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Prince Albert Daily Herald
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.
Prince Albert Daily Herald
Photo Courtesy of Keith Hershmiller/WHL Prince Albert Raiders blueliner Adam McNutt puts Moose Jaw Warriors forward Atley Calvert in a headlock on Monday night at the Brandt Centre in Regina.
The Prince Albert Raiders got things started on the right foot on Monday night at the Brandt Centre as Evan Herman scored on a breakaway just 80 seconds into their matchup with the Moose Jaw Warriors.
However, it would be the Warriors that controlled most of the proceedings as they scored three times in the middle stanza to pick up a 5-2 win and hand their provincial rivals a second straight setback.
A lot of the stuffing was taken out of the Prince Albert Raiders by the time they took to the ice on Monday night in a 5-2 defeat to the Moose Jaw Warriors.
The Raiders just had arguably their fiercest battle of the season a night before in a 4-3 loss against the Regina Pats.
But that wasn’t apparent early. Just 1:20 into the game, Raiders forward Evan Herman won the puck at his own blueline and flew down the ice to score on a breakaway and give the Raiders an early advantage.
But after that energy boost to start the game, the Raiders’ energy seemed to crash when they got to the second period. They surrendered three goals in the period, and five straight overall to the Warriors. Riley Krane scored on the rebound midway through the first to tie it up, before the Warriors got goals from Tate Popple, Josh Hoekstra and Eric Alarie. Brayden Yager made it a five-goal Warrior run, before Reece Vitelli scored on the power play for the Raiders with 43 seconds remaining.