Late goal propels Tigers over Raiders for fourth-straight win, weekend sweep

By James Tubb on November 29, 2025.

Medicine Hat News

The Medicine Hat Tigers created their own luck Saturday night for a weekend sweep.

A heartbreaker of a bounce in the Prince Albert end found the back of the Raiders’ net in the final minutes as the Tigers secured a 3-2 win and a sweep of the two-game Saskatchewan road trip weekend. Saturday’s win, coming off a 9-3 drubbing of the Saskatoon Blades on Friday, extended the Tigers’ win streak to four games and gave them points in eight straight contests.

The Tigers opened the game with a pair of goals three minutes apart to lead 2-0 after the first period.

Before the five-minute mark, Noah Davidson carried the puck into the Prince Albert end before firing a shot on net that sent a rebound off the pads of Michal Orsulak into the slot. Defenceman Riley Steen licked his chops and capitalized on the loose puck, knocking it past the Raiders’ net minder for the 1-0 lead 4:06 into the game. Markus Ruck had the second assist on Steen’s second of the year.

They doubled up their lead with a power play marker three minutes later.

Jonas Woo had the puck at the top of the zone and unguarded, skated into the slot before wiring home the puck for the 2-0 lead. Bryce Pickford ad Ruck had the assists on Woo’s team/WHL defenceman leading 14th goal of the year.

Prince Albert, channeling the unfriendly confines of the Art Hauser Centre, rebounded with a pair of goals in the second period.

Starter Jordan Switzer opened the frame with a highlight-reel worthy save on a Raiders’ power play, stoning a net-front shot with the glove to preserve the 2-0 lead. On the same penalty kill for Medicine Hat, forward Cam Parr blocked a shot that caused him some pain as he took his time getting back to the bench. He took one more shift in the game before missing the rest of the contest.

After the Tigers killed off their third penalty of the middle frame, Jonah Sivertson carried the puck into the Prince Albert end and out-flanked Switzer, banking a puck off the back of his pad into the net to make it a 2-1 game at 10:55. Bennett Kelly and Ty Meunier had the assists on his eighth.

Medicine Hat took a fourth penalty in the second with the Raiders capitalizing on the man advantage. Aiden Oiring carried the puck up the left-win side of the ice into the Tigers end before dishing to Daxon Rudolph in the slot where the NHL Draft eligible blue liner chipped in his seventh of the season, making it a 2-2 score at 13:41.

Before the goal on the same power play, Rudolph collided with Woo in the neutral zone on an interference play that went uncalled on a night where the Tigers were handed four penalties to the Raiders’ two. Both team’s power plays scored a solo tally.

The Tigers and Raiders traded chances in the third with Prince Albert controlling the pace for the middle part of the frame. Saturday’s contest seemed destined for overtime before the Tigers got themselves a fortunate bounce.

A Raiders’ defenceman tried to clear a puck that ricocheted off Kadon McCann and through the Prince Albert net minder with 1:37 left in the game. McCann’s ninth was the eventual game winner as Prince Albert pulled Orsulak for the extra attacker but couldn’t mount the comeback.

With the win, the Tigers hand the Raiders their second regulation loss of the season. Medicine Hat outshot Prince Albert 26-22 with the Raiders winning the face-off battle 35-22. Switzer finished with 20 saves for his ninth win of the season. Across the ice from him, Orsulak made 23 stops.

The Tigers (16-6-3-2) end the month of November with a 6-2-2-2 record and are off until Wednesday when they host the Raiders at Co-op Place. That game gets underway at 7 p.m.

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