Raiders look to build momentum at Alberta Cup

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

The 2015 Alberta Cup’s Team South will have five players from the Wheatland area on their roster.
Tyler Strath, Cole Clayton, Lucas Muenchrath, Joel Krahenbil and Langdon’s Brady Skiffington are familiar with each other having played together on the Rocky Mountain bantam triple A Raiders team.
The tournament will be a chance for the players to get noticed by scouts in preparation for the WHL bantam draft that will happen on May 7.
Muenchrath knows he just has to play to his strengths every game.
“If I want to be drafted, I have to play my best hockey down there because it’s the best guys in Alberta playing,” said Muenchrath.
He felt that he played well enough against the top players in camp and really embraced the challenge.
“They’re really good and they stood out because there is some kids coming from minor hockey, they stuck out a lot,” said Muenchrath.
The high of winning the league and going to Westerns had really helped the Raiders players in the camp.
“We hadn’t been to Westerns before that, but when we won the league, that brought everyone’s momentum up and the Raiders looked really good out there,” said Muenchrath.
He admits that he will have to play all areas of the game to be successful.
“You have to bring it all, play a two way game, do what you can do and play your best,” said Muenchrath.
He added also that it will help having Krahenbil on his line to provide that instant chemistry.
Krahnebil likes how he will have a lot of his Raiders teammates on the team.
“It’s pretty cool because we know everybody and that just helps us become a better team way quicker in a tournament like this,” said Krahenbil.
He felt he had a solid showing at the camp.
“I felt I did pretty good. I played with a couple guys from my team on my try-out team and we played pretty well together and having them made me more comfortable on the ice,” said Krahenbil.
The tournament is April 29 to May 3 in Canmore.