Raiders win a statement game over the ‘Hawks
The Prince Albert Raiders made a big statement with their 4-2 victory over the Portland Winterhawks Friday at the Art Hauser Centre.
The Raiders entered Friday’s game with a bad taste in their mouth after a lacklustre effort 4-1 defeat to the Seattle Thunderbirds, and a 2-3 record on home ice since the holiday break. That’s a far cry from the Raiders’ 17 straight home wins they had in the first half of the year.
But the Raiders responded and doubled up the second-ranked Winterhawks team in the WHL Western Conference—who had won four straight games at the Art Hauser Centre dating back to 2010 before Friday’s contest.
“They’re a good team. That was a good hockey game, whoever came got their money’s worth tonight,” Raiders head coach Marc Habscheid said. “It was kind of like a playoff atmosphere. We weren’t intimidated by them, and they weren’t of us. Just two good teams going at it.”