Raiders fans ‘in my heart:’ captain Vanstone
The Prince Albert Raiders may have selected 10 players back in 2011 WHL Bantam Draft, but only one stuck around until his 20-year-old season.
That would be the beating heart of the team—captain Tim Vanstone.
With two games remaining in the 2016-17 campaign, Vanstone currently sits at 297 games played with the Raiders—fourth all-time in franchise history for games played. He’s also one of just four Raiders to have played games in six different seasons.
Many players have come and gone in Vanstone’s time. He played under three different head coaches, (four if you count the one game associate coach Dave Manson stepped behind the bench), two different general managers and three captains before taking the ‘C’ himself.