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Regina Pats

Western Hockey League team in Regina, Saskatchewan

Summary

Western Hockey League team in Regina, Saskatchewan

Field	Value
team	Regina Pats
bg_colour	background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#EF3841 5px solid; border-bottom:#193768 5px solid;
text_colour	#000000
logo	Regina Pats logo.svg
city	Regina, Saskatchewan
league	Western Hockey League
conference	Eastern
division	East
founded
arena	Brandt Centre
colours	Red, white, blue

reg_season_titles	2 (1973–74, 2016–17)
championships	Memorial Cup
1925, 1928, 1930, 1974
Ed Chynoweth Cup
1974, 1980
Conference Championships
2016–17

coach	Brad Herauf
gm	Dale Derkatch
website
uniform_image	WHL-Uniform-REG.png

1925, 1928, 1930, 1974 Ed Chynoweth Cup 1974, 1980 Conference Championships 2016–17

Abbott Cup 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1930, 1933, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1969 WJHL Champions 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956 SJHL Champions 1958, 1961, 1965, 1969 Saskatchewan Junior Champions 1918, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933

The Regina Pats are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. Founded in 1917, the Pats are the world's oldest continuously operating major junior hockey franchise in its original location and using its original name. The team was originally named the Regina Patricia Hockey Club, after Princess Patricia of Connaught, the granddaughter of Queen Victoria and daughter of the Governor General, the Duke of Connaught. The team name also associates Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry–Pats sweaters bear the regimental badge and "PPCLI" flash as a shoulder patch.

Today, the team plays in the East Division of the Western Hockey League's Eastern Conference. The Pats host games at the Brandt Centre and games are broadcast on 620 CKRM radio.

The Pats are one of the most successful junior hockey franchises. They have made a record sixteen appearances at the Memorial Cup tournament, and a record fourteen appearances in the tournament final. The teams' four Memorial Cup championships are the third most in history.

History

The team was founded in 1917 and named after the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, a Western Canadian regiment founded during the First World War. The Memorial Cup was founded as a tribute to Canadian war veterans, and the Pats earned the right to contest the first ever Memorial Cup championship in 1919, which they lost to the University of Toronto Schools. The team's first home was at Regina Arena, which opened in 1910 and could seat approximately 2,000. In 1920, the team moved to the Regina Stadium, which they would call home until 1977. In 1923, the team's name was shortened to the Pats. In 1925, the team secured its first Memorial Cup title with a victory over Toronto Aura Lee. For the 1927–28 season, the Pats merged with the Regina Falcons and called themselves the Regina Monarchs. The team went on to win the Memorial Cup that year before reverting to the Pats nickname in 1928–29. The Pats would win one more Memorial Cup title in this era, defeating the West Toronto Nationals 2–0 in 1930.

The Pats played in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League from 1946 to 1948, the Western Canada Junior Hockey League from 1948 to 1956, and then the revived Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League from 1956 to 1966. During the 1960s, the club was an affiliate farm team for the Montreal Canadiens.

Del Wilson, a scout for the Canadiens, became the Pats general manager in 1955; in 1966, Wilson and the Pats became central in establishing a new major junior league for western Canada, the Western Canada Hockey League. Although the impetus for the new league was creating more even footing for western teams to compete with teams in eastern Canada for the Memorial Cup, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) regarded the new league as an "outlaw league" and, ironically for WCHL members, banned its teams from competing for the Memorial Cup. Because of this, the Pats returned to a once-more revived Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in 1968. In 1970, CAHA reorganized junior hockey in Canada and finally recognized the WCHL as a legitimate major junior league, and the Pats returned to the league, which was renamed the Western Hockey League in 1978, for good. Wilson, who purchased the Pats in 1970, helped turn the team back into a national champion, as the Pats won their first President's Cup WCHL championship and fourth Memorial Cup in 1974. Wilson sold his interest in the team in 1980, the same year the team won its second President's Cup. The team remained competitive in the early 1980s, losing the WHL final in 1982 and 1984.

