Since getting all of their key players back from various commitments and injuries, and the trade deadline having past, the Pats went on quite a tear last week. After losing to the Moose Jaw Warriors, the Pats came back to take victories over Medicine Hat, Brandon and Edmonton before losing a nail-biter to Swift Current on Saturday, but still picked up 1 point in the shootout loss.
The Pats are now 6 points back of the Broncos (who they play in back to back games this weekend) and 7 points back of the 8th place Prince Albert Raiders. The Pats are in control of their own destiny, if they can beat Swift Current in back to back games and then beat Kootney as well, providing PA looses, the Pats are right back in the mix. The Raiders play Brandon on Wednesday and Friday, if they could lose both of those it would be faaantastic!
The boys have looked quite unreal for the most part in the last few games, in particular the one against Brandon. The newly acquired top line of Ashton-Weal-Eberle seems to already have amazing chemistry together, and could be unstoppable down the stretch. Mitch McColm (who we got in exchange for Delahey) has been laying out guys with good-hard-clean hits! Infact, he earned the first ever, "KFC Crunch of the Night".
The Regina Pats take on the Swift Current Broncos Friday at the Brandt Centre, the start of a home and home. Good Luck Boys!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
It's Official...
Back in September I also titled a blog post "It's Official", only then I was announcing that Jordan Eberle was coming home. Now, I am extremely excited to say he's staying home! The WHL trade deadline was at 4 pm today and the Pats did not receive any unreal offers for either Jordan or Colten, and as a result they will finish their junior careers with the Pats!! Thank God!
The only trade that the Pats were involved with was sending Matt Delahey to the Bruins in exchange for another overage defencemen. It is hard to see Delly go as the Pats are the only team that he has ever known in the dub. It is a shame that he couldn't finish out his career here aswell, but hopefully he will do well with the Bruins. He is a great defencemen and extremely reliable, 9 times out of 10 you can sit easy when the puck is in his hands.
This is just my little speculation, but, as some of you may or may not have noticed (depending on how observent you are) Jordan Eberle did not have his usual "A" on his jersey last night. However, teammate Garret Mitchell, who has also worn an "A" before, but hasn't very much lately, had it on. Most people's responce to this would be "Well, Jordan has been gone a long time." But to those people I say, why did Colten still have an "A" on then? hmm. I believe that it could be a possibility that Jordan will get promoted to a "C" and Mitchy will have a permanent "A" now that Delahey, who also wore an "A", is no longer on the team. It may not happen, they all may remain just "A's" with no "C" but it's an interesting thought.
I sincerely hope that the Pats can pull out a play off spot, because if they don't GM Brent Parker will be taking even more criticism then he already is. As soon as it was announced that Jordan and Colten would remain with the team someone commented saying "Way to go Parker. Moron." another said that Parker is an "Executive fool". Both comments I found quite hilarious, but not exactly necessary. Guarenteed if the Pats make the playoffs the writers of these comments will be the first ones to jump right back on the Pats bandwagon, they may even be driving it.
I said in a previous post that I believed when Parker made the Ashton deal he threw away any thought of rebuiliding the team. The Pats beat one of the best teams in the conference last night so if they come together and Ashton-Eberle-Weal develope chemistry, which judging by the lines 9 point performance last night it looks like they have, then maybe (hopefully) the Pats can truly be a contender.
The Pats will truly be tested when they take on the unreal, juiced up, team on steroids in the Brandon Wheatkings on Wednesday at the Brandt Centre. Brandon also got Travis Hamonic on a trade today, which only adds more unrealness to the already unreal team. On the bright side, it does take a main part away from the Warriors, a team in which the Pats are in a playoff race with, and hopefully the Pats can capitalize on his absense from the team. I realize he wasn't there when we played them on Friday, but I am going to chalk that game up to an "off night". Good Luck on Wednesday Boys!
The only trade that the Pats were involved with was sending Matt Delahey to the Bruins in exchange for another overage defencemen. It is hard to see Delly go as the Pats are the only team that he has ever known in the dub. It is a shame that he couldn't finish out his career here aswell, but hopefully he will do well with the Bruins. He is a great defencemen and extremely reliable, 9 times out of 10 you can sit easy when the puck is in his hands.
