The Portland Winterhawks (4-2-0-0) earned a 5-3 win Wednesday in Prince Albert over the Raiders (2-3-0-0) in the third game of the team’s eight-game road trip.

The Hawks got on the board 8:55 into the first when Evan Weinger opened the scoring to make it 1-0. Portland then made it a two-goal lead at 14:19 when Colton Veloso scored his third of the season to give the Hawks a 2-0 lead they took into the second.

Portland extended it to 3-0 at 4:26 when Cody Glass scored, and he struck again at 13:17 to give the Hawks a 4-0 lead. The fourth goal precipitated a goaltending change for the Raiders, who replaced Rylan Parenteau with Ian Cole.

It stayed a four-goal game until 42 seconds into the third, when Prince Albert’s Sean Montgomery scored to get the Raiders on the board and cut the Hawks’ lead to 4-1. Cole Fonstad scored at 5:35 to cut Portland’s lead to 4-2, then Prince Albert got within one when Simon Stransky scored at 10:28.

With the lead down to one, the action was furious over the final half of the third period. Finally with just over a minute remaining, Joachim Blichfeld picked up the puck and scored into an empty net to seal 5-3 win for the Hawks.

Cody Glass led the way for the Hawks with a goal and two assists for three points.

Cole Kehler earned the win in net for Portland, as he stopped 25 of 28 shots. Blichfeld had two points, as did Keegan Iverson.

The road trip through the East Division continues Friday when the Hawks travel to Moose Jaw to take on the Warriors.