Raiders suffer energy crash as Warriors rally

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“I kinda figured a little bit this game might be a tough one, because last night was that emotional and that intense,” Raiders head coach Marc Habscheid said. “To follow that up again would be hard, but for the most part, I thought we were pretty good. I thought our young D had a tough night tonight, but that’s to be expected sometimes back there.

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“It just is [difficult], I’ve been around the game long enough. It’s tough, especially for a young group. Our D are young and to rebound from something like that, they’re not used to that, going back-to-back with that type of intensity,” added Habscheid. “But like I said, the first period was good, I liked the way we started. The intensity was there, but it kind of waned in the second.”

Scoring Summary

First Period

1-0, Raiders, Evan Herman (unassisted), 1:20

1-1, Warriors, Riley Krane from Atley Calvert and Calder Anderson, 12:55

Second Period

2-1, Warriors, Tate Popple from Brad Ginnell and Daemon Hunt (power play), 6:52

3-1, Warriors, Josh Hoekstra from Maximus Wanner and Daemon Hunt, 10:20

4-1, Warriors, Eric Alarie from Cade Hayes and Ryder Korczak, 17:30

Third Period

5-1, Warriors, Brayden Yager from Josh Hoekstra and Cole Jordan, 16:58

5-2, Raiders, Reece Vitelli from Ozzy Wiesblatt and Justin Nachbaur (power play), 19:17

Just four games left

Now the Raiders just have four games left on their schedule in the 2020-21 WHL season. The Saskatoon Blades are up next at 8 p.m. on Thursday, before the Raiders will face the Brandon Wheat Kings at 6 p.m. on April 24, the Winnipeg ICE on April 26 and the Swift Current Broncos on April 28.

The WHL announced before the game on Monday that there will not be any playoff season of any kind this season. The league left open the options for there to be a league-wide playoff, or for each division to form their own form of offseason. But as Monday’s announcement explains, that will not be the case this season.

“With the league announcement today that there’s no playoffs, we had a pretty good idea before we even started, before we even got there that there wasn’t any playoffs,” Habscheid said. “The Raiders play to win every game, but make no mistake, this isn’t the same as last year or the year before. We’re playing a 24-game exhibition schedule, that’s what it is. We’re happy to play, but make no mistake, there’s no gold pot at the end of the rainbow.”

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Jeff.dandrea@pattisonmedia.com

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