Franchise playoff history: 2013 Conference Finals 4-3 Edmonton. The teams were destined to meet as the one and two seeds in the hotly contested Eastern Conference. To no one’s surprise the series needed all seven games. Calgary forced it with an exciting overtime win in Game 6. The Oil Kings […]
Author: Paul Figler
Kindopp scores hat trick as Silvertips maul Americans and take opening round series 4-1
The floodgates opened in the fifth game of this opening round series, as the Everett Silvertips poured nine goals into the Americans net. The nine goals sealed the series for Everett as they move onto the second round for the fifth season in a row. The nine goals scored in […]
The Johnson era in Red Deer has come to an end.
Originally posted Mar 30, 2019. It was said in middle English in the 1300s that “all good things must come to an end”. Seems fitting that in 2019, we use the phrase to describe the end of an era with the Red Deer Rebels. With the team falling in four […]
Raiders power their way to series sweep over the Rebels, take Game 4 4-1
Coming into the playoff series between the Red Deer Rebels and the Prince Albert Raiders, the pundits, including yours truly, pegged the Raiders as heavy favourites. In every sense of the word, they proved everyone right. They beat the Rebels in Game 1 with excellent goaltending by Ian Scott. Game […]
Late game gifts seal it for Prince Albert as they take Game 3
Another quick start for the Prince Albert Raiders put the Red Deer Rebels behind the eight-ball early and a couple of passes gift wrapped the game and a 3-0 series lead for the Raiders. The fans had barely sat in their seats before a neutral zone giveaway found the stick […]
Euros shine as Raiders dump Rebels 6-4 in Game 2
Red Deer needed to get their offense going as they had only scored once against the Prince Albert Raiders and Ian Scott over their last 125 minutes of hockey. The start they had was not what they had hoped for. A couple of early goals by the imports for Prince […]
Heavily favoured Raiders take Game 1, 3-0 over visiting Rebels
This was the opening game of the first round series between the Red Deer Rebels and the Prince Albert Raiders in the 2019 WHL Playoffs. The top ranked Raiders team are expected to make quick work of the Rebels and on this night they didn’t disappoint the standing room crowd […]
2019 Playoff Preview: C1) Edmonton Oil Kings vs. WC1) Medicine Hat Tigers
Franchise Playoff History: 2014 Eastern Conference finals Edmonton won 4-1 This was the season Edmonton won it all, losing just five times in the playoffs en route to the Ed Chynoweth Cup. The five game series wasn’t really ever close, Edmonton opened the series with an 8-3 win. The remaining […]
2019 Playoff preview: E1) Prince Albert Raiders vs. WC2) Red Deer Rebels
Franchise Playoff History: These two teams have met twice in the post season, in 2013 Red Deer was the fourth seed and Prince Albert was the fifth. Red Deer took the first two games at home and followed that up with two more victories at the Art Hauser Centre in […]
Despite 4-3 loss to the Hurricanes, Rebels playoff bound with help from Regina Pats
The Red Deer Rebels and Lethbridge Hurricanes met for the sixth and final time this season at the Centrium in Red Deer. It was an action packed game with chances at both ends, a couple of hat tricks and a fight. Red Deer hoped to punch their playoff ticket with […]