PA's own Gabe Klassen skates with the puck in his return to the Art Hauser Centre with the Portland Winterhawks on Jan. 10, 2023. (Mark Peterson/Prince Albert Raiders)

By Logan Lehmann

Hometown cooking

PA’s Klassen posts three points to help Winterhawks down Raiders

Jan 10, 2023 | 10:59 PM

PRINCE ALBERT, SK – Prince Albert’s own and Portland Winterhawks captain Gabe Klassen put on a show in front of his friends and family on Tuesday night, netting a goal and a pair of assists to help his team beat the Prince Albert Raiders 5-3 at the Art Hauser Centre.

Raiders head coach Jeff Truitt told paNOW that the boys put up a good fight but, in the end, it all comes down to the finer details.

“It was a hard game,” he said. “The boys battled. We killed off a five-minute powerplay in the first period and it was a back-and-forth type of game and goals aren’t easy to come by. When the chips are down with a few minutes left, you got to be able to execute.”

Alongside Klassen, Josh Zakreski, Kyle Chyzowski, Robbie Fromm-Delorme, and James Stefan also found the back of the net while five other skaters potted assists.

For the Raiders, Ryder Ritchie, Cole Peardon, and Carter Anderson each tickled twine while Sloan Stanick, Seth Tansem, Grady Martin, Evan Herman, and Harrison Lodewyk collected helpers.

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Tikhon Chaika got the nod for tonight’s game, stopping 32 of 36 shots as PA falls to 14-22-3-0 on the campaign.

Jan Špunar was between the pipes for the Hawks where he made 21 saves to help Portland improve to 27-6-2-1 on the year.

COMPLETE BOX SCORE

The score remained deadlocked after the opening frame but that doesn’t mean the period wasn’t action packed. Things started off neck and neck but eventually came to a grinding halt for the Raiders when Hayden Pakkala was given a major penalty and a game misconduct for charging Nicholas Johnson. The ensuing penalty kill saw Portland throw everything but the kitchen sink at the PA net. With just 13 seconds to go, it looked like the Hawks scored the game’s first goal but the shot was immediately waived off due to a crease violation and goaltender interference. The Raiders managed to kill off the long penalty thanks to some fearless blocks and outstanding goaltending from Chaika where he stopped 17 shots in the period alone to keep it at zeros going into the second.

The score didn’t stay the same for long into the middle period lasting just 17 seconds. Portland’s hard work finally paid off with Klassen’s pass connecting with Zakreski who scored to put the Winterhawks in front. Just five minutes later and the hometown kid got his second point of the night. Stefan got the puck down low and sent it in front of the Raider net and on to the tape of Klassen to double the lead.

Prince Albert came storming back shortly after though, all thanks to their young guns. Stanick dumped the puck off for Ritchie who fired a missle past Špunar to net his eleventh and to cut into the lead. Two minutes later and Peardon got in on the fun by scoring his fourth of the year via a pass from Tansem to tie it up at two apiece heading into period three.

Portland regained the lead in the early minutes of the third with Chyzowski scoring to put the Hawks up with time dwindling.

Back and forth the teams which led to the Raiders tying it back up. Herman fed a lead pass up to Anderson in tight who snuck the puck under the Hawks netminder’s arm.

With 2:02 left on the clock, Fromm-Delorme got the puck off a faceoff in the Raiders end and fired it past an unsuspecting Chaika to give Portland the lead yet again. The Hawks added an empty netter with 0.3 seconds to go to take it 5-3.

PA wraps up its homestand on Friday night when former captain Nolan Allan makes his return to the Art Hauser Centre with the Seattle Thunderbirds. Puck drop is slated for 7pm.

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