Kelly lands final blow as Raiders dethrone Oil Kings
A four-goal second period, and a slump-busting tally from Parker Kelly in the third period helped lift the Prince Albert Raiders to their third straight win on Saturday night, dropping the Edmonton Oil Kings 5-4.
Coming into the contest with back-to-back wins in Lethbridge and Red Deer to kick off the three-game Alberta swing, the Raiders fell behind early as the Oil Kings struck twice in the opening 5:47, once at even strength and once on a 5-on-3 to jump ahead 2-0 and put the visitors on their heels.
The two-goal margin carried into the second, when the Raiders got on the board with a power play marker on a one-time blast from Vojtech Budik just over five minutes in. The goal was the Czech defenceman’s 10th of the season.
It seemed that Budik’s tally opened the floodgates for Prince Albert as the scoring continued 34 seconds later when Curtis Miske took a feed from Justin Nachbaur and lifted it over Oil Kings goaltender Josh Dechaine to tie the game. A native of nearby Beaumont, AB, Miske was playing in his final WHL game in Edmonton.