The Prince Albert Raiders jumped out to a 3-1 lead but couldn’t hold off the Saskatoon Blades in a 5-4 shootout loss at the Art Hauser Centre on Wednesday.

Dustin Willhoft and Ben Bowtell scored in the shootout for Saskatoon, while Blades goalie Taye Timmerman stopped Jonah Sivertson and Brock Cripps at the other end to get the win.

“I thought we played well as a team,” Raiders forward Connor Howe said. “We moved the puck really well. The bounces just didn’t come our way, but we battled hard.”

Prince Albert outshot Saskatoon 49-21, but struggled to beat Timmerman. The Blades netminder made several big stops to keep the Raiders from running away with the game. The list included a big pad save on a 2-on-0 in the third period. Timmerman also stopped a Ben Harvey penalty shot with 26 second

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