GET YOUR BLUE ON!

Regina, Saskatchewan – The Regina Pats are returning to the WHL Playoffs and we want our fans to…. GET YOUR BLUE ON!

Get into the spirit of the WHL Playoffs and dress in Blue to support your Regina Pats as they play host to their Hwy #1 Rival the Moose Jaw Warriors for Game #3 March 27th (7:00pm) and Game #4 March 28th (7:00pm).

Tickets are still available for both games in Regina and can be purchased in advance by calling the Brandt Centre Box Office 543-7800 or at www.ticketmaster.ca .

It’s time for PATS and WARRIORS and it’s time for you to…GET YOUR BLUE ON!

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Woo! My internet is working!

Hopefully for good now.

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I added to my Pats Jersey collection last night....

I decided to go and get a Pats Prairie Mobile Skills Competition Jersey. I ended up with 3.....

Dominik Volek

Nathan Zimbaluk

Jack Rodewald

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Pats/Warriors Wrap Up

PLAYOFFS! That is all I want to say.

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From the Regina Pats:

POST GAME WRAP UP

GAME STORY – The Regina Pats clinched their first post season berth in four years with a thrilling 5-4 victory over the arch rival Warriors in front of a sold out Brandt Centre. The Warriors outshot the Pats 43-21 but it was rookie forward Morgan Klimchuk with the only shot that mattered as he beat Luke Siemens from the left faceoff circle with 4 1/2 minutes left in the 3^rd period to send the Pats faithful home happy. Regina went 1/4 on the Powerplay while Moose Jaw was 2/5. Playoff tickets will go on sale March 16^th at the Brandt Centre Box Office.

1st Period – The Pats jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Jordan Weal and Kyle Burroughs before Kenton Miller scored the first of his 3 goals to draw the Warriors within one by the end of the period. Shots were 15-6 for Moose Jaw

Pats – 2  Warriors - 1

2nd Period – The Warriors drew even on Miller’s second goal but Lyndon Martell banged in a pass from Tanner Olstad to give the Pats a 3-2 lead. The Warriors tied it up with under two minutes to go in the 2^nd period when James Henry banged in a loose puck to leave things all knotted up after two.

Pats – 3  Warriors – 3

3^rd Period – The Warriors grabbed their first lead of the night as Kenton Miller completed his Hat Trick on the power play just past the 5 minute mark of the 3^rd but the Pats would not be denied. Matt Marantz on the power play set the table for Morgan Klimchuk to play hero as the Pats clinched a playoff spot with their 4^th straight win over the tribe.

Pats – 5 Warriors - 4 

Three Stars

1 – Jordan Weal - Regina

2 – Kenton Miller – Moose Jaw – Hat Trick

3 – Matt Hewitt – 39 saves

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Game Night: Pats vs. Warriors

If the Pats win they are in!

I found this classic picture on my computer. I'm not sure where it came from but I think it may have been from Gregg Drinnan.

Norm Johnston vs. Al Tuer

GO PATS GO!

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Pats vs. Wheat Kings March 7th Recap (I guess I forgot to press publish)

From the Regina Pats:

POST GAME WRAP UP

GAME STORY – Led by a Michael Ferland hat trick the Brandon Wheat Kings upended the Regina Pats in front of 4400 fans by a score of 5-2 at the Brandt Centre Wednesday night. Adam Beukeboom absorbed the loss for the Pats making 27 saves on 32 shots while Corbin Boes picked up the win making 30 saves on 32 shots. Brandon went 2/5 on the power play the Pats were 2/6. With the loss the Pats slipped into a tie with Saskatoon for 6^th in the Conference 1 point up on the Wheat Kings.

1st Period – Michael Ferland got the Wheat Kings the start they wanted when he wired a shot past from the face-off circle past Beukeoom just over 2 minutes into the game. The shots were 9-9 after a well played and fast paced 1^st period. Neither team capitalized on their 1st period power play attempt and the teams went to the intermission with the Wheat Kings holding a 1-0 lead.

Pats – 0  Wheat Kings - 1

2nd Period – The Pats tied the score on the power play just over 6 minutes into the period when Martin Marincin showed off his 101 mile per hour slapshot blasting a one timer into the top corner. It was the Brandon special teams however that were the stars of the 2nd period. Ryan Pulock and Michael Ferland scored on both ends of a 5 on 3 advantage late in the 2^nd period to give the Wheaties a 3-1 lead heading into the break.

