Raiders revival; Pachal’s season turns around after trade to P.A.
For the past week, Brayden Pachal got his first true taste of professional hockey life, skating with the Ottawa Senators in their NHL development camp from June 27 to July 3.
Although he’s been playing hockey for most of his young 17-year-old life, Pachal looks back to Jan. 9 as to how he was able to get an invite from the Senators in the first place.
Pachal’s season turned around for the better after he was traded to the Prince Albert Raiders that day from the Victoria Royals, in exchange for P.A.’s Loch Morrison.
“I think if they wouldn’t have given me that opportunity, I don’t think there was a chance of me even getting in a development camp,” the 17-year-old defenceman from Estevan said. “I’ve got to give a lot of that to the coaches. They’ve helped me from the time I got there to the end of the season. I think I’ve improved a lot.”