DUB Player of the Week He leads all WHL defencemen in scoring during the 2021-22 season after an eight-assist weekend.@AnaheimDucks prospect and @WHLsilvertips blueliner Olen Zellweger is the WHL Player of the Week! 📰 | https://t.co/ruSd9k6JWF pic.twitter.com/BLtcj7EBLQ — The WHL (@TheWHL) March 21, 2022 18-year-old defenseman Olen Zellweger had […]
Tag: Kristian Reichel
Rebels select Chlubna at CHL Import Draft
After playing a full season in North America, the Rebels held onto defenseman Christoffer Sedoff as their lone import player from the 2019-2020 season. They spent the entirety of the season playing with just one on their roster. When the 2020 CHL Import Draft rolled around last Tuesday, the […]
Rebel Yell: Updating an eventful summer for the Red Deer Rebels
There were two Red Deer Rebels among the 217 selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. A bit of a surprise led to Alexander Alexeyev being drafted in the first round 31st overall to the Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals. The second pick was also a blue liner, Dawson Barteaux, […]
Four line effort produces game 4 win to stave off elimination
“I thought we did a lot of good things, we had certain individuals play better tonight, our team game was better.” said Head Coach Brent Sutter following the Rebels 5-2 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. An all around better effort from the burgundy and white clad Rebels would push the […]
Hurricanes mighty power play the difference in overtime, lead series 3-0
With the teams making their way to Red Deer for games three and four of their opening round series, the Rebels found themselves behind the eight-ball. The Rebels lost the first two games by a combined 14-3 and their penalty kill was just 2-for-8. Something needed to change. Maybe it […]
Hitmen only need final 20 minutes to silence Rebels
Sometimes when teams get into a groove, they think they can settle in. Red Deer has seen both sides of getting into a groove this season and of late. It seems the team is settling into the wrong side of the groove. Red Deer has been allowing teams to control […]
A late goal by Red Deer sinks Victoria Royals 4-3
It was deja-vu Friday night as the Red Deer Rebels (20-26-10-3) on their second visit of the season to the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre defeated the Victoria Royals (34-21-3-2). Echoing their previous visit in November, the Rebels came into Victoria on a stormy west coast night and pulled out a late […]
Reichel’s hat trick leads Rebels to victory over Oil Kings
When a team is looking for something inspiring to happen, often times it looks to their leadership for answers. Other times in the Western Hockey League the team will look to their import players to provide that inspirational spark. Last night the Red Deer Rebels got it from Kristian Reichel. […]
Playoff push leads Rebels to win over Hitmen
Just a few weeks ago, no one would have thought to call the Red Deer Rebels a team that would be contending for a playoff spot. They had losing streaks of 11 and 13 and sat in the basement of the Western Hockey League standings. There were some players dealt […]
17th overtime game for Red Deer results in a rare win
For the second time in less than a month, the Red Deer Rebels headed to the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan to take on the Raiders. For Prince Albert (20-20-7-2), the team was looking for at least a point in their sixth straight game. They would succeed although […]