Raiders win 17th straight, edging Rebels 4-3
For the second straight game, the Prince Albert Raiders broke a franchise record set in the 1985-86 season as the team won their seventh straight road game with a 4-3 victory over the Red Deer Rebels.
The win extended the team’s overall winning streak to 17 games and improved the Raiders’ overall record to 24-1 through 25 games.
It was a quick start from the green and gold with Spencer Moe and Parker Kelly scoring less than five minutes into the contest, putting the visiting Raiders up 2-0 and forcing the Rebels to use their timeout to settle things down.
The timeout worked momentarily as the Rebels got on the board when a point shot from Ethan Sakowich found its way through a screen and past Raider goaltender Ian Scott, but Cole Fonstad responded and put the Raiders back in front 3-1, a lead they held into the first intermission. Rebels goaltender Ethan Anders, who stumped the Raiders with 49 saves in Red Deer’s Oct 6 victory over Prince Albert, was replaced by Byron Fancy after allowing three goals on 10 shots in just under ten minutes of action.