Preview: Wheat Kings vs Raiders
March 16, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Brandon Wheat Kings News Release
Brandon Wheat Kings vs. the Prince Albert Raiders
(Brandon Wheat Kings)
The Brandon Wheat Kings are set to face the Prince Albert Raiders for the first time this season from Regina's Brandt Centre at 5pm.
So far the Raiders and Wheat Kings share third place in the East Division after the Wheat Kings lost in overtime to the Moose Jaw Warriors on Friday and beat the Winnipeg ICE in regulation on Saturday, and the Raiders beat the Regina Pats on Friday and lost to the Warriors in a shootout on Sunday.
After the Western Hockey League playoffs were cancelled last season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Raiders enter the 2020-21 season as the still-reigning Western Hockey League champions after winning the Ed Chynoweth Cup back in 2019.
The Wheat Kings and Raiders faced each other six times last season with the Raiders getting the upper hand in four of the contests. The last meeting was on March 7th, 2020 when the Raiders came to Brandon for the second game of a Wheat Kings back-to-back series against the Edmonton Oil Kings and Raiders.
2019-20 SEASON SERIES
November 8, 2019 - Art Hauser Centre
Wheat Kings 3 - 6 Raiders
January 3, 2020 - Westoba Place
Raiders 0 - 1 Wheat Kings
February 15, 2020 - Art Hauser Centre
Wheat Kings 1 - 4 Raiders
February 22, 2020 - Westoba Place
Raiders 2 - 1 Wheat Kings
March 6, 2020 - Art Hauser Centre
Wheat Kings 3 - 2 Raiders (OT)
March 7, 2020 - Westoba Place
Raiders 4 - 2 Wheat Kings
2019-20 Season Head-to-Head:
Prince Albert Raiders Powerplay vs Brandon Wheat Kings 5/19 (26.3%)
Brandon Wheat Kings Powerplay vs Prince Albert Raiders 2/25 (12%)
Prince Albert Raiders scoring leader vs Brandon Wheat Kings : Aliaksei Alexai Protas (2g-7a)
Brandon Wheat Kings scoring leader vs Prince Albert Raiders: Ridly Greig (2g-3a)
The Wheat Kings will look to stay in the win column after a solid showing against the ICE on Saturday night when defenceman Braden Schneider and forwards Jake Chiasson and Brett Hyland all found the score sheet. Hyland's was his first as a Wheat King and in the WHL, while both Chiasson and Schneider are the only two Wheat Kings to score in both games so far this season.
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