The Tri-City Americans celebrate a goal in front of their fans Saturday night. (John Keller)

By Nolan Kowal

Narrow defeat

Raiders fall short in Tri-City barn burner

Nov 12, 2023 | 9:17 AM

The Prince Albert Raiders saw their mini two-game win streak snapped Saturday night south of the border as the team fell 5-4 to the Tri-City Americans in front of a boisterous crowd at the Toyota Center.

It was the first loss of the season-long seven-game road trip for the Raiders, a trip that is taking them through the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The loss came on the heels of a 3-2 win in Spokane and a 4-2 win in Lethbridge.

On Saturday, the Raiders fell behind 4-1 after 20 minutes and couldn’t quite complete the comeback, failing to capitalize on a 5-minute powerplay in the third period.

“A couple of mistakes early on for us, a couple turnovers that we would probably want back. But I give our guys a lot of credit, we battled inch by inch,” said Raiders assistant coach Ryan McDonald.

With the loss, the Raiders dropped to 11-9-0-1 on the season while the Americans jumped to 10-6-1-1.

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The green and gold have a couple days off before continuing their road trip on Tuesday in Seattle, followed by games in Everett on Wednesday, Portland on Friday, and finally Wenatchee on Sunday.

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nolan.kowal@pattisonmedia.com