In 1977, the team moved from Exhibition Stadium to the adjacent and brand-new Agridome, since renamed the Brandt Centre. The team's last game at Exhibition was a 4–3 overtime win over the Swift Current Broncos in front of 2,200 fans; they opened the new arena with a 8–4 victory over the Saskatoon Blades before a crowd of 4,200.

In 2014, John Paddock joined the team as its coach and manager. The 2016–17 season, the Pats' 99th, saw the team post its first ever 50-win season and capture its second Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy as regular season champions; the team would advance to its first championship final since 1984, which it lost to the Seattle Thunderbirds. The 2017–18 season marked the 100th anniversary for the Pats, and the team held celebrations throughout the year. In addition to announcing an outdoor game at Mosaic Stadium against the rival Moose Jaw Warriors, the Pats hosted the 2018 Memorial Cup—they would go on to lose in the championship game. Although the 2018 outdoor game was ultimately moved indoors due largely to weather and ice concerns, the Pats did host the Calgary Hitmen at Mosaic as part of the 2019 Heritage Classic festivities; the game, dubbed the "Prairie Classic", saw Calgary win 5–4 in overtime.

Championship history

The Pats have been western Canadian junior hockey champions fourteen times, including twelve Abbott Cup and two President's Cup victories. The Pats were also Saskatchewan junior hockey champions in 1918 before the advent of inter-provincial junior championships.

The Pats have appeared in more Memorial Cup tournaments than any other team, winning four times and finishing as the runner-up ten times. They have hosted the Memorial Cup tournament, solely or jointly, seven times: 1947, 1955, 1957, 1969, 1980, 2001, and 2018.

Memorial Cups (4): 1925, 1928, 1930, 1974
Abbott Cups (12): 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1930, 1933, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1969
Ed Chynoweth Cups (2): 1973–74, 1979–80
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophies (2): 1973–74, 2016–17
WHL Division Playoff Champions (6): 1966–67, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1983–84
WHL Conference Champions (1): 2016–17
Regular Season WHL Division Champions (9): 1971–72, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1997–98, 2007–08, 2013–14, 2016–17

WHL Championship

1966–67: Loss, 1–4 vs Moose Jaw Canucks
1971–72: Loss, 1–4 vs Edmonton Oil Kings
1973–74: Win, 4–0 vs Calgary Centennials
1979–80: Win, 4–1 vs Victoria Cougars
1981–82: Loss, 1–4 vs Portland Winter Hawks
1983–84: Loss, 3–4 vs Kamloops Blazers
2016–17: Loss, 2–4 vs Seattle Thunderbirds

Memorial Cup finals

1919: Loss, 29–8 (goals) vs University of Toronto Schools
1922: Loss, 8–7 (goals) vs Fort William Great War Vets
1925: Win, 2–0 vs Toronto Aura Lee
1928: Win, 2–1 vs Ottawa Gunners
1930: Win, 2–0 vs West Toronto Nationals
1933: Loss, 2–0 vs Newmarket Redmen
1950: Loss, 4–1 vs Montreal Junior Canadiens
1952: Loss, 4–0 vs Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters
1955: Loss, 4–1 vs Toronto Marlboros
1956: Loss, 4–0–1 vs Toronto Marlboros
1958: Loss, 4–2 vs Ottawa–Hull Junior Canadiens
1969: Loss, 4–0 vs Montreal Junior Canadiens
1974: Win, 7–4 vs Quebec Remparts
2018: Loss, 3–0 vs Acadie–Bathurst Titan

Season-by-season results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

Memorial Cup champions	Western Canada/WHL champions	Saskatchewan champions (1918–66)

The Pats faced off outdoors against the [[Calgary Hitmen]] as part of the [[2011 Heritage Classic]] at [[McMahon Stadium]].

