)

Saturday, Feb. 25 - Lethbridge 5 @ Regina 4 (OT) - Record (32-24-1-4) Attendance 4,644
Goals: 1 - N. Ross (5) from Festerling & Tolpeko
2 - Festerling (20) from Pyett & Bernhardt
3 - Kalus (29) from Fuder & K. Ross
4 - Kalus (30) from Schira
Goalie: Linden Rowat (22 Saves, 5 GA)


Playoff Packages Available: 2006 Playoff tickets packages are available at the Regina Pats office, or by calling 522-PATS(7287) ... Season ticket holders have until March 10th to renew their seat for the playoffs ... Individual game tickets will go on sale at the Brandt Centre Box Office at 10:00AM on Monday, March 20th ...

Have Your Say: Fans at Tuesday's game will have the opportunity to vote for the Pats 2005-06 Season Awards, including MVP, Top Defenceman, Nick Papas Rookie of The Year, Bill Hicke Most Popular Player, Unsung Hero & Hub Bishop Award (Most Sportsmanlike) ... All fans who fill out a ballot and return it to the Neutral Zone in the east concourse will be entered in a draw to win an autographed team jersey ...

Final Redemption Night: Tomorrow's game vs. Brandon is the final unused season ticket redemption night of the season ... Fans can redeem any unused ticket for $2 at the Brandt Centre Box Office, while seats remain ...

Project First Goal Wraps-Up: Members of the Pats, RCMP & City Police will give their final Project First Goal presentation this season at W.S. Hawrylak School on Wednesday, March 1st ... Project First Goal members made eighteen school visits and spoke to over 1,400 grade six and seven students in the inaugural year of the program ...

First Goal Sponsors To Be Honoured: Brewster’s Brewing Co and Restaurant, Coca-Cola, Canadian Tire, Conexus Credit Union, Crestview Chrysler, Old Dutch Foods, Signature Smiles, Sutton Group, The Co-operators and The Leader Post will be honoured for their part in Project First Goal this season prior to Tuesday's game vs. Brandon ...

Colin O'Brian Man's Shoppe Player Of The Month: Prior to Tuesday's game Colin O'Brian Man's Shoppe will honour the player of the month for January & February ...

Two Years In A Row?: Friday Night is the annual Traveland RV "Shoot-To-Win" Night ... Last year Kevin Klassen of Regina won a JAYCO trailer, valued at over $20,000 from Traveland RV during a second intermission contest where he shot 16/20 pucks into an open net from centre-ice ... Lucky fans will be randomly selected to compete in this year's shoot-to-win intermission contest ...

CTV Fan Appreciation Night On Saturday: The Pats will be giving back to the fans on Saturday night in the Annual CTV Fan Appreciation Night with several prize packages given out during the game, as well as during the post game ceremony hosted by Angel Sombrutzki of CTV ...

Playoff Fundraiser: The Pats have a great fundraising program for your school, team or non-profit organization ... Contact Kristin Hensrud at 522-PATS(7287) or khensrud@reginapats.com to find out more information on how you can raise funds and watch one of the Pats first two home playoff games in March ...

Pats TV: Join Rod Pedersen on Pats TV this Thursday at 6:30PM with guests Justin Bernhardt, Ian Duval, Levi Lind, Ryan McDonald & Linden Rowat ...

Player Cards Available At Co-op Gas Bars & Neutral Zone: Each home game-day the first 200 customers a the seven Co-op Gas Bars receive a free Regina Pats hockey card ... Josh Fauth is Tuesday's featured player, while Jason MacDonald is Friday's featured player ... Matt MacDermott is Saturday's featured player... Complete sets of Co-op Gas Bars Regina Pats Player Cards are available each game-day at the Pats retail store, The Neutral Zone, for $5 ...

Safeway FunZone: Pats fans can purchase $6 discounted tickets to the Safeway FunZone at all six Regina Safeway locations each game-day ...