By Drew Wilson

Prince Albert pumps Portland 4-0

Oct 14, 2015 | 12:25 AM

It was a night of first’s in Portland.

Vojtech Budik scored his first WHL goal. Brendan Guhle scored in his first game back from the Buffalo Sabres captain Tim Vanstone and Dylan Stewart scored thier first goals of the season and Rylan Parenteau recorded his first WHL shutout as the Raiders posted their first road win of the season with a 4-0 victory over the Winterhawks.

The Raiders created momentum by killing off a 5-on-3 Portland power play for :51 while the game was still scoreless but it didn’t stay that way for long. Budik blasted home his first WHL goal from the high slot converting a give-and-go with Simon Stransky. The goal by the Czech import late in the first period stood up as the winner.

 It stayed that way until Brendan Guhle’s wrap-around goal just shy of the 15-minute of the second period. After a simple and cautious first period the Buffalo Sabres prospect who was reassigned Monday jumped into the rush much more often in the second and third periods.

The pivotal goal was Tim Vanstone’s deflection of a Jesse Lees shot from the top of the left wing circle on a Raider power play with a minute and a half to go in the middle frame and the Winterhawks never recovered.

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Dylan Stewart who assisted on Guhle’s goal put the game away midway through the third snaping a shot into the top corner on Portland goalie Adin Hill after a perfect pass from Sean Montgomery on a two-on-one break.

Parenteau was busiest in the third period making 15 of his 36 saves, but his most important and impressive saves came in the second period while the Raiders led 1-0.

Assistant coach Kelly Guard told the 900 CKBI post game audience it was a solid sixty minute performance in all three zones. Guard also said being patient and calm on the specialty teams was the reason they went 1/3 on the power play and killed off all three Portland advantages. He also credited Parenteau’s hard work for the improved play in the 19 year old goalie’s last two starts.

The Raiders outshot Portland 40-36

The win raises the Raider record to 5-2-0-1 overall and 1-1-0-1 on the US swing.

The road trip resumes Wednesday night against the Americans in Tri Cities. Opening face off is at 8:05 with 900 CKBI coverage beginning at 7:45.

dwilson@panow.com

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