The Battle of the Bridge City Tournament was held this past weekend in Saskatoon and Prince Albert was well represented.Both the U13 and U15 Lakers' squads returned home with silver medals. The U13 team won its first four games. On Saturday, after beating Swift Current 81-20, they downed the Saskatoon Supernovas 66-51....

After dropping game one of the series where the Prince Albert Raiders were still trying to figure out the Medicine Hat Tigers, the Raiders contended and even outplayed the Tigers during game two. Still, the Raiders would trail most of the game and have to fight back late to tie it, but the Tigers would get the game win...

Hundreds of the province's best archers were in Prince Albert this weekend for the Indoor Junior Olympic Program (JOP) and the Saskatchewan Archery Association's (SAA) Indoor Provincial Target Championship. The events were held at the Alfred Jenkins Fieldhouse and was the fourth year in a row that the Timberland Bowben...

Round two of the WHL playoffs is officially here, and that would send the Prince Albert Raiders to Medicine Hat to take on the Tigers in a battle between the East and Central Division champions. During the game we saw three very different periods, an even first period, a third period where the Raiders made a solid come...

For the first time since a second round series against the Regina Pats in the 1996 playoffs, the Prince Albert Raiders came back from a 3-1 deficit in a playoff series to take the win over the Edmonton Oil Kings and move on to Round 2.Through the first round of the playoffs, the Raiders were shocked in Game 1 at home w...

In 2022, the Debden Roadrunners showed up to the National Broomball Championships as 'just another team from Saskatchewan'. In 2023, even as defending champions, the Roadrunners still weren't getting the respect they thought they deserved. When they won for a third straight year in 2024, teams were starting to pay atte...

With their backs against the wall and a 3-1 series deficit, the Prince Albert Raiders entered do or die territory on Friday at the Art Hauser Centre for Game 5 against the Edmonton Oil Kings. Not only did the Raiders come out swinging, but they kept swinging all the way to a 4-2 victory to extend the series.The Oil Kin...

With their backs against the wall 3-1 in their series with the Edmonton Oil Kings, the Prince Albert Raiders are expecting the best fans in the league to be out in full flight Friday night for a pivotal Game 5. To start things off, the Raiders are hosting a tailgate party put on by Lake Country Co-op starting at 5pm wi...

A huge smile fills Kate Popescul's face when asked about the possibility of one day representing Canada at the Olympics.The 12-year old gymnast, who trains out of the Aerials club in Prince Albert, has qualified for the Western Canadian Championships, which will be held later this month in Saskatoon. It's a feat no oth...

Practices for the Prince Albert Raiders have become more crowded during the playoffs as prospects who have finished their seasons have joined the Raiders for the rest of the postseason, but there are two whose campaigns are continuing. In Saskatchewan, Jonah Sivertson helped his Regina Pat Canadians to a SMAAAHL champi...

After a disappointing Game 3 in Edmonton saw the Raiders fall behind in the series 2-1, the Prince Albert Raiders were looking to regain home ice advantage with a win in Game 4 on Wednesday night. Despite outshooting the Oil Kings in all three periods, the Raiders would have some trouble in their own zone along with so...

A mixed martials arts event titled Rumble In The Cage 69 takes place this weekend in Lethbridge and will include two fighters from Prince Albert.Patrick Turner (2-2) has an amateur middleweight bout against hometown favourite Jonathan Balsam (1-1); and Suhail Mondair has a featherweight fight against Emerald Park's Keo...

Game 2 saw the Prince Albert Raiders storm back to tie the series at a game a piece against the Edmonton Oil Kings to send the series to Edmonton. In Game 3, the Raiders had some difficulty getting the puck out of their own zone through two periods before a great effort in the third, but the Oil Kings would get one ext...

It should come as no surprise, but Raiders 20-year-old goaltender Max Hildebrand has been named as part of the first team All Star Team in the WHL. When it comes to the stats, it should come as no surprise that Hildebrand was named to the first All Star Team. He lead the league in games played (55), minutes played (3,1...

After a strong finish at provincials, Prince Albert's Carol Paetsch has earned the right to represent her community and Saskatchewan at Nationals. Paetsch was crowned Ladies Singles champion at the Great Western Open Provincials, which was held in Regina and ran from March 27 to 29. The 64-year-old has been rolling str...

