Hurricanes blank Raiders

By Lethbridge Herald on March 3, 2023.

PA DAILY HERALD photo by NATHAN REITER Lethbridge Hurricanes Jett Jones faces off with Prince Albert Raiders Hayden Pakkala during WHL action Friday evening in Prince Albert.

By Justin Seward

Lethbridge Hurricanes goaltender Bryan Thomson pitched a 30-save shut out to propel his team to a 3-0 win over the Prince Albert Raiders on Friday night in northern Saskatchewan.

After a scoreless first period, it was the Canes Tyson Laventure who opened the scoring at 9:17 of the middle frame with his 20th goal of the campaign from Logan Wormald and Joe Arntsen.

Brayden Edwards doubled the Canes lead to 2-0 with 1:21 to go in the second period.

Tyson Zimmer closed out the scoring at the 5:04 mark of the third period with his 16th goal of the season.

Defenceman Logan McCutcheon had the assist on Zimmer’s tally.

Max Hildebrandt saved 27-of-30 Canes shots.

Lethbridge had no goals on five attempts with the man adavantage, while the Raiders went 0-for-3 on the powerplay.

The Hurricanes (32-21-3-3) will look to make it three wins in a row when they face-off with the Saskatoon Blades tonight at 6 p.m.

With the win, the Hurricanes only sit three points behind the Moose Jaw warriors for fourth place in the Eastern Conference.