Pats – 1  Wheat Kings – 3

3^rd Period – The Pats were hoping to duplicate their come back from four days ago but it was not to be as Darian Dziurzynski scored his 29^th goal to give Brandon a 3 goal bulge 8 minutes into the 3rd. Martin Marincin with his 11^th cut it to two but Michael Ferland completed his hat trick with his 44^th of the year into the empty net to seal the victory for Brandon.

Pats – 2 Wheat Kings - 5 

Three Stars

1 – Michael Ferland – Brandon – (Hat Trick)

2 – Mark Stone – Brandon – (3 Assists)

3 – Martin Marincin – Regina  - (2 goals)

Attendance 4404

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Pats vs. Wheats Game Notes

Courtesy the Regina Pats:    

GAME NIGHT - TONIGHT – March 7/12

Regina Brandt Centre 7:00pm

THE MATCH_UP – Regina (35-24-5-2 / 6^th in East Conference) / Brandon   (35-27-1-3 / 8^th in East Conference) – Regina holds a 2-1-1-1 edge through the first 5 meetings with three games remaining including tonight’s game. Both Brandon and the Pats have five games remaining after tonight. The two teams last met this past Saturday night when the Pats erased a 4 goal deficit with 6 straight 3^rd period goals to win 6-4. The Wheat Kings are led by Mark Stone, Michael Ferland and Alessio Bertaggia; Ferland attended Team Canada’s selection camp while Stone led Team Canada in scoring at the World Juniors over Christmas. Bertaggia played a big role with Team Switzerland at that same tournament.

MILESTONES – Jordan Weal registered 7 assists over the weekend to pass Len Nielsen and move into fourth place on the Regina Pats All-Time scoring list with 378 career points. Jordan now only trails Dennis Sobchuk (416), Mike Sillinger (419) and Dale Derkatch (491) on the career Pats scoring list. Weal also  jumped  past Pats great Mike Sillinger and into 3^rd All Time in assists with 246 for his career. Lane Scheidl played in his 200th career game on Sunday vs. Prince Albert While Brandon Davidson is just 6 games shy of that same mark

CONFERENCE ROUND-UP –   With one more win or one more Red Deer loss the Pats will clinch a berth in the 2012 WHL Playoffs. The Pats have moved into 2nd place in the East Division and 6th place in the Conference 2 points up on Saskatoon and 3 points ahead of the Brandon Wheat Kings with 6 games left to play. Regina is 3 points back of Kootenay for 5^th place and 5 back of Calgary for 4^th and home ice in the first round. Four teams; Edmonton, Moose Jaw, Medicine Hat and Calgary have punched their ticket to the post season dance.

UP-COMING GAMES / EVENTS

·         Friday March 9^th – 7:00pm Brandt Centre  - Pats vs. Moose Jaw Warriors

o   World Junior star Quinton Howden brings his division leading Warriors

to Regina for their last regular season visit of the year.

·         Friday March 16^th – 7:00pm Brandt Centre – Pats vs. Brandon Wheat Kings

o   Fan Appreciation Night

o   Last Regular Season Game

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Thoughts....

This past weekend seemed to be the weekend for comebacks. As most of you are aware that the Pats pulled off an almost miracle-like comeback on Saturday coming from 4 goals down to beat the Wheat Kings 6-4. Sunday night was another game that is hard on Pats fans nerves (this one anyway) as the Pats were able to battle back and beat the Raiders 4-3 with the captain scoring with just over 20 seconds left in the game.

I honestly still can't believe that the Pats were able to comeback from the 4 goal deficit. When Dziurzynsi scored the 4-0 goal I thought the game was all but done. Hewitt was lifted and Beukeboom entered the contest something happened.... and I don't know what it was but the Pats took advantage in a huge way and took over the game and made the Wheat Kings look very average. When the Pats scored to tie the game I have to say that it might have been one of the loudest ovations I have heard in a very long time at the Brandt Centre including a standing ovation.... When they scored the 5th goal I think that it was topped. for the size of the crowd it was unbelievably loud and included yet another standing ovation! Were the Wheat Kings Beuke-Beuke-Beuke-Beuke-BOOMED? I don't know but it was amazing.

I know it's 66 games into the season but I still don't get this team.... and that's a good thing. The Pats of the last few seasons would have in most cases "folded up their tents" and limped off the ice with a lopsided loss. This team battles and battles and I have to learn to not count the 2011/12 Pats out in any game.

Congrats to Jordan Weal in moving on up in the Pats record books!

That's all I really have tonight.... Pats vs. Wheat Kings tomorrow. Hopefully it will be as exciting as Saturday but not as heart wrenching. 

