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REGINA – It wasn’t the outcome the Regina Pats wanted on the opening night of the WHL East Division season, but the WHL debut of Exceptional Player Connor Bedard was as-advertised. The 15-year old phenom from North Vancouver buried his first two career goals in a 47-second span of […]
He’s been referred to as the Wonder Boy and the Holy Child, but I’m sure Regina Pats Head Coach Dave Struch and General Manager John Paddock would prefer if Connor Bedard was simply referred to as “one of the guys.” But he’s not. Just days before the Regina Pats open […]
AccessNow TV is the official television broadcast partner of the Regina Pats Hockey Club, member of the Western Hockey League, and on Monday announced its 2020-21 broadcast schedule. The broadcast team will feature longtime Regina Pats announcer Rod Pedersen on play-by-play with Darren Dupont handling the colour commentary. The intermission […]
As far as the Western Hockey League’s East Division Hub Centre in Regina goes, it appears all systems are go. The teams began arriving on Saturday, have been isolating at the University of Regina dorms, and have undergone Covid testing this week. On a Zoom media availability on Thursday, Regina […]
1 – JOIN THE REGIMENT: We are just a couple weeks away from the start of WHL East Division play in the Regina Hub Centre. Regina Pats GM John Paddock is excited to play in a ‘Hubble’ like we’ve been watching in the NHL for months. “The closest thing […]
WHL Commissioner Ron Robison joined The Rod Pedersen Show’s Darren Dupont for a Q&A on Friday’s announcement of a Regina hub centre for the East Division’s Return To Play beginning with games March 12. Here’s the transcript: DD: Is this your first Instagram Live interview? RR: This is my […]
I think as hockey fans and people of the hockey industry, we can be guilty of at least one thing. Once a player comes through your program or league, unless they go on to an illustrious pro career, you kind of lose track of them or unfortunately in some cases, […]
TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger has some thoughts on Friday’s WHL Return To Play announcement of a minimum 24-game schedule. Appearing on The Rod Pedersen Show, Dreger, the former Voice of the Brandon Wheat Kings, agreed with me that although the announcement was encouraging news, it triggered an avalanche […]
Welcome to the second and final installment of SIMPSO, chronicling the coaching career of the legendary Terry Simpson as part of our WHL Coaching Legends series. The former P.A. Raiders, Red Deer Rebels, New York Islanders, Winnipeg Jets, and Philadelphia Flyers Head Coach and Toronto Maple Leafs Assistant Coach spoke […]
When you talk about coaching and the Prince Albert Raiders, there’s only one name that comes up. ONE. O-N-E. Terry Simpson. For those uninitiated, the man known universally as “Simpso” coached the Prince Albert Raiders to a record seven consecutive championships in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League before the franchise […]
