After picking up two wins over Swift Current out of the Christmas break, the Prince Albert Raiders had just one day off before they faced the Saskatoon Blades for the first time this season. Both teams had their struggles throughout the game, but a late non-call against the Raiders had this game end in controversial fashion as the Raiders fell 4-2. The Blades came out quickly in the first half of the first period, at one point out shooting the Raiders 8-1.
The Raiders then stormed back for the final 13 minutes or so, generating 13 straight shots, Justice Christensen opened the scoring in the game with his eighth of the season at 11:22 mark. After Tomas Mrsic got on the right point, he rifled the puck to Christensen at the left point, Christensen had an open look at the net down the left side and fired a hard shot for the game’s first goal. After 1: Raiders 1 – 0 Blades, shots 14-8 Raiders The second period saw both teams trade powerplays back and forth with the Raiders getting two and the Blades getting three, but neither team could get themselves organized to generate much for offense.
The highlight of the period saw Blades forward Brandon Lisowsky get behind the Raiders defence on a breakaway, and he tried to shoot fivehole but Max Hildebrand shut the door for the Raiders to maintain their lead. After 2: Raiders 1 – 0 Blades, shots 8-7 Blades, 21-16 Raiders overall With Lukas Dragicevic still in the penalty box after a cross checking call at the end of the second, the.