It won’t be played in the Art Hauser Centre on a Friday or Saturday night, but the Prince Albert Raiders are the designated home team for Monday’s W-H-L East Division “Dubble” contest against the arch-rival Saskatoon Blades.
The last time the Bridge City Bunch had as sparkling a record to start a season as this year, the tarnish to it was applied by P-A! In 1985-86, when the Blue and Gold were 5-1-1 to open the campaign, it was the Raiders that beat them in the season opener…and, again…in Game 8 to drop that log to 5-2-1. This year, Saskatoon has beaten Prince Albert once…3-1, 10 days ago. But, the Raiders need a win to get onto a winning streak after struggling out of the gate with a 3-3-2 start. Because of the 4 p.m. first face-off, that’s when the broadcast starts on 98-COOL, meaning no pre-game show.
