The Prince Albert Raiders absolutely crushed the Red Deer Rebels 6-0 in Game 2 on Saturday night at the packed Art Hauser Centre, taking a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal. After a scoreless first period where the Rebels hung in there okay, Prince Albert exploded for five unanswered goals in the second, completely flipping the script and never looking back. Brayden Dube buried a pair, while Daxon Rudolph had a goal and two assists to push his series total to five points, with Brock Cripps, Ben Harvey, and Riley Boychuk rounding out the scoring—including three power-play markers for the Raiders.
The offense-starved Rebels looked lost, mustering just 13 shots all game (a pathetic two in that brutal second period) and going 0-for-3 on the man advantage before getting blanked by Michal Orsulak’s shutout. Matthew Kondro stopped 30 of 36 but got yanked early in the third, with Peyton Shore coming in for mop-up duty. Prince Albert outshot them 40-13 overall and just looked like the much deeper, faster team—the kind that actually uses draft picks to stock up on scorers instead of loading up on stay-at-home D. Red Deer’s got a ton of work to do if they’re gonna climb out of this hole when the series shifts back home.
Shots on goal in the first period were 13-3 for the Raiders
Brock Cripps made it a 1-0 game at 1:37 while on the Power Play with the assist on the goal going to goalie Michal Orsulak.
Ben Harvey the 4th overall pick in the 2024 WHL Bantam Draft made it a 2-0 game for the Raiders at 3:37 of the second period. The assist on the goal went to Daxon Rudolph.
Daxon Rudolph, who is pretty much a shoe in to go top 15 in the 2026 NHL Draft made it a 3-0 game for the Raiders at 8:19 of the second period while short handed. The assists on the goal went to Braeden Cootes and Ben Harvey.
Riley Boychuk made it a 4-0 game for the Raiders at 16:08 of the second period while on the Power Play. The assists on the goal went to University of Nebraska-Omaha commit Aiden Oiring and Daxon Rudolph.
Brayden Dube scores a Power Play goal at 17:55 of the second period to make it a 5-0 game for the Raiders. The assists on the goal went to Brandon Gorzynski and 20 year old Red Deer native Justice Christensen.
Shots on goal in the second period were 17-2 for the Raiders
Brayden Dube made it a 6-0 game for the Raiders at 5:10 of the third period. The helpers on the goal went to Braeden Cootes and Kazhak Import Alisher Sarkenov.
Shots on goal in the third period were 10-8 for the Raiders. The Raiders outshot the Rebels 40-13 in the game.
Michal Orsulak stopped all 13 shots that he faced for the win for the Raiders. For the Rebels Matthew Kondro stopped 30 of the 36 shots that he faced. He was replaced after the 6th goal by Peyton Shore who stopped all 4 of the shots that he faced.
Three Stars of the game were 1) Brayden Dube 2) Daxon Rudolph 3) Connor Howe
Attendance in Prince Albert was 2997
Rebels next game is Tuesday March 31st in Red Deer against the Raiders for Game #3
