Americans goaltender Xavier Wendt made 27 saves on 29 shots for the Tri-City Americans as they gave the Raiders their first regulation loss of the season. (John Keller/Tri-City Americans)

By Nick Nielsen

First loss in regulation

Raiders run out of gas in sprint against Americans

Nov 9, 2025 | 12:38 AM

The Prince Albert Raiders have been rolling through the first 15 games of the season without surrendering a loss in regulation time as they headed into Kennewick to take on the Tri-City Americans for their yearly meeting. The Raiders had a tough time out of the gate but did have a good push through the middle of the game, bu the speed of the Americans took over to hand the Raiders their first regulation of the loss of the season 6-2.

The Americans got on the board first at the 5:52 mark when a shot from Crew Martinson bounced off the pad of Dimitri Fortin, and Mason Mykichuk potted the rebound.

The Raiders found their momentum after that and the game saw chances flying back and forth between the two teams. At the 18:41 mark, the Raiders tied it up when Justice Christensen brought the puck over centre and passed to Riley Boychuk. He then made a toe drag around a defender and shot around the screen for his third of the season.

After 1: Raiders 1 – 1 Americans, shots 11-11

The Raiders took the lead at the 9:12 mark in the middle of a line change. Daxon Rudolph got the puck at the centre of the blueline and fed it to Jonah Sivertson down the left wall. Sivertson then found a seem through the middle to Justice Christensen on the right side, and Juice ripped home his fourth of the season.

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Just 29 seconds later, the Americans tied it right back up. This time it came from the rush as Jake Gudelj put a shot on through traffic, and the rebound came out to Cash Koch to hit the back of the net.

From there the Raiders ran into some penalty trouble. At 10:44, the Americans struck on the powerplay with a onetimer from the middle of the blueline by Jakub Vanecek. Then with the Raiders down 5-on-3, the Americans scored again at 15:20 mark on a goal line onetimer from Savin Virk.

After 2: Raiders 2 – 4 Americans, shots 10-9 Raiders, 21-20 Raiders overall

In the third period, the Americans used their speed to hem the Raiders in their own zone for a good portion of the period, smothering the Raiders from getting any chances. At 13:21, again on the powerplay, a collision in the crease left Dimitri Fortin at the bottom of a pile of bodies and Gavin Garland found the loose puck, firing it overtop of everyone to score.

At the 17:21 mark, the Raiders net was empty and they put on some pressure, but soon Cruz Pavao took the puck away and drove down the ice to centre before hitting the empty net.

FINAL: Raiders 2 – 6 Americans, shots 12-8 Americans, 32-29 Americans overall

The Raiders have Sunday and Monday off as they travel to Seattle where they will hub for the rest of the U.S. road swing. The Raiders will head to Everett on Tuesday for a matchup between the top two teams in the league in points percentage against the Silvertips, and then Portland on Wednesday to take on the Winterhawks.