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Tigers, Raiders, deadlocked in Eastern Conference Finals

May 1, 2026 | 10:06 AM

The Medicine Hat Tigers and Prince Albert Raiders are deadlocked at 2-2 in the Eastern Conference Finals, with Game 5 set to go tonight from the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert.

The Raiders drew the series level Wednesday night in Game 4 with a 6-3 victory, led by a four-point night by the Western Hockey League’s Player of the Month for April, Daxon Rudloph.

Rudolph’s two-goal, two-assist performance capped off an impressive month for the draft-eligible defenseman.

The product of Lacombe, Alta., put up 13 points over ten playoff games in April, helping lead the Raiders to the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Medicine Hat Tigers were without draft-eligible forward and Four Broncos Memorial Trophy nominee Liam Ruck in Game 4, after he was ruled out during pre-game warmups.

The Tigers are in their first 2-2 series since the 2019 Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals against the Edmonton Oil Kings, a series they lost in six games.

It is the Tabbies first Conference Finals that sits deadlocked through four games since 2004 against the Red Deer Rebels. The Tigers would win that series in six games and go on to win the WHL Finals.

For the Raiders, it is their first Conference Finals tied through four games since 2019 against the Edmonton Oil Kings, who had previously eliminated the Tigers. The Raiders would win that series in six games and win the WHL Finals in overtime of a home Game 7.

Medicine Hat has yet to lose consecutive games this postseason, and they will look to avoid that fate tonight and take a 3-2 series lead back to Co-op Place for Game 6.

Puck drop from Prince Albert is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. MST. The pre-game show begins at 6:45 p.m on WILD 94.5 FM.