Sports stats



WHL Regina Pats

Thunderbirds Blank Pats 6-0

January 6, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Regina Pats News Release


Regina, Sask. - The Seattle Thunderbirds continued on their tear and opened their East Division swing with a convincing 6-0 win over the Regina Pats Friday night at the Brandt Centre. The game marked Seattle's first visit to Regina since January 6. 2019, exactly four years ago to the day, a 6-3 Thunderbirds victory.

Jordan Gustafson scored twice (14th and 15), Coster Dunn (second) and Gracyn Sawchyn (12th) added singles in the first period to give the Tunderbirds a 4-0 lead heading into the first intermission. The Thunderbirds continued to pour it on in the middle forty minutes as Lucas Ciona added a pair of markers (17th and 18th) to increase their lead to 6-0 heading into the third period. Neither team was able to light the lamp in the third period and the Thunderbirds skated away with a 6-0 victory.

Scott Ratzlaff was perfect on the night stopping all 28 Pats' shots to pick up his fourth shutout of the season (fifth of his career), and his second straight shutout for the Thunderbirds. Kelton Pyne played well despite allowing six goals on 34 shots in the loss.

THE GOALS

First Period

SEA 0-1 at 3:47 - Jordan Gustafson (14), assisted by Niko Myatovic (SH) // Myatovic won a battle for the deep in the Pats zone against three players and skated behind the goal and fed a pass to Gustafson who made no mistake in making it 1-0 for the Thunderbirds.

SEA 0-2 at 5:55 - Coster Dunn (2), unassisted // Dunn skated into the Pats slot and fired a wrist shot through a screen and past Pyne to increase their lead to 2-0 early in the contest.

SEA 0-3 at 13:20 - Jordan Gustafson (15), assisted by Lucas Ciona // Ciona flipped a high pass to Gustafson, who grabbed the puck, put it on the ice and shot it through a defender and past Pyne to extend the Thunderbirds to 3-0.

SEA 0-4 at 17:56 - Gracyn Sawchyn (12), assisted by Jared Davidson and Jeremy Hanzel (PP) // Davidson's shot is initially stopped by Pyne, but the puck squirted through and Sawchyn tapped it in for an easy powerplay goal to give the Thunderbirds a four-goal lead late in the opening period.

Second Period

SEA 0-5 at 3:59 - Lucas Ciona (17), assisted by Sawyer Mynio and Luke Prokop // A lost face-off proved costly as the Thunderbirds worked the puck around the point to Ciona who fired a wrister past Pyne to extend the Thunderbirds lead to five at 5-0.

SEA 0-6 at 9:17 - Lucas Ciona (18), assisted by Niko Myatovic and Jeremy Hanzel // Pyne stopped a pair of shots but could not stop the third as Ciona knocked the puck over a down-and-out Pyne to give the Thunderbirds a 6-0 lead..

Third Period

No scoring.

STATISTICS

SOG: REG - 6-7-15-28 | SEA - 17-12-5-34

PP: REG - 0/4 | SEA - 1/4

Face-Offs: REG - 32 | SEA - 24

GOALTENDING BATTLE

Regina: Kelton Pyne (34 shots/28 saves)

Seattle: Scott Ratzlaff (28 shots/28 saves)

3 STARS

First: Gustafson (2G, +4, 4 shots) - Thunderbirds

Second: Ciona (2G-1A, +3, 4 shots) - Thunderbirds

Third: Dunn (1G, +1) - Thunderbirds

NOTES

The Pats have been shut out twice in the second half, all within the last nine days (December 28 versus Brandon).

The Pats are 1-4 to start the second half of the season.

The last time the Pats played the Thunderbirds was almost three years ago when Seattle beat Regina 4-2 on January 17, 2020, in Kent, Washington.

The Pats won the faceoff department 32-24 and outshot the Thunderbirds 15-5 on the third period.

UP NEXT

The Pats continue their four-game homestand on Sunday, January 8th against the Calgary Hitmen with a 4:00 P.M. puck drop at the Brandt Centre.

Check out the Regina Pats Statistics

• Discuss this story on the Western Hockey League message board...

Western Hockey League Stories from January 6, 2023


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central