Season		GP		W		L		T		OTL		GF		GA		Pts		Finish		Playoffs
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
2024–25

;Notes :

Coaches

Main article: Category:Regina Pats coaches

Alan Millar is the current general manager and Brad Herauf is the head coach, following the retirement of John Paddock in 2023.

Players

Retired numbers

#	Player
1	Ed Staniowski
7	Jordan Eberle
8	Brad Hornung
9	Clark Gillies
12	Doug Wickenheiser
14	Dennis Sobchuk
15	Jock Callander
16	Dale Derkatch / Mike Sillinger
17	Bill Hicke

NHL alumni

Murray Armstrong
Dean Arsene
Carter Ashton
Murray Balfour
Dave Balon
Victor Bartley
Sandy Beadle
Norm Beaudin
Connor Bedard
Shawn Belle
Gordon Berenson
Dwight Bialowas
Mike Blaisdell
Buzz Boll
Derek Boogaard
Gary Bromley
Adam Brooks
Glen Burdon
Kyle Burroughs
Garth Butcher
Lyndon Byers
Shawn Byram
Kyle Calder
Drew Callander
Jock Callander
Les Colwill
Barry Cummins
Les Cunningham
Scott Daniels
Brandon Davidson
Lorne Davis
Don Deacon
Nathan Dempsey
Robert Dirk
Ken Doraty
Duke Dukowski
Rocky Dundas
Jordan Eberle
Garry Edmundson
Craig Endean
Aut Erickson
Ryker Evans
Garnet Exelby
Todd Fedoruk
Brent Fedyk
Dunc Fisher
Cale Fleury
Ron Flockhart
Dan Focht
Bill Folk
Jimmy Franks
Kyle Freadrich
Jeff Friesen
Stan Gilbertson
Clark Gillies
Dave Goertz
Butch Goring
Johnny Gottselig
Dirk Graham
Stu Grimson
Libor Hajek
Taylor Hall
Kevin Haller
Josh Harding
Terry Harper
Bill Hay
Jamie Heward
Bill Hicke
Ernie Hicke
Josh Holden
Terry Hollinger
Bruce Holloway
Fran Huck
Dryden Hunt
Earl Ingarfield, Jr.
Frank Ingram
Barret Jackman
Mark Janssens
Frank Jerwa
Greg Joly
Petr Kalus
Boyd Kane
Bob Kirkpatrick
Morgan Klimchuk
Nikolai Knyzhov
Kevin Krook
Robbie Laird
Brad Lauer
Brian Lavender
Jim Leavins
Bill LeCaine
Gary Leeman
Jake Leschyshyn
Ed Litzenberger
Reed Low
Len Lunde
Brett Lysak
Kim MacDougall
Al MacInnis
Josh Mahura
Martin Marincin
Nevin Markwart
Paul Masnick
Jim Mathieson
Jim McGeough
Stu McNeill
Barrie Meissner
Dave Michayluk
Brad Miller
John Miner
Gerry Minor
Garrett Mitchell
Derek Morris
Alex Motter
Garth Murray
Dmitri Nabokov
Rod Norrish
Filip Novak
Selmar Odelein
Colton Orr
Greg Pankewicz
Garry Peters
Ronald Petrovicky
Eric Pettinger
Gord Pettinger
Rich Preston
Glenn Resch
Jack Rodewald
Rick Rypien
Don Saleski
Wally Schreiber
Jeff Shantz
Mike Sillinger
Trevor Sim
Jason Smith
Ron Snell
Dennis Sobchuk
Gene Sobchuk
Brian Spencer
Al Staley
Ed Staniowski
Sam Steel
Chandler Stephenson
Evan Stephenson
Todd Strueby
Brad Stuart
Stanislav Svozil
Greg Tebbutt
Colten Teubert
Esa Tikkanen
Denis Tolpeko
Doug Trapp
Rob Tudor
Al Tuer
Bob Turner
Aud Tuten
Darren Veitch
Austin Wagner
Gord Wappel
Jordan Weal
Doug Wickenheiser
David Wilkie
Eddie Wiseman
Alex Wood
Larry Wright
Dmitriy Yakushin
Egor Zamula

NHL first round draft picks

Colten Teubert, drafted 13th overall by the [[Los Angeles Kings]] in 2008.

