Regina Pats

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




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Current roster
Updated June 29, 2024.


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

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

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.

Awards
Bob Clarke Trophy (WHL top scorer) Four Broncos Memorial Trophy (WHL player of the year) Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy (WHL top defenceman) Del Wilson Trophy (WHL top goaltender)
 * 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
 * Dennis Sobchuk: 1972–73
 * Doug Wickenheiser: 1979–80
 * Josh Harding: 2002–03
 * Sam Steel: 2016–17
 * Connor Bedard: 2022–23
 * Gary Leeman: 1982–83
 * Kevin Haller: 1989–90
 * Jason Smith: 1992–93
 * Josh Harding: 2002–03

Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy (WHL rookie of the year) Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy (WHL coach of the year) Doc Seaman Trophy (WHL scholastic player of the year) Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (Memorial Cup MVP) Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Memorial Cup top scorer)
 * Ron Garwasiuk: 1966–67
 * Dennis Sobchuk: 1971–72
 * Dave Michayluk: 1980–81
 * Dale Derkatch: 1981–82
 * Jeff Friesen: 1992–93
 * Connor Bedard: 2020–21
 * Earl Ingarfield, Sr.: 1971–72
 * Bob Lowes: 2001–02
 * John Paddock (2): 2014–15, 2016–17
 * Mark Janssens (2): 1984–85, 1985–86
 * Perry Johnson: 1994–95
 * Jordan Eberle: 2007–08
 * Greg Joly: 1974 Memorial Cup
 * Sam Steel: 2018 Memorial Cup