PATS NEWS

The Regina Pats Hockey Club is pleased to announce the schedule for the 2019-20 Western Hockey League Season.

The Pats will open the regular season with their A&W Home Opener against the Moose Jaw Warriors on Friday, September 20 at 7 p.m. at the Brandt Centre. 

Regina will play 10 Friday night home games, eight on Saturday night and eight on Sunday to make 26 of the clubs 34 home games on weekend dates. Additionally, the Pats will host six Wednesday dates as well as one game on a Monday and a Tuesday.

Throughout the season, fans will have the opportunity to collect a wide array of Pats Giveaway items including a 3-Piece BBQ Set at the Home Opener, as well as Bobbleheads, Lunch Bags, Puzzles, Mini Sticks and more,” said Pats COO Stacey Cattell. “We are pleased to have come together with our partners to provide value-added items for the Regiment through this season. We felt this was the next step in continuing to provide the highest value product to supplement the high-level product on the ice every night.”

The Pats are excited about several theme nights for the 2019-20 season. They include:

• The A&W Home Opener – September 20.
• Childhood Cancer Awareness Night – September 27.
• Military Appreciation Night – October 27.
• Westridge Construction Bobblehead Night – November 8.
• Teddy Bear Toss Night – December 7.
• Nutcracker Bobblehead Night – December 15.
• Bennett Dunlop Ford Post-Game Skate – January 1.
• Breast Cancer Night – February 8.
• K9’s Birthday Party – February 17.
• Autism Awareness Night – February 21.
• Minor Hockey Day – March 7.
• Fan Appreciation Night – March 20.

The Pats full promotional schedule can be found here.The 2019-20 Regular Season Schedule is available here.

Season tickets for the 2019-20 season are now on sale at reginapats.com. Check out the Split Season Tickets and Flex-34 options.
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The Regina Pats Hockey Club is pleased to announce that Director of Hockey Operations Gord Pritchard and Equipment Manager Gord Cochran have been named to Hockey Canada’s staff for the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

Pritchard will be working with Hockey Canada for the first time in his career as the Guest Director of Hockey Operations. He joined the Pats ahead of the 2014-15 season after spending three seasons with the Yorkton Terriers of the SJHL, winning an RBC Cup in 2014. Pritchard played his junior hockey in the MJHL with the Neepawa Natives and went on to play with SUNY-Brockport in the NCAA for four seasons.

Cochran will work with Team Canada for the fourth time as Equipment Manager, winning a gold medal at the 2017 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Cochran joined the Pats ahead of the 2014-15 season and is entering his sixth season with the club.

The 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup will run from August 5-10 in Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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The Regina Pats Hockey Club is pleased to announce they have selected 17-year-old forward Daniil Gushchin seventh overall in the 2019 CHL Import Draft.

Gushchin (5’8, 161) from Yekaterinburg, Russia, played the 2018-19 season with the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the USHL. He put up 16 goals and 20 assists for 36 points in 51 games.

Gushchin played for Russia at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, Hlinka Gretzky Cup and Under-18 World Championships in 2018-19, winning gold at the Under-17’s, silver at the Under-18’s and a bronze medal at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup. He put up 12 goals and 20 points in the three international tournaments.

“We are really excited to pick Daniil at seven today,” said Pats VP of Hockey Operations and General Manager John Paddock. “He is a highly skilled forward who played as an underage at two under-18 tournaments last year.”

With Gushchin, the Pats now have two imports on their roster, he joins defenceman Nikita Sedov who is entering his 18-year-old season.

Season tickets for the 2019-20 season are now on sale at reginapats.com. Check out the Split Season Tickets and Flex-34 options.

(Phil Andrews/ReginaPats.com)