It took a shootout, but the Prince Albert Raiders did enough for the team’s second win of the season Saturday at the Art Hauser Centre against the visiting Medicine Hat Tigers.
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Photo Courtesy of Andy Devlin/LA Media The Edmonton Oil Kings pose after winning their third straight Central Division title.
The dominant team in the WHL’s Central Division during the 2020-21 season wrapped up their campaign in style on Thursday night.
The Edmonton Oil Kings finished off their campaign with an impressive 20-2-0-1 mark at Co-op Place in Medicine Hat as they came away with a 3-0 shutout over the Medicine Hat Tigers.
While the Oil Kings were able to capture their third straight Central Division title, the COVID-19 pandemic meant that they wouldn’t be able to showcase their squad in the playoffs for the second straight spring after reaching the Eastern Conference in 2019 before falling to the Prince Albert Raiders.
WHL Roundup: Trent Miner stays hot with 33 saves, leads Giants over Cougars
April 19, 2021
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KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Trent Miner kicked out 33-of-34 shots as the Vancouver Giants edged the Prince George Cougars 2-1 on Monday in Western Hockey League play.
Miner improved to 6-2-0 with a 1.18 goals-against average and .952 save percentage to go along with four shutouts in 2020-21.
Eric Florchuk opened the scoring while Adam Hall put home the winner at 11:30 of the third period to help the Giants (8-3-0) to a third straight victory.
Riley Heidt found the back of the net for the Cougars (4-5-2), who got 27 saves from Taylor Gauthier.
Streak ends with shootout loss to Calgary
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The Medicine Hat Tigers had a five-game winning streak snapped with a 5-4 shootout loss to the Calgary Hitmen on Monday night at Co-op Place.
After taking the first two games of a weekend set, the Tigers fell short of the sweep in the third round of the sudden-death skills competition.
Calgary took hold of the early momentum when Sean Tschigerl gave the Hitmen a lead eight minutes into the game. That momentum didn’t last long though, as Corson Hopwo beat Hitmen goaltender Jack McNaughton to knot it up two minutes later.