[[Jordan Eberle]], drafted 22nd overall by the [[Edmonton Oilers]] in 2008.

Notable players

Baseball great Larry Walker once tried out for the Regina Pats as a goaltender in 1983.
Milwaukee Brewers Outfielder Nyjer Morgan had a stint with the Regina Pats in 1999–2000. He played 7 games for the Pats, registering 2 goals and 20 penalty minutes.
MLB pitcher Dustin Molleken played a single game with the Regina Pats.

Team records

Statistic	Total	Season
Most points	123	2016–17
Most wins	52	2016–17
Fewest points	27	1976–77
Fewest wins	8	1976–77
Most goals for	465	1981–82
Fewest goals for	154	2004–05
Fewest goals against	192	2001–02
Most goals against	481	1978–79

Statistic	Player	Total	Season
Most goals	Doug Wickenheiser	89	1979–80
Most assists	Jock Callander & Dave Michayluk	111	1981–82
Most points	Jock Callander	190	1981–82
Most points, rookie	Dale Derkatch	142	1981–82
Most points, defenceman	Darren Veitch	122	1979–80
Most goals, defenceman	Connor Hobbs	31	2016–17
Most penalty minutes	Al Tuer	486	1981–82
Best GAA (goalie)	Josh Harding	2.39	2001–02
Plus/Minus	Sergey Zborovskiy	+72	2016–17
Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played

Statistic	Player	Total	Career
Most goals	Dale Derkatch	222	1981–1985
Most assists	Dale Derkatch	269	1981–1985
Most points	Dale Derkatch	491	1981–1985
Most points, defenceman	Darren Veitch	214	1976–1980
Most games played	Frank Kovacs	352	1987–1992
Most shutouts (goalie)	Ken Walters	11	1956–59
Art Koberinski	11	1959–61

[[Josh Harding]] was named the WHL's top goaltender in 2003.

Awards

Bob Clarke Trophy (WHL top scorer)

Doug Wickenheiser: 1979–80
Brian Varga: 1980–81
Jock Callander: 1981–82
Dale Derkatch: 1982–83
Craig Endean: 1986–87 (East Division winner)
Adam Brooks: 2015–16
Sam Steel: 2016–17
Connor Bedard: 2022–23 Four Broncos Memorial Trophy (WHL player of the year)
Dennis Sobchuk: 1972–73
Doug Wickenheiser: 1979–80
Josh Harding: 2002–03
Sam Steel: 2016–17
Connor Bedard: 2022–23 Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy (WHL top defenceman)
Gary Leeman: 1982–83
Kevin Haller: 1989–90
Jason Smith: 1992–93 Del Wilson Trophy (WHL top goaltender)
Josh Harding: 2002–03 Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy (WHL rookie of the year)
Ron Garwasiuk: 1966–67
Dennis Sobchuk: 1971–72
Dave Michayluk: 1980–81
Dale Derkatch: 1981–82
Jeff Friesen: 1992–93
Connor Bedard: 2020–21 Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy (WHL coach of the year)
Earl Ingarfield, Sr.: 1971–72
Bob Lowes: 2001–02
John Paddock (2): 2014–15, 2016–17 Doc Seaman Trophy (WHL scholastic player of the year)
Mark Janssens (2): 1984–85, 1985–86
Perry Johnson: 1994–95
Jordan Eberle: 2007–08 Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (Memorial Cup MVP)
Greg Joly: 1974 Memorial Cup Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Memorial Cup top scorer)
Sam Steel: 2018 Memorial Cup

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