GO PATS GO!!

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Pats Win 4-3!

Internet is acting wonky for some reason, so no write up tonight.

I will compile some thoughts about the weekend and get those up tomorrow.

GO PATS GO!!!

EDIT: I inadvertently screwed up my cable and internet so I'm doing this from my phone and it's brutal. I have some weekend thoughts.... I guess I'll have to try to get them up as soon as I can. 

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Game Night: Pats vs. Raiders

I will thoughts after the game tonight.

Look for Beukeboom to get the start tonight.

GO PATS GO!

PS: What a crazy game last night! I still can't get over it. 

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What a game!

HOLY COMEBACK PATSFANS! UN-BE-LIEVE-ABLE!

I'm pretty much at a loss for words right now. I really don't know what to say. You can find the summary and other stories other places but for now I have three words for you.......

GO PATS GO!


Goodnight all!

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Random stat from Pats history

Does anyone remember Hal Christiansen? The lanky blueliner from Bluffton, Alberta played for the Pats from 1989 to 1992 playing in 125 games registering 14 points in his career. Of his 14 points none of them were goals giving him a Pats record.

Christiansen has played the most games without scoring a goal in Pats history (doesn't include netminders). 125 games played with zero goals. He also played 10 playoff games and also never registered a goal.

I just took another look at these stats and noticed that a more current player has played the second most games without a goal. Tyler Borstmayer has played 87 games without lighting the lamp.

Please note that there is no slight intended from this post. These players played for the Pats and that in itself is an achievement worth mentioning.

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Jordan Weal's making his mark in Pats History

Points:
Jordan has moved into 5th all-time in Pats scoring and will most likely move into 4th within the next few games as he only trails Len Nielsen (376) by 5 points. Weal is currently sitting at 371 points.

Assists:
Jordan is currently sitting 4th all-time in assists just two assists behind Mike Sillinger for 3rd all-time. Sillinger has 241 assists (Weal with 239).

Goals:
Jordan's not in the top 10 all-time, but he's currently sitting in 18th just two goals behind Dirk Graham for 17th all-time. Dirk has 134 goals (Weal with 132).

Games Played:
Jordan is currently sitting in 10th all-time with 275. He will tie Dion Zukiwsky for 9th all-time tonight as he plays his 276th game. If he plays the teams final 8 games he will pass Perry Johnson, Mark Janssens and Matt Hubbauer and move into 6th all-time.

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Game Night! Pats vs. Wheat Kings

This should be a dandy! I can honestly say that I'm actually excited for the stretch drive for the Pats. It's been a long time coming. With so many games against the Wheats left this year it should feel like playoff hockey (I hope).... if I can remember what that feels like.

You can find the game notes from the Pats here.

Leader Post's Greg Harder has a preview here.

As always,

GO PATS GO!

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Former Pats Born on this day

I'm not sure if I'm going to do this every day but I figured I would give it a shot for a while. After the research I've done I have probably found at least 900 (of just over 1200) players/goalies "vitals" (dates of birth, place of birth, hometown, height, weight, etc.) and I figured that I would share some as I go about my other research. If anyone has old programs or lineups (I'm looking for some jersey numbers) that they are willing to share information on that would be greatly appreciated. You can email me at theblueliner@gmail.com or patshockey1917@gmail.com. Thanks.

Here are former Pats born on March 3:

Garrett Festerling (1986)
2005/07 Pats
Regular Season: 139-44-87-131-97
Playoffs: 16-8-11-19-22

Don Forrester (1949)
1967/68 Pats
Regular Season: 35-3-6-9-20
Playoffs: 3-0-1-1-0

David Graden (1985)
2002/03 Pats
Regular Season: 22-0-1-1-22

Mitch Jones (1960)
1978/79 Pats
Regular Season: 15-0-3-3-30

Carson McPherson (1986)
2004/05 Pats 11-0-1-1-10

Colton Orr (1982)
2002/03 Pats
Regular Season: 37-6-2-8-170
Playoffs: 3-0-0-0-19

John Ursaki (1914)
1933/34 Pats
Regular Season: 2-1-0-1-0
Playoffs: 5-1-1-2-7

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New month, new attitude for blogging.

I know I've said it before (more than once) that I would be back and blog more but my other Pats project has taken over. When I do have free time (and have a good internet connection I just don't feel like blogging much). But I've decided to quit letting other things get in the way and get TheBlueliner going on a way more consistent basis starting today. I'm not sure which direction I want to really go with it but I have some ideas. Stay tuned.

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