Prince Albert beat Red Deer 4-1, and the game turned on a middle period that erased an early deficit and never gave it back. The Raiders scored twice in the second and twice again in the third after trailing through twenty minutes.
Red Deer took the only goal of the opening period to lead 1-0 after one. Prince Albert answered with a 2-0 second to go up 2-1 at the second intermission, then closed with another two-goal frame for the 4-1 final in regulation.
The number that frames it: 4-0 across the final forty minutes. After conceding first, the Raiders shut out the Rebels the rest of the way, and Red Deer never scored again after the first period.