Prince Albert

Let's hop to it.

We travel now to near Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, which I'm so excited to catch up with Mr. Tim Olexen.

Tim, how are you?

You know, Miss Lindsay, there is very little things we would change in our world.

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Okay.

Now, Tim, for those listening, I want them to go and look on a map on where Prince Albert is.

But you were quite far north in Saskatchewan.

He played professional hockey, like he played in the NHL for 10 years.

He was born and raised in Saskatchewan, like Prince Albert, a local legend in Saskatchewan.

So when we started talking about opening our Stratus branch in Saskatchewan, I was like, okay, well, let's do it like this.

So it's, yeah, Joey runs that business.

Not a lot of preseason now, so a lot of guys getting moved down to their junior team or to the AHL quicker.

And yes, for our Islanders' birthday of the day, a Prince Albert Saskatchewan native, who played wing for the Islanders from the mid-80s till 1990, but never quite became a full-time NHLer.

Let's see if you can guess who this is.

We've got all that and more next on today's Locked On Islanders podcast.

There's something that the coaches want to see, and it's a good thing for those players to get the extra exposure, maybe even get into one more preseason game, even if they are not going to make the final roster.

Time now for our Islanders birthday of the day.

We're a few days early with this one, but September 25th will be the 62nd birthday of former Islanders winger Dale Henry, the Prince Albert Saskatchewan native.

6'1", 220 pounds, an eighth-round pick of the Islanders.

There's actually quite a few votes on here right now, Dave, and it's not looking like anyone's super running away with it.

39% Prince Albert Raiders, and then that's followed by the Regina Pats at 24%.

Interesting.

So it's a tight race here.

I'm sure it was fun up in the broadcast booth.

Okay, well, that was your Riders Coaches Show, brought to you by Steelcraft Doors, made in Western Canada for Western Canada.

Locations in Regina, Saskatoon, Prince Albert, servicing all of Saskatchewan here.

Do you want to quickly just touch base on what transpired elsewhere in the CFL this week? Because there were a number of bye weeks, and there's a couple of things that I feel are worth mentioning here.

Sprinkle of the day.

Nick Nielsen, voice of the Prince Albert Raiders.

We're doing our previews of WHL Sasky teams.

Nick, we're going to preview the Prince Albert Raiders, which has...

A lot of Regina feel to it.

It does, doesn't it? A lot of Regina kids have made the move to paradise in the Raiders.

Western Pizza guest hotline, Nick Nielsen.

He's been on the program before.

As all season long, he will feature the stories of the WHL teams here in Saskatchewan, as well as the SJHL teams.

But we are doing a little bit of a tour around Saskatchewan this week ahead of the WHL season, and now we have a stop in Prince Albert with General Manager Curtis Hunt of the Raiders.

Uh, Curtis, how is your Tuesday?

Welcome to the Green Zone, Raider country.

That is Curtis Hunt, the, uh, general manager of the PA Raiders.

Yes, the WHL regular season begins Friday night.

The Prince Albert Raiders hosting the Regina Pats, the Saskatoon Blades in Brandon.

Moose Jaw and Swift Current open their schedule at home on Saturday in all Saskatchewan battles there.

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It's Prince Albert, Saskatchewan's Kelly Taylor.

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Kelly Taylor, striding across the stage in a magnificent shirt.

Just got my new hip." Thank you, Steve.

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Kelly Taylor, Prince Albert's own, arguing that people from Saskatchewan are the toughest people in the country.

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I'm a personal trainer and a phys ed teacher in Saskatchewan, Canada.

So my highest degree was, I got about three bachelor degrees, one in Spanish, one in international development, and one education or if you want to get really brainy pedagogy and I also have multiple certifications in the personal training field and yeah I live in the sprawling metropolis of Prince Albert

Saskatchewan and so what's your hockey team that you guys pledge allegiance to there is it the Oilers

Yeah, well, for NHL teams, yeah, the Oilers.

But what's cool is we have a Western Hockey League team in our town called the Prince Albert Raiders.

And WHL is like one league lower, one level lower than NHL.

And man, it's such a bummer this season.

And we're like two wins away from what's called the Memorial Cup, which is like the, it's like the, all the leagues across Canada, one level below the NHL, the winners of all those leagues, they get to come together for a crazy tournament to decide the grand champion.