PATS SHIP KIEPER TO KAMLOOPS
Regina, Sask. — The Regina Pats have traded 2004-born goaltender Matthew Kieper to the Kamloops Blazers in exchange for a 2023 fourth-round pick (via EDM) and a 2025 sixth-round pick.
Kieper, 18, posted a 23-22-1-2 record, with a 3.88 goals-against average, and a .873 save percentage with one shutout over 55 career appearances with the Pats over parts of four seasons. The Winnipeg, Man. product played in 12 games with the Pats this season, going 4-5-0-1 with a 4.39 GAA and a .865 SV%. Listed at 6-foot-2, 192 lb., Kieper was drafted by the Pats in the third round (63rd overall) in the 2019 WHL Prospects Draft.
“This was a good opportunity to get a couple of draft picks back and to give Matthew [Kieper] a fresh start,” Regina Pats GM and Head Coach John Paddock said. “This is a great opportunity for him. He’s been a good Pat’ and has represented us well and will continue to do that for the Blazers. We wish him all the best.”
(ReginaPats.com/Photo: Keith Hershmiller Photography)