After a disappointing 3-1 loss in Game 1 against the Oil Kings to start the playoffs, the Prince Albert Raiders were tasked with a comeback effort to tie the series before heading to Edmonton. The Raiders not only tied the series, but they did it in impressive fashion with a dominant 6-1 effort.The Raiders took the fir...

The Allan Flames are champions of the Twin Rivers Hockey League (TRHL) in 2025. The Flames downed the Willow Cree Chiefs 8-4 in Game 4 on Friday at Beardy's Memorial Arena, taking the best-of-five series 3-1. Allan previously won Games 1 and 2 (8-4 and 6-3) before Willow Cree managed to squeeze out a narrow 4-3 victory...

Game one of the playoffs has come and gone for the Prince Albert Raiders and the Edmonton Oil Kings. The two teams started off with a fast paced, hard checking game that saw the Oil Kings come away with a 3-1 win after an empty netter late.Things looked like they were going to start great for the Prince Albert Raiders ...

The playoffs are here, and the Prince Albert Raiders are getting set for what promises to be a spirited tilt between the second in the Eastern Conference Raiders and the seventh ranked Edmonton Oil Kings. The Raiders finished the regular season with an electric end to the schedule winning five straight games. That incl...

While fans of the Prince Albert Raiders have seen Aiden Oiring develop his game into one of the most exciting and reliable players on the team, fans may not know that his mom has developed her abilities as a coach, thanks to some help from the WHL Club.While Kristi Oiring follows her son around to as many games as she ...

Although the playoffs are about to begin, the Prince Albert Raiders had lots to celebrate on Sunday with their annual awards banquet. In total, 13 awards were handed out this season while also celebrating the three 20-year-olds who have played their last regular season games as a Raider.Raiders goaltender Max Hildebran...

This team started the season with a record of 2-7-2 through the first 11 games of the season, but now after 68 games the Prince Albert Raiders are East Division champions. It all came down to the final game of the regular season between the Raiders and their bitter rivals the Saskatoon Blades. Both teams had the lead i...

Two local speed skaters are straightening out the final kinks as they get set to head to Kamloops at the end of the month for the Canada Youth Short Track Championships. The event will be held Mar. 29-31 and features skaters aged 11 to 13, serving as an introduction for developing skaters to represent their province or...

Coming into Friday's action, the Saskatoon Blades had 81 points to lead the East Division, the Prince Albert Raiders had 80, both teams had 37 wins for the first playoff positioning tiebreakers, the Raiders had a slight goal differential advantage for the second tiebreaker, both had top three goaltenders in the league,...

When the schedule first came out at the beginning of the year and people first saw that the Prince Albert Raiders would finish the season in a home-and-home series with the Saskatoon Blades, some people predicted that the Raiders would be fighting Saskatoon on the final weekend of the season for the top spot in the Eas...

Both Carlton Sr. basketball teams are off to Saskatoon Thursday as the Crusader Boys and Girls battle for a provincial title at HOOPLA. All 1A-5A HOOPLA tournaments this year will be held at four different high schools in Saskatoon, including Bethlehem Catholic High School, Marion M. Graham Collegiate, Centennial Colle...

The Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division (SRPSD) announced a new partnership for their sports academy on Thursday. In a release, the division welcomed Trach Power Skating & Skills and Trach Sports Academy for the 2025-26 school year, promising high-quality athletic programming to student-athletes across the S...

It's been nearly two weeks since the Prince Albert Mintos were eliminated from the Sask. Male AAA Hockey League (SMAAAHL) playoffs and the team is wasting no time in getting down to business in preparing for next season. One of the big changes was announced via social media on Monday, stating the club's Head Coach Doan...

With the Saskatoon Blade and Brandon Wheat Kings set to play each other on Wednesday, the Prince Albert Raiders needed to win on Tuesday night against the Moose Jaw Warriors if they are going to keep pace until the end of the season for the top spot in the East Division. The Raiders got out to a lead early and never lo...

After picking up two wins on the road wins and looking more like the team we're used to seeing this season, the Raiders are still in a heated battle for the top spot in the East Division as the final week of the season kicks off. With the Raiders trailing the top two teams Saskatoon and Brandon by just a single point, ...