It was a result that a lot of people saw coming. After dropping a tight 5-4 game in Prince Albert on Friday night, the Prince Albert Raiders rebounded in a big way on Saturday with a 4-0 win over the Vancouver Giants.
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Protas scores back-to-back hat tricks, Raiders move onto WHL Final with 4-2 series win
For the second game in a row, an unlikely hero emerged for the Prince Albert Raiders. It was the same hero as the last game as Aliaksei Protas stepped up with his second hat trick in as many nights. His three goals came in the first 40 minutes and helped […]
Euros shine as Raiders dump Rebels 6-4 in Game 2
Red Deer needed to get their offense going as they had only scored once against the Prince Albert Raiders and Ian Scott over their last 125 minutes of hockey. The start they had was not what they had hoped for. A couple of early goals by the imports for Prince […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Additions being made as players depart for World Juniors; what teams are most impacted by their missing stars?
Brandon Wheat Kings: -Jiri Patera – Goalie – Czech Republic – 1999 The Vegas Golden Knights draft pick is one of three goalies on the Czech U20 selection camp roster. The Wheat Kings have called up 16-year-old netminder Connor Ungar from the Northern Alberta X-treme Prep team. He has a […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Kukuca going to Slovakia’s WJC camp; Leason and Raiders exact revenge for lone loss
Kukuca invited to Slovakia’s camp ? WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP NEWS | Andrej Kukuca Invited to Team Slovakia Training Camp for World Junior Championship https://t.co/OlGW2dmJJG pic.twitter.com/Ap0GHKtb5W — Seattle Thunderbirds (@SeattleTbirds) November 27, 2018 A stellar rookie season in the WHL for import forward Andrej Kukuca is getting even better as he […]
Overreaction Monday: The Prince Albert Raiders will win their first division title in 20 years
It’s Overreaction Monday where we take a look at a story line from the weekend and … well overreact. While some good points will be made, these are meant to drive a particular narrative and have fun. Overreaction of the week: The East Division is the Prince Albert Raiders to […]
2018-19 WHL season previews: Prince Albert Raiders
2017-18: 32-27-9-4, 77 points. Fourth in the East Division and second wild-card seed. -The Prince Albert Raiders took a huge step forward as they went form 49 points to 77 in one season and got back into the playoffs after missing in 2016-17. Then they nearly pulled off a huge […]
Late win streak “small consolation” for Blades
By Les Lazaruk The facts are a tough pill to swallow for the Saskatoon Blades. They will finish the 2017-18 WHL regular-season with more points than five of the six teams in the Central Division and with more wins than four teams that will compete in the playoffs, starting Thursday. […]
WHL recap: Skinner shuts down Pats; Raiders and Tigers add to their win totals
Medicine Hat 7 Spokane 4 Many were wondering whether the Medicine Hat Tigers (8-4) would be able to replace all that scoring that left them this year. After Mason Shaw went down with a long term injury and Zach Fischer was traded to the Spokane Chiefs (8-6-0-1), they were left […]