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Prince Albert Raiders
Prince Albert Raiders
City	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
League	Western Hockey League
Conference	Eastern
Division	East
Founded	1982–83
Home arena	Art Hauser Centre
Colours	Black, Green, Gold;
General manager	Bruno Campese
Head coach	Bruno Campese
	Website; www.raiderhockey.com

Kyle Chipchura in action.

The Prince Albert Raiders are a major junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League. The Raiders play in the East Division of the Eastern Conference. They are based in the Saskatchewan city of Prince Albert. The team plays its home games at the Art Hauser Centre.

[edit] History

[edit] The early days

The Raiders started in 1972 as one of the most successful Tier II franchises in Canada, playing in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). Prince Albert won the Tier II national championship, the Manitoba Centennial Trophy, a record 4 times in a six-year span from 1977 to 1982. While competing for the Manitoba Centennial Trophy, the Raiders competed against a few future OHL teams, the Guelph Platers and the Belleville Bulls. The Raiders also won 7 straight Anavet Cups between 1976 until 1982 against various champions of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.

Terry Simpson was the team's coach for those 6 years in the SJHL. He stayed with the team for its first 4 years when it moved up to the WHL. The City of Prince Albert was granted a WHL expansion franchise for the 1982–83 season.

[edit] 1985 Memorial Cup

Three years later, the Raiders were the best team in the WHL. Lead by team captain Dan Hodgson, the team achieved the best regular season record in the WHL of 58 wins, 11 losses and 3 ties. The Raiders defeated the Calgary Wranglers, Medicine Hat Tigers and the Kamloops Blazers in the WHL playoffs to win the WHL championship. Other notable members of the 1984–1985 team are; Tony Grenier, Dave Pasin, Pat Elynuik, Dave Manson, Ken Baumgartner, Dave Goetz and Emmanuel Viverios.

The Raiders went on the compete for the Memorial Cup in 1985, versus the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, Verdun Junior Canadiens and the Shawinigan Cataractes. In their first game, Prince Albert lost 6–2 to the Shawinigan Cataractes, with 108 penalty minutes called in total. The second game saw the Raiders beat Verdun 5 to 3 with 2 goals from defenceman Dave Goetz. In game three, the Raiders defeated the Greyhounds 8 to 6, and Dan Hodgson had 5 assists in the match. The two teams would play each other again in the semi-finals. Prince Albert would prevail again by an 8 to 3 score. The Raiders won the Memorial Cup and became CHL champions by defeating the Shawinigan Cataractes 6–1 in the final game.

Since 1985 the Raiders have produced many NHL stars, but have never won the WHL championship again.

[edit] Championships

Memorial Cup Champions

1985

Manitoba Centennial Cup Champions

1977, 1979, 1981, 1982

Western Hockey League Champions

1985

WHL Eastern Division

1985, 1992, 1999

[edit] NHL alumni

Listed below are alumni from Prince Albert Raiders of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) and the Western Hockey League (WHL) who went on to play in the National Hockey League.

[edit] SJHL Raiders

[edit] WHL Raiders

[edit] Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties OTL = Overtime losses Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1972–73	48	33	15	0	-	284	202	48	1st SJHL North
1973–74	50	35	15	0	-	228	204	70	1st SJHL	Won League
1974–75	58	39	19	0	-	351	210	78	1st SJHL North
1975–76	58	47	10	1	-	377	184	95	1st SJHL	Won League, Won Anavet Cup
1976–77	60	45	14	1	-	392	242	91	1st SJHL North	Won League, Won Anavet Cup, Won Centennial Cup
1977–78	59	41	17	1	-	391	220	83	1st SJHL	Won League, Won Anavet Cup
1978–79	60	44	13	3	-	405	221	91	1st SJHL	Won League, Won Anavet Cup, Won Centennial Cup
1979–80	60	45	14	1	-	381	197	91	1st SJHL	Won League, Won Anavet Cup
1980–81	60	50	7	3	-	454	199	103	1st SJHL	Won League, Won Anavet Cup, Won Centennial Cup
1981–82	60	57	3	0	-	-	-	114	1st SJHL	Won League, Won Anavet Cup, Won Centennial Cup
1982–83	72	16	55	1	-	312	455	33	8th East	Out of playoffs
1983–84	72	41	29	2	-	411	357	84	5th East	Lost in first round
1984–85	72	58	11	3	-	481	255	116	1st East	Won championship and Memorial Cup
1985–86	72	52	17	3	-	424	257	107	2nd East	Lost East Division final
1986–87	72	43	26	3	-	346	264	89	3rd East	Lost East Division semi-final
1987–88	72	43	24	5	-	373	284	91	3rd East	Lost East Division semi-final
1988–89	72	37	33	2	-	302	286	76	4th East	Lost East Division quarter-final
1989–90	72	38	33	1	-	302	286	77	2nd East	Lost East Division final
1990–91	72	38	29	5	-	337	284	81	4th East	Lost East Division quarter-final
1991–92	72	50	20	2	-	356	261	102	1st East	Lost East Division final
1992–93	72	25	42	5	-	252	317	55	9th East	Out of playoffs
1993–94	72	31	37	4	-	326	321	66	8th East	Out of playoffs
1994–95	72	44	26	2	-	308	267	90	2nd East	Lost East Division final
1995–96	72	47	19	6	-	309	250	100	2nd East	Lost Eastern Conference final
1996–97	72	29	34	9	-	235	262	67	5th East	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
1997–98	72	20	47	5	-	322	288	45	6th East	Out of playoffs
1998–99	72	45	22	5	-	288	213	95	1st East	Lost Eastern Conference final
1999–00	72	26	33	6	7	221	257	65	4th East	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
2000–01	72	18	47	3	4	204	348	43	6th East	Out of playoffs
2001–02	72	26	41	2	3	234	324	57	5th East	Out of playoffs
2002–03	72	27	37	3	5	185	258	62	5th East	Out of playoffs
2003–04	72	38	23	6	5	215	186	87	2nd East	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
2004–05	72	31	32	5	4	185	191	71	3rd East	Lost Eastern Conference final
Season	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
2005–06	72	25	36	1	10	167	228	61	5th East	Out of playoffs
2006–07	72	27	39	3	3	203	266	60	4th East	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
2007–08	72	26	42	3	2	196	248	57	6th East	Out of playoffs
2008–09	72	31	36	4	1	233	270	67	4th East	Out of playoffs

[edit] Team records

Statistic	Total	Season
Team records for a single season
Most points	116	1984–85
Most wins	58	1984–85
Most goals for	481	1984–85
Least goals for	167	2005–06
Least goals against	186	2003–04
Most goals against	455	1982–83

Statistic	Player	Total	Season
Individual player records for a single season
Most goals	Dan Hodgson	70	1984–85
Most assists	Dan Hodgson	119	1983–84
Most points	Dan Hodgson	182	1984–85
Most points, rookie	Dan Hodgson	130	1982–83
Most points, defenceman	Emanuel Viveiros	109	1983–84
Best GAA (goalie)	Rejean Beauchemin	2.32	2003–04
Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played

[edit] See also

List of ice hockey teams in Saskatchewan

[edit] External links

Raiders official web site

Preceded by Rockland Nationals	Centennial Cup Champions 1977	Succeeded by Guelph Platers
Preceded by Guelph Platers	Centennial Cup Champions 1979	Succeeded by Red Deer Rustlers
Preceded by Red Deer Rustlers	Centennial Cup Champions 1981 and 1982	Succeeded by North York Rangers

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