Prince Albert Raiders

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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 and gold
Head Coach: Peter Anholt
General Manager: Donn Clark
Kyle Chipchura in action.
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Kyle Chipchura in action.

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

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[edit] History

[edit] The Early Days

The Raiders started 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 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 defenseman 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 cup and become CHL champions, 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 Dvision 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
2005-06 72 25 36 1 10 167 228 61 5th East Out of playoffs

[edit] Arena

The Art Hauser Centre was formerly known as the Prince Albert Communiplex, but it was renamed late in the 2004-2005 hockey season as part of the "Bring Back The Magic" campaign.

[edit] See also

[edit] External link

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