Eight current and former Raiders attending NHL Development camps
Now that the 2025 NHL Draft has come and gone, it’s time for prospects to showcase their skills to their respective clubs. Eight of those prospects are current or former Prince Albert Raiders.
Max Heise – San Jose Sharks:
Heise was signed by the Raiders last week, just two days before the first round of the NHL Draft. He was a third round pick by the Raiders in the 2021 WHL Prospects Draft. In 2025, the forward was selected in the fifth round, 150th overall by the Sharks. In the 2024-25 season with the Penticton Vees, the Calgary, AB product scored 27 goals and had 13 assists in 50 games.
Max Hildebrand – Los Angeles Kings:
Hildebrand heads to his first NHL Development camp, freshly graduated from the WHL. His 2024-25 campaign with the Raiders was remarkable, where he had a 33-16-5-0 record in 55 games. The Martensville, SK product recorded a 2.87 GAA and a .918 save percentage, while also registering three shutouts. All of those numbers were career highs. His efforts were rightfully recognized by the WHL, as he was named the league’s Goaltender of the Year. Hildebrand is committed to the NCAA’s Bemidji State Beavers for the 2025-26 season.
Rilen Kovacevic – Colorado Avalanche
While he only spent half a season in Prince Albert, Kovacevic’s impact in the lineup was instantaneous. He had points in six straight games after being acquired from the Moose Jaw Warriors. He finished his regular season tenure as a Raider with 19 points (5-14) in 27 games. Kovacevic came alive in the postseason, scoring 10 points (5-5) in 11 contests. In Game Six of the first round against the Edmonton Oil Kings, the Kelowna, BC product recorded a point on every single Raider goal in a 4-3 win. He scored a goal and added three assists and was named the first star. He scored the fifth goal in Game Seven against Edmonton, part of a 5-0 win that advanced the Raiders into the second round.
Lukas Dragicevic – Seattle Kraken
Dragicevic’s first season in Prince Albert was a memorable one. Acquired in the 2024 off-season from the Tri-City Americans, the defenceman added a boost of offence from the back end. He recorded at least a point in 45 of 66 regular season games, totaling 70 points, including a career high 18 goals. His most significant goal came in the third period of the final regular season game of the year against the Saskatoon Blades. With 3:01 left in regulation, Dragicevic delivered the game winning goal to lift Prince Albert to a 4-3 win, capturing the East Division banner. The Richmond, BC product was a second round pick, 57th overall by the Kraken in the 2023 NHL Draft.
Tomas Mrsic – St. Louis Blues
Mrsic’s first and only season with the Raiders was a productive one. After also being acquired in the 2024 off-season, Mrsic came to Prince Albert and finished first in team scoring in the 2024-25 regular season. The Surrey, BC product scored 33 goals and added 57 assists for 90 points, all career highs. The Blues used their 113th pick in the fourth round in the 2024 NHL Draft to select Mrsic. The winger is committed to Colorado College for the 2025-26 season.
Terrell Goldsmith – Utah Mammoth
The 6’4 defenceman spent four season in Prince Albert (2020-21 – 2023-24), where he solidified himself as a physical presence on the ice. Goldsmith scored 10 goals and added 20 assists as a Raider, while also recording 278 penalty minutes. He was a first round pick by the Raiders in the 2020 WHL Prospects Draft, 15th overall. Utah selected the Fort St. James, BC product with their fourth round pick, 102nd overall in the 2023 NHL Draft.
Sloan Stanick – Vegas Golden Knights
Stanick was a draft pick by the Everett Silvertips in 2018, but had his rights traded to the Regina Pats before ever playing a WHL game. After playing parts of three seasons with the Pats, the Raiders acquired him via trade in the 2021-22 season. In 196 games in Prince Albert, the Rapid City, MB product scored 81 goals and added 112 assists for 193 points. Stanick was invited to Vegas’s development camp last year as well, and played the 2024-25 season with the Tahoe Knight Monsters, their ECHL affiliate. He tallied 79 points (29-50) in 70 regular season games, and was named the ECHL’s Rookie of the Year.
Norwin Panocha – Buffalo Sabres
The German defenceman was taken by the Raiders in the 2024 CHL Import Draft in the first round, 26th overall. His time in Prince Albert was short, however, as he played just three regular season games before being released by the club. Panocha then went on to join the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers for 15 games, where he registered three assists. He finished the 2024-25 season back home in Germany with Eisbaren Berlin. He was a seventh round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft by Buffalo.
