Raiders spoil the Party

Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes played a tight matchup through two periods on Friday night in Lethbridge before a desperate Raiders team turned up the heat to post six third period goals and post a 9-3 win. The Cane came out of the gate well and notched the first goal of the evening as Austin Fyten, returning to the ENMAX centre ice for the first time since his injury October 8th in the Canes Home Opener, managed to make a nice move to put the puck in the crease as his billet roommate Alex Kuvaev tapped it home for his team leading 9th goal of the season. The Russian whiz kid now has 14 points to lead all Hurricanes rookies and his nine goals place him second among all rookies in the WHL goal scoring race. P.A. would battle back through the first and second as they took their first lead of the night near the midway point of the second on the power play before Max Ross responded for the Canes with his sixth of the year to tie things 2-2.

P.A. would answer back to take the lead for good with a 3-2 marker before the disasterous third period for the Canes. Russ Maxwell would score his second of the year but it was too little too late as the Canes skated to a 9-3 loss. Brandon Anderson had a tough game between the pipes as the Canes were outshot 48-37 on the night. The power play was 0 for 4 on th evening but it was the penalty kill which suffered as the Raiders capitalized on 4 of their 11 power plays on the night.

The Hurricanes will next be in action Saturday night for the final game of the Hurricanes 2010 Pink in the Rink event against the Saskatoon Blades. Come out, wear pink and support the cause as the Hurricanes will once again don their special Pink Jerseys that will be auctioned off via silent auction Saturday – with proceeds going to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure. The Hurricanes would like to thank our sponsors Classic Hits CJOC 94.1, Ward Bros. Construction, Logomotives Group, Prim Health and Beauty and Block and Rocks Landscaping Centre as well as great prizing from ENMAX Energy.

Game time is set for 7:00 PM with doors opening at 6:00 PM. Visit the Hurricanes office or contact the Ticket Centre at 329 SEAT for ticket details. Fans can also tune into the official radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes CJOC 94.1FM. For scoring summaries and recaps check back to lethbridgehurricanes.com and be sure to follow the team headlines on twitter @WHLHurricanes and the Canes newest media partner @canescast for game day play by play and analysis.

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Scoring Summary

Prince Albert Raiders 9 at Lethbridge Hurricanes 3 – Status: Final
Friday, November 19, 2010 – Enmax Centre – Lethbridge, AB

Prince Albert 1 2 6 – 9
Lethbridge 1 1 1 – 3

1st Period-1, Lethbridge, Kuvaev 9 (Fyten, Sofillas), 10:20. 2, Prince Albert, Fiddler 5 (Herrod, Connor), 13:18. Penalties-Bettauer P.a (hooking), 7:42; Fyten Let (elbowing), 14:30; Svendsen P.a (roughing), 18:10; Maxwell Let (roughing), 18:10.

2nd Period-3, Prince Albert, Button 1 (Maylan, McNeill), 9:00 (PP). 4, Lethbridge, Ross 6 (Braes, Moser), 12:14. 5, Prince Albert, Paslawski 1 (Herle, Balson), 15:48. Penalties-Oslanski Let (tripping), 3:58; Ross Let (roughing), 5:40; Johnston Let (interference), 8:45; Connor P.a (major-fighting), 9:14; Herle P.a (charging), 9:14; Machacek Let (major-fighting), 9:14; Bettauer P.a (major-fighting), 16:59; Braes Let (major-fighting), 16:59.

3rd Period-6, Prince Albert, McNeill 11 (Button, Parker), 0:18. 7, Prince Albert, Danyluk 1 (Rowley, Bettauer), 7:13. 8, Prince Albert, Connor 3 (Danyluk, Button), 11:26. 9, Prince Albert, Winther 5 (Rowley), 14:56 (PP). 10, Prince Albert, Connor 4 (Corbin, Yaworski), 15:34 (PP). 11, Prince Albert, Balson 1 (Corbin, Williams), 17:09 (PP). 12, Lethbridge, Maxwell 2 (Tot, Jackson), 17:27. Penalties-Fyten Let (slashing), 5:27; McNeill P.a (tripping), 6:45; Corbin P.a (high sticking), 8:29; Ryckman Let (delay of game), 11:56; Fyten Let (delay of game), 13:18; Ross Let (roughing, roughing, 10-minute misconduct), 13:42; Machacek Let (roughing), 15:20; Fyten Let (roughing), 19:19.

Shots on Goal-Prince Albert 14-11-23-48. Lethbridge 13-12-12-37.
Power Play Opportunities-Prince Albert 4 / 11; Lethbridge 0 / 4.
Goalies-Prince Albert, Williams 4-5-1-1 (37 shots-34 saves). Lethbridge, Anderson 7-6-1-3 (48 shots-39 saves).
A-2,757
Referees-Trent Knorr (42), Brett Montsion.
Linesmen-Andrew Barker (108), Scott Sharun (103).