Preseason is now upon us
By Drew Wilson
Twetnty-eight players have emerged from the marathon better known as training camp and now the Raiders prepare for Thursday's preseason opener at home against Regina.
And a marathon is was especially for the 11-rookies who are still around. They endured eight full 60-minute games (add another five minutes due to overtime in the intersquad game) in less than five days. The fact that Gage Quinney (groin) was the lone injury among the newbies is a testiment to the kind of shape they were in when they reported.
Darcy Zaharichick was one of the sleepers from day one. The 17-year old Edmonton area boy got us all looking at our lineup sheets when he scored two goals on one shift curing rookie camp and sure didn't look out of place while skating on a line with veterans during main camp. He is someone to watch in preseason.