Last night at the Brandt Centre in Regina the Prince Albert Raiders took to the ice for competitive hockey since the abrupt ending to last year’s COVID short year. With no exhibition games to be played and just a few practices under their belt, it was fair to say […]
Author: Mat Torgerson
Hitting the century mark, no small feat for these Raiders.
100 points in a hockey season is something that is associated with all-time great players like Gretzky, Messier, Howe & Jagr. What about in the WHL? How frequently does this plateau get reached and does it get surpassed all that often? Well, if you are a Prince Albert Raiders fan […]
OZZY OZZY OZZY! And the Prince Albert Raiders
Originally posted Feb 22, 2021 No, I’m not referencing the colourful Prince of Darkness, nor referencing the Australian chant that ends with “Oi, Oi, Oi!”. Today the Prince Albert Raiders got back their very own Ozzy Wiesblatt from the San Jose Sharks with whom he had been playing for their […]
Big Mac, a pugilist’s journey from the WHL to the NHL and beyond
In a long line of players to have put on the Prince Albert Raiders sweater, Steve MacIntyre perhaps has one of the best stories of making it to the NHL and hockey life after the show. MacIntyre is a Brock, SK native who’s WHL career started in 1997 with […]
Calgary Hitmen, building for championships and nothing else.
If you take a look in Webster’s dictionary for the definition of the word “consistent” you will find this: “unchanging in nature, standard, or effect over time.” Looking at the past decade of Calgary Hitmen hockey you can certainly see how they fit the definition of consistent. From 2010 […]
Raiders; NHL Central Scouting list, two players head to the SJHL while Watts goes pro
As usual, the NHL has released their preliminary scouting list, ahead of the 2020-21 NHL season. This time around, the Prince Albert Raiders have found three names on the list; Nolan Allan, Landon Kosior, and Carter Serhyenko. NHL scouts have recognized the skills of Raiders’ defencemen this past season, […]
Ian Scott, from Prince Albert Raiders stardom to Toronto Marlies future.
Time to hop in the hot tub time machine and go back not too far into Prince Albert Raiders’ history. This time we are off to 2017 and the NHL Entry Draft. The first three selections in that draft were Nico Hischier, Nolan Patrick, and Miro Heiskanen. The Devils […]
From Belarus and back, the talent pool just keeps growing for the Raiders
The 2020 NHL Draft has come and gone, the Prince Albert Raiders can add two more NHL graduates to their list of player accomplishments. Kaiden Guhle was selected sixteenth overall by the Montreal Canadiens while Ozzy Wiesblatt was picked up with the 31st pick by the San Jose Sharks. […]
Prince Albert (Buffalo) Sabres sort of has a nice ring to it.
With the 2020 NHL Entry Draft now scheduled to start round one on October 6th and rounds two through seven to take place the following day, I thought it would be a good time to take a peek at which NHL club has a history of selecting Prince Albert […]
Prince Albert Raiders SJHL dynasty
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is widely considered one of the best Tier II junior leagues in Canada. In 1972, the SJHL saw fit to add another team to the league and announced that the Prince Albert Raiders would join, playing out of the city-owned Art Hauser Centre. With […]