This is just my little speculation, but, as some of you may or may not have noticed (depending on how observent you are) Jordan Eberle did not have his usual "A" on his jersey last night. However, teammate Garret Mitchell, who has also worn an "A" before, but hasn't very much lately, had it on. Most people's responce to this would be "Well, Jordan has been gone a long time." But to those people I say, why did Colten still have an "A" on then? hmm. I believe that it could be a possibility that Jordan will get promoted to a "C" and Mitchy will have a permanent "A" now that Delahey, who also wore an "A", is no longer on the team. It may not happen, they all may remain just "A's" with no "C" but it's an interesting thought.
I sincerely hope that the Pats can pull out a play off spot, because if they don't GM Brent Parker will be taking even more criticism then he already is. As soon as it was announced that Jordan and Colten would remain with the team someone commented saying "Way to go Parker. Moron." another said that Parker is an "Executive fool". Both comments I found quite hilarious, but not exactly necessary. Guarenteed if the Pats make the playoffs the writers of these comments will be the first ones to jump right back on the Pats bandwagon, they may even be driving it.
I said in a previous post that I believed when Parker made the Ashton deal he threw away any thought of rebuiliding the team. The Pats beat one of the best teams in the conference last night so if they come together and Ashton-Eberle-Weal develope chemistry, which judging by the lines 9 point performance last night it looks like they have, then maybe (hopefully) the Pats can truly be a contender.
The Pats will truly be tested when they take on the unreal, juiced up, team on steroids in the Brandon Wheatkings on Wednesday at the Brandt Centre. Brandon also got Travis Hamonic on a trade today, which only adds more unrealness to the already unreal team. On the bright side, it does take a main part away from the Warriors, a team in which the Pats are in a playoff race with, and hopefully the Pats can capitalize on his absense from the team. I realize he wasn't there when we played them on Friday, but I am going to chalk that game up to an "off night". Good Luck on Wednesday Boys!
Olympic Champ or UFC Champ
Which one sounds better? That's basically the thought process of UFC Welter-weight champion Georges St-Pierre. Anyone who knows remotely anything about GSP knows that the kid is obviously a stand out wrestler even though he only started the discipline when he was 18. Lately, GSP has been debating whether he wants to vacate the UFC belt in order to pursue his dream of winning a medal at the Olympics.
If GSP were to decide in favor of the Olympic route he would be forced to walk away from the UFC for at least a year and a half. In that time there would have to be a championship bout between the top 2 contenders in order to decide a champion for the weight class. I would imagine Matt Hughes would love to get his hands on that fight so that he could retire on top, but to be frank there is no way he is a top contender. But really, who is? As of right now apparently it's Dan Hardy which is the biggest joke I have ever heard of. Behind him, it's probably Koscheck and then possibly Anthony Johnson even though Kos just beat him. Either way, I wouldn't want to call any of those guys the "Welter Weight Champ of the UFC", infact it bothers me that they could possibly have that on their resume without beating St-Pierre first.
Georges wrestling just simply isn't good enough for the Olympic level. Like I said, he started when he was 18 while most of the other competitiors have probably been wrestling since they were roughly 5. That's the reason he would be out for a year and a half. During that time he would focus purly on wrestling, meaning that his MMA training wouldn't recieve basically any attention. That can't be good. Even though GSP is a stud athlete, if anyone doesn't practice something for over a year and then tries it again, chances are they will be a little rusty.
Georges bank account would see a significant drop during that time off aswell, should he choose to take it. Right now he can make roughly 500K per bout, not to mention his numerous sponsorships, but would he lose those aswell? He obviously has some money in the bank, but he did just buy a massive new condo that he is also renovating, plus he paid off his parents debt and has a new "interesting looking" girlfriend.
In all, I truly hope that Georges just sticks with the UFC. A fighter in Japan was just like Georges once, dominant, took time off to go to the Olympics and is now brutal. Not that the same thing would forsure happen to Georges, but why chance it?
Georges, stick to what you know. Enough of this acting and Olympic wrestling stuff. Your home is in the UFC, go home.
