Herold’s hometown welcomes his Raider teammates
On a day off between road games in Swift Current and Brandon, the Prince Albert Raiders pulled off the TransCanada Highway at White City and made the trip 70 kilometres southeast to Montmarte, a community that, like the Raiders, had lost one of its own this year.
Waiting for the team on this brisk but sunny Thursday afternoon were the family, friends, classmates, teachers, coaches, and fellow community members of Adam Herold, the Prince Albert prospect who lost his life in the Humboldt Broncos bus accident on April 6.
If not for tragedy, the defender would have more than likely been with his Raider teammates making their way to Brandon to take on the Wheat Kings, but instead it was his teammates coming to visit his hometown.
Herold was selected 35th overall in the 2016 bantam draft by Prince Albert from the Prairie Storm in Balgonie. After two successful seasons with the Midget AAA Regina Pat Canadians, serving as team captain as a 16-year-old, Herold was expected to make the jump to the Raiders on a full-time basis this season.