FOUR SEASONS SPORTS PALACE PATS PREVIEW
LETHBRIDGE at REGINA
Tuesday, Oct. 18/2016
7:00 pm Faceoff
Brandt Centre Regina
620 CKRM
PATS NOTES: The Regina Pats (6-0-3) return home from a 2-game Alberta swing to host the Hurricanes Tuesday evening … The Pats went 2-0 on the swing … Regina enters the night tied for the Eastern Conference lead with Swift Current, each with 15 points … The Pats are 3-0-3 at home on the season … Regina is the only team in the CHL who’s yet to lose in regulation time.
CANES NOTES: Lethbridge (5-3-1-1) is 5th in the Eastern Conference, one point behind the Medicine Hat Tigers … The Canes are 1-1 on the road.
HISTORY: The Pats scored seven unanswered goals to rout the Hurricanes 7-2 Saturday night in the Enmax Centre … Regina won a 5-game first round series over Lethbridge in the 2016 WHL Playoffs.
PATS LEADERS: The Top 3 Regina Pats scorers are Sam Steel (7-10-17), Jake Leschyshyn (5-8-13) and Chase Harrison (2-9-11).
CANES LEADERS: The Hurricanes top performers are Ryley Lindgren (7-8-15), Brayden Burke (2-12-14) and Jesse Zaharichuk (6-7-13).
DUB LEADERS: Sam Steel leads the WHL in scoring … Teammates Sergey Zborovskiy and Chase Harrison lead the league in plus/minus at +12 … Sam Steel is 2nd in the league in Insurance Goals (2) … Lethbridge’s Burke leads the league in assists (12).
ISN’T THAT SPECIAL: Regina’s powerplay is 4th ranked at 30.4% while their penalty kill is 8th at 82.7% … Lethbridge’s powerplay is 6th-best at 26.7% and their penalty kill is 21st at 67.3%.
THE TARGETS: Regina goalie Tyler Brown is 19th in GAA at 2.93 and sports a .911 save percentage … Lethbridge netminder Stuart Skinner is 38th in GAA at 3.75 with a .900 save percentage.
LAST NIGHT: Moose Jaw 5 Edmonton 4 (OT)
ELSEWHERE TONIGHT: Swift Current at Prince George, Saskatoon at Victoria, Tri-City at Portland, Everett at Spokane.
RP
@rodpedersen
Maybe its a good time to start the discussion on a new hockey stadium for Regina. Love to see one downtown at the old CP property. Less of a footprint than the original stadium location and maybe the Brandt Center can come down and offer up some parking for Mosaic Stadium events. Would be a real draw for business downtown and would suspect increase ticket sales to Pats games. Would probably increase the price though, which would be one drawback. Curious what others might have to offer? Just think Brandt Center is getting a little dated!
Brandt center I believe is still useful, yes it is a little dated. I think the physical structure is good but upgrades are needed. The building like other Exhibition Association properties have been neglected. Upgrades and additional seating would be cheaper than a new building. How much parking would be allocated if a downtown arena were built?
Parking? No problem, they can build a massive 12 story parkaide on the land remaining on the CP property right beside and attached to the new hockey stadium. There can also be an enclosed walking bridge linking the casino and downtown hotels.
Pie in the sky ^^^^^^^^
Trump will soon be looking for a new project. Perhaps a Trump arena and parkade in Regina is what he is destined to build.
I was at the game Tues vs Lethbridge and last Wed vs Portland. 3,500 both games. Don't even talk about a new hockey rink until you consistently get 5,000 fans like other teams