Scoreboard anxiety watching for everyone involved with Raiders

Niall Crocker celebrates a goal for the Raiders on March 8.

We’ve hit that point in the WHL where people are constantly checking their mobile devices for scores.

In days of not so long ago, people would be checking the statistics pages of newspapers, listening to late night radio or tuning into late night local television sports segments to see scores and get standing updates. When you hit the final week of the WHL regular season, it becomes scoreboard anxiety watching time.

As far as the Prince Albert Raiders go, there is likely some scoreboard anxiety watching going on from players, coaches, management and staffers. It will be at different levels depending on who you talk to. For the fans, you likely can expect there will be lots of anxiety scoreboard watching going on.

Going into their final three regular season games, the Raiders (30-30-2-3) sit eighth and hold the final playoff position in the WHL’s Eastern Conference. They need to earn four points in the standings over their final three games to lock up a berth in the WHL Playoffs.

This column of mine appeared in the Prince Albert Daily Herald. To read the full article, feel free to click right here.