If GSP were to decide in favor of the Olympic route he would be forced to walk away from the UFC for at least a year and a half. In that time there would have to be a championship bout between the top 2 contenders in order to decide a champion for the weight class. I would imagine Matt Hughes would love to get his hands on that fight so that he could retire on top, but to be frank there is no way he is a top contender. But really, who is? As of right now apparently it's Dan Hardy which is the biggest joke I have ever heard of. Behind him, it's probably Koscheck and then possibly Anthony Johnson even though Kos just beat him. Either way, I wouldn't want to call any of those guys the "Welter Weight Champ of the UFC", infact it bothers me that they could possibly have that on their resume without beating St-Pierre first.
Georges wrestling just simply isn't good enough for the Olympic level. Like I said, he started when he was 18 while most of the other competitiors have probably been wrestling since they were roughly 5. That's the reason he would be out for a year and a half. During that time he would focus purly on wrestling, meaning that his MMA training wouldn't recieve basically any attention. That can't be good. Even though GSP is a stud athlete, if anyone doesn't practice something for over a year and then tries it again, chances are they will be a little rusty.
Georges bank account would see a significant drop during that time off aswell, should he choose to take it. Right now he can make roughly 500K per bout, not to mention his numerous sponsorships, but would he lose those aswell? He obviously has some money in the bank, but he did just buy a massive new condo that he is also renovating, plus he paid off his parents debt and has a new "interesting looking" girlfriend.
In all, I truly hope that Georges just sticks with the UFC. A fighter in Japan was just like Georges once, dominant, took time off to go to the Olympics and is now brutal. Not that the same thing would forsure happen to Georges, but why chance it?
Georges, stick to what you know. Enough of this acting and Olympic wrestling stuff. Your home is in the UFC, go home.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Pats vs Tigers
The Regina Pats took on the Medicine Hat Tigers tonight, a game in which the Pats ended up winning, thank god! This game was arguably more important than any other thus far. As I am sure everyone knows, the trade deadline is tomorrow! The Pats management, aka Brent Parker was using this game to see if the Pats can truly contend in the standings. I hope the answer he got was "YES!".
The Pats fell behind by one early, but a goal by Jordan Eberle set the score even at 1-1 in the final seconds of the first. Multiple goals were traded in the second with the Pats going into the intermission up 4-3. The final frame saw yet again, goals being traded until the final score at the end of regulation read 5-5. Overtime, yet again, solved nothing so onto the shootout we went. Now, keep in mind the Pats are without Ketlo and Guhle so in goal for the Pats was Martyniuk (tri-cities former back up goalie). The shootout went for 5 rounds when finally Weal put one away for the Pats and Martyniuk made a final save to secure the 2 points, and hopefully 2 certain players!!
Scoring for the Pats were: Jordan Eberle, Strueby, Weal, Ashton, Teubert
Scoring for the Tigers were: Mackay, Gal, Isherwood, King, Kessy
The Tigers are one of the top teams in the division, and we knocked them off, with a rookie goal tender none-the-less. I sincerely hope that this proves to BP that we are a good group and can crawl out of this hole we are currently stuck in. I believe that when BP made the trade to acquire Ashton and Orfino we solidified ourselves as buyers not sellers. The thought of rebuilding the team went out the window with that trade as we gave up many of our young porspects and draft picks. As of now, I just hope were keepers. It is clear that Jordan and Colten want to stay, they have been here since they were 15 for gods sake! All I have to say is that I hope that by 3 O'clock tomorrow Jordan and Colten will still be Regina Pats!!!
The Pats next action is Wednesday night against the buffed-up Brandon Wheat Kings. Good Luck Boys!
The Pats fell behind by one early, but a goal by Jordan Eberle set the score even at 1-1 in the final seconds of the first. Multiple goals were traded in the second with the Pats going into the intermission up 4-3. The final frame saw yet again, goals being traded until the final score at the end of regulation read 5-5. Overtime, yet again, solved nothing so onto the shootout we went. Now, keep in mind the Pats are without Ketlo and Guhle so in goal for the Pats was Martyniuk (tri-cities former back up goalie). The shootout went for 5 rounds when finally Weal put one away for the Pats and Martyniuk made a final save to secure the 2 points, and hopefully 2 certain players!!
