By Matthew Gourlie The Swift Current Broncos have worn a four-leaf clover on their jerseys for the past 31 years. The clover isn’t for luck, rather it is there for remembrance of a great tragedy and honour the four Broncos — Trent Kresse, Scott Kruger, Chris Mantyka and Brent Ruff — […]
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Stakes high as WHL elites meet in second round
By Traci Kay and Matthew Gourlie The Western Hockey League’s two best teams looked like they were on a second round collision course all season. Now — despite the best efforts of the Regina Pats and Prince Albert Raiders — the Swift Current Broncos and Moose Jaw Warriors will meet […]
Warriors win wild Game 7
By Matthew Gourlie Like the villain in horror movie, the Prince Albert Raiders refused to die and that terrified the Moose Jaw Warriors. In the end, that fear was what the Warriors needed to push them to play their best game of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final series. The Warriors […]
Raiders force Game 7 against Warriors
On Easter Sunday, the Prince Albert Raiders’ playoff dreams were resurrected once more. The Raiders stove off elimination for the second time in 24 hours and forced a Game 7 in their Western Hockey League Eastern Conference quarter-final series against the Moose Jaw Warriors. Cole Fonstad’s second goal of the […]
Resilient Raiders refuse to die; force Game 6
By Matthew Gourlie The Prince Albert Raiders were not ready for their season to be over. The Moose Jaw Warriors were not ready to meet the level of desperation that the Raiders brought Saturday night at Mosaic Place. The Raiders were the hungrier team in Game 5 and their 5-1 […]
Willms blanks Raiders; Warriors take 3-1 series lead
Brody Willms was pulled in the third period of Game 1 to cap a disappointing outing for the Moose Jaw Warriors goalie. Willms bounced back as the Warriors won the next two games in overtime and Wednesday night, the 19-year-old posted a 32-save shutout in a massive 2-0 Game 4 […]
Warriors stun Raiders with late rally and OT winner
The Moose Jaw Warriors scored twice in 47 seconds with their goalie pulled to force overtime Tuesday night. The Prince Albert Raiders never recovered as Brayden Burke scored 19 seconds into overtime to give the Warriors a stunning 5-4 win at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert and stake […]
Almeida’s OT winner levels series
By Matthew Gourlie Justin Almeida and the Moose Jaw Warriors were not going to be denied. After forcing a turnover at his own blue line, the Warriors sniper kicked into high gear. Almeida fought off the check of Max Martin to slip a puck through the legs of Prince Albert […]
Underdog Raiders roll to Game 1 win in Moose Jaw
By Matthew Gourlie They call the playoffs the second season. It certainly felt like a different season for the Moose Jaw Warriors. The WHL’s regular season champions never recovered from a slow start against an unwavering Prince Albert Raiders team in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference opening round series. […]
Playoff History: Moose Jaw Warriors vs. Prince Albert Raiders
2016 Moose Jaw won 4-1 1st Round, an upset in the making, the Moose Jaw Warriors were three points behind the Prince Albert Raiders when the regular season commenced. The first two games of the series were one goal games. Then the Prince Albert Radiers put up seven goals in […]