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| Justice Christensen is in his second season as Raiders captain. |
Usually when a team is a handful of games into a hockey season and the early returns are good, one usually cautions that the early returns can be deceiving. In the case of the Prince Albert Raiders, their fans might get to see a lot of memorable games at the Art Hauser Centre and wherever they decide to follow the legacy franchise on the road.
Just four games into the WHL regular season, the Raiders have gotten out to a 3-0-1 start. Last Friday, they downed the Pats before 4,929 spectators at the Brandt Centre in Regina 6-4. That contest was the home ice debut of expected 15-year-old Pats phenom centre Maddox Schultz, who was selected first overall in the WHL Prospects Draft held this past May.
Last Saturday at Assiniboine Credit Union Place in Brandon, Man., the Raiders found themselves trailing the host Wheat Kings 4-2 after two periods, but they rallied for a 5-4 victory in overtime. Star 20-year-old centre Aiden Oiring got the extra time winner for Prince Albert.
This column of mine appeared in the Prince Albert Daily Herald. To read the full article, feel free to click right here.