Scoring for the Pats were: Jordan Eberle, Strueby, Weal, Ashton, Teubert
Scoring for the Tigers were: Mackay, Gal, Isherwood, King, Kessy
The Tigers are one of the top teams in the division, and we knocked them off, with a rookie goal tender none-the-less. I sincerely hope that this proves to BP that we are a good group and can crawl out of this hole we are currently stuck in. I believe that when BP made the trade to acquire Ashton and Orfino we solidified ourselves as buyers not sellers. The thought of rebuilding the team went out the window with that trade as we gave up many of our young porspects and draft picks. As of now, I just hope were keepers. It is clear that Jordan and Colten want to stay, they have been here since they were 15 for gods sake! All I have to say is that I hope that by 3 O'clock tomorrow Jordan and Colten will still be Regina Pats!!!
The Pats next action is Wednesday night against the buffed-up Brandon Wheat Kings. Good Luck Boys!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Oilers Back to Losing Ways
Just when you thought the Oilers ship was turning a corner, it sank. The Oilers beat the Maple Leafs on Wednesday, thus putting an end to their 7 game losing streak. But it appears the Oilers and yet again on a losing streak. Since the win against Toronto the Oilers lost 2-1 to the Flames, and look to be on their way to an embarassing loss to the Sharks by no less then 4-1. There is still 14 minutes left in the third at the moment, but I think the Sharks have this one in the bag.
The Oilers next game is January 5th when they face the Coyotes. I can't imagine there will be too many Canadian fans watching that game, as it is also the day that Team Canada will hopefully be going for gold at the World Juniors. Sorry Oilers, but my eyes will be glued to the World Juniors game.
Pat's Begin 2010...
.. with a win!! The Pat's were coming into their bout with the Lethbridge Hurricanes riding a steady 9 game losing streak. But, the Regina boys refused to make it 10, and as a result took the game tonight by a score of 4-2.
The boys found themselves down 2 goals early in the first and the immediate future was looking quite bleak, however the Pats found a way to battle back and scored 4 unanswered goals to capture the win, and more importantly the 2 points!
Scoring for the Pats were: Mappin, Ashton (2), Mitchell
Scoring for the Hurricanes were: Reners, Henke
Notice that Carter Ashton scored 2 goals for the Pats, hopefully this will serve as his break out game and he can begin a hot streak. It will be interesting to see how Jordan Eberle and Ashton work together when Jordan gets back, if they click it could be devastating. Brandon Davidson is also finally back from his knee injury and is already making an impact. He assisted on two of Regina's goals and was a big help in our own zone, especially with all of the call-ups and rookie D-men we have had to work with lately. I know, I know, Davidson is infact a rookie himself, but he has at least 2 or 3 years of age on some of the other guys.
Hopefully this is a sign of things to come for the Pats, it sure is a good way to kick off the new year. Plus, it is also the last game that they will have to play without Jordan Eberle and Teubert as they should be back next weekend to help out the Pats, hopefully with some new hardware around their necks!
The Pats get a little break before their next game. They take on the Moose Jaw Warriors on Friday at the Brandt Centre, which also kicks off a 6 game home-stint. Good Luck Boys!
The boys found themselves down 2 goals early in the first and the immediate future was looking quite bleak, however the Pats found a way to battle back and scored 4 unanswered goals to capture the win, and more importantly the 2 points!
Scoring for the Pats were: Mappin, Ashton (2), Mitchell
Scoring for the Hurricanes were: Reners, Henke
Notice that Carter Ashton scored 2 goals for the Pats, hopefully this will serve as his break out game and he can begin a hot streak. It will be interesting to see how Jordan Eberle and Ashton work together when Jordan gets back, if they click it could be devastating. Brandon Davidson is also finally back from his knee injury and is already making an impact. He assisted on two of Regina's goals and was a big help in our own zone, especially with all of the call-ups and rookie D-men we have had to work with lately. I know, I know, Davidson is infact a rookie himself, but he has at least 2 or 3 years of age on some of the other guys.
Hopefully this is a sign of things to come for the Pats, it sure is a good way to kick off the new year. Plus, it is also the last game that they will have to play without Jordan Eberle and Teubert as they should be back next weekend to help out the Pats, hopefully with some new hardware around their necks!
The Pats get a little break before their next game. They take on the Moose Jaw Warriors on Friday at the Brandt Centre, which also kicks off a 6 game home-stint. Good Luck Boys!
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