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GAME PREVIEW: The Raiders (1-3-0-0) host the Red Deer Rebels (2-1-0-1) tonight at the Art Hauser Centre. In their last action, the Raiders dropped a 5-2 game to the Saskatoon Blades on Saturday night at SaskTel Centre. Riley Boychuk and Connor Howe found the back of the net for the Raiders. The Rebels are coming off a 3-1 win at home over the Medicine Hat Tigers on Saturday. Beckett Hamilton led the way for the Rebels with a goal and an assist in the win.

THE MATCH-UP: Last season, the Raiders and Rebels split the four-game season series with two wins apiece. Among players returning from last year’s rosters, Jonah Sivertson led the Raiders with four points in four games. The Raiders also knocked the Rebels out of the first round of the 2026 WHL Playoffs, winning the series in five games. Brock Cripps led all scorers in the opening-round series with three goals and five assists in five games.

NEAR THE TOP: The Raiders feature three skaters in the top 10 of WHL scoring to start the season. Ben Harvey (3g-3a) and Maddix McCagherty (1g-5a) are tied for fourth in league scoring with six points each. Connor Howe (4g-1a) is tied for ninth in the league with five points.

SCORCHING STARTS: Connor Howe and Maddix McCagherty continued their hot start to the season on Saturday night in Saskatoon. Howe’s goal and McCagherty’s assist both extended their respective point streaks to four games to start the season, which is the longest active streak on the team. Owen Corkish is right behind them. His assist on Saturday night gave him a point in his last three contests.

WELCOME TO THE WHL: Jordan Murray made an impact on the scoresheet in his first weekend of WHL hockey. The defenceman from Decker, MB picked up an assist in each of the games last weekend against the Saskatoon Blades to give him two points in two games to start his WHL career.

ROSTER MOVES: The Raiders re-assigned 2008-born forward Carter Kingerski and 2009-born defenceman Kade Corbet on Tuesday morning. Additionally, the Raiders added 2007-born forward Eli Molde to their roster. Molde, a Plymouth, MN product, started the 2026-27 with the Okotoks Oilers in the BCHL. The centreman had a goal and four assists in the first four games of the Oilers’ season.

UP NEXT: The Raiders hit the road for a pair of games in Alberta this weekend, starting Friday night when they head to Lethbridge to visit the Hurricanes. On Saturday, the Raiders take on the Tigers in Medicine Hat in a rematch of the 2026 Eastern Conference Championship. Both games start at 7 p.m. The next Raiders’ home game is on Friday, October 16 when the Moose Jaw Warriors come to town. Puck drop is 7 p.m.