WHL Roundup: Raiders down Broncos 6-5 in OT in final game of season
April 28, 2021
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Ozzy Wiesblatt capped a season like no other for his team with a goal 54 seconds into overtime, and the Prince Albert Raiders edged the Swift Current Broncos 6-5 on Wednesday in the final Western Hockey League game of the year for both clubs.
Reece Vitelli struck twice while Terrell Goldsmith, Justin Nachbaur and Tyson Laventure also scored for the Raiders (9-11-4).
Raphael Pelletier, Bode Hagan, Carter Stebbings, Mathew Ward and Cole Nagy supplied the scoring for the Broncos (6-17-1).
Carter Serhyenko stopped 6-of-8 shots in 13 minutes of relief to earn the win for Prince Albert. He replaced Max Paddock, who made 21 saves before getting ejected at 8:04 of the third period for an attempt to injure major penalty.
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The strangest season in Prince Albert Raiders history concluded on Wednesday night with one of the most bizarre contests the team has ever taken part in.
With the team holding a 5-3 lead over the Swift Current Broncos at the 8:01 mark of the third period, Raiders netminder Max Paddock was given a snow shower by Broncos forward Josh Davies and proceeded to pummel him in the face as both players were down in the crease during a post-whistle scrum.
As a result of the play, Davies was given a two-minute minor for unsportsmanlike conduct, but Paddock was given a five-minute match penalty and a game misconduct for what the officials deemed as an attempt to injure.
Broncos conclude season with overtime loss
April 29, 2021
The Swift Current Broncos concluded the 2020-21 Western Hockey League regular season with points in their final three games after a 6-5 overtime loss to the Prince Albert Raiders on Wednesday in Regina.
The Broncos erased a two-goal deficit in the third period to force overtime before Ozzy Weisblatt scored on a partial breakaway to end the East Division season.
“I thought early we were just a little bit too cute with the puck,” said Head Coach Dean Brockman. “We passed up on opportunities to shoot the puck and create a little bit more offense. We got ourselves into a little bit of penalty trouble. It seemed when we almost had it killed off they’d get a little bounce or a break here and there. I give our guys a lot of credit, I thought they showed some resiliency coming from behind and playing hard. A lot of teams or guys would have said the hell with it. Each man that played tonight I thought played as hard as he
WHL Roundup: Paddock leads Raiders to shutout win over Blades
April 22, 2021
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Max Paddock made 20 saves for the shutout, and the Prince Albert Raiders downed the Saskatoon Blades 4-0 on Thursday in Western Hockey League play.
Paddock earned his second shutout of the season and ninth of his career by leading Prince Albert over favoured Saskatoon.
Ozzy Wiesblatt scored the winner just 1:27 into the game for the Raiders (8-10-3).Terrell Goldsmith, Ladon Kosior and Justin Nachbaur added the others.
Nolan Maier stopped 27-of-31 shots for the Blades (14-4-3), who are on a three-game slide. -
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SPOKANE, Wash. Dustin Wolf had a 32-save outing for his fourth shutout of the season and Hunter Campbell struck twice as Everett (12-3-0) blanked the Chiefs (4-6-3) for a third consecutive victory.