The Raiders celebrate after defeating the Medicine Hat Tigers 5-4 on Nov. 19, 2022. (Mark Peterson/Prince Albert Raiders)

By Logan Lehmann

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Raiders look to stay hot against slumping Wheat Kings

Dec 2, 2022 | 1:16 PM

The Prince Albert Raiders (10-13-2-0) continue their five-game road trip into Manitoba where they’ll look to take advantage of a recently struggling Brandon Wheat Kings (8-15-2-0) squad.

Coming into Friday night’s game, the Wheaties have lost six out of their last seven games. To add insult to injury, Brandon only won twice in the month of November where they finished the month with a 2-8-1-0. Both wins came against Red Deer where they won 3-2 in a shootout on Nov. 11 and 4-2 on Nov. 19.

As for the Raiders, they’ve been trending in the opposite direction having won five of their six games. Their only loss came against the Rebels back on Nov. 26 where they fell 6-1.

After tonight, PA continues east to Winnipeg to round out the road trip against the ICE tomorrow night.

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Captain Evan Herman hit the 100-point milestone last game against the Tigers where he managed to score two points in the contest. The pride of The Pas, MB netted himself a goal and an assist where he now has three multi-point performances in his last four games.

Alternate captain Sloan Stanick enters tonight having potted three points in his last outing against Medicine Hat, which was just one out of a number of notable outings for the Rapid City, MB product. On this road trip, Stanick has seven points (2G, 5A) through three games.

Raider Rookie Ryder Ritchie has quietly been doing his thing so far this season. The 2006-born speedster netted two helpers in last game’s win against the Tigers, assisting on Peardon’s goal and one of Stanick’s markers. The Calgary, AB product has nine points (2G, 7A) through 18 games this season.

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