Evan Herman drives home his second of what would be three goals against the Winnipeg ICE. (Submitted Photo/Mark Peterson Media)

By Jeff D’Andrea

Raider Hockey

Raiders hope to continue giant-killing trend against ICE

Jan 21, 2022 | 12:00 PM

The Prince Albert Raiders will finally take to the Art Hauser Centre ice in the first time since Jan. 2, to take on the Winnipeg ICE.

The top-ranked ICE have only lost seven games all season (five in regulation, two in overtime) but two of those came at the hands of the Raiders. The Raiders defeated the ICE 4-1 on Dec. 14 at the Art Hauser Centre after a 4-3 overtime victory on Nov. 28 at the Wayne Fleming Arena. Of course, the ICE had an absolutely dominant result in the first meeting of the season, an 8-0 drubbing on Oct. 9.

Evan Herman scored a hat trick in the Dec. 14 meeting to lead the Raiders to victory. Sloan Stanick had overtime winning goal on Nov. 28, to cap off the Raiders’ comeback from a 3-0 deficit in that game.

According to the WHL Weekly Report, neither the Raiders nor the ICE have any injuries, nor do they have any players currently in COVID-19 protocol. However, both teams will be without key defencemen as Trevor Thurston will serve his second of a two-game suspension for a kneeing major penalty against the Red Deer Rebels on Monday. The ICE do not have the services of Karter Prosofsky for personal reasons.

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Former Raider Brayden Pachal will wear the captain’s ‘C’ once again. The Henderson Silver Knights, the AHL affiliate to the Vegas Golden Knights, announced Pachal would be their new captain on Thursday.

There are a number of Raider connections on the Silver Knights that go past their new captain. Zack Hayes, Pachal’s longtime defence partner during the Raiders’ 2018-19 championship run, is also on the team, as is fellow-former Raider and Las Vegas product Gage Quinney. Manny Viveiros, a Raider legend who is third in the all-time Raiders scoring, despite being a defenceman, is also the Silver Knights’ head coach.

Tune in to CKBI tonight, starting at 6:30 p.m. for voice of the Raiders Rob Mahon’s call of the contest.

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Jeff.dandrea@pattisonmedia.com

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