When Brandon Hagel spoke to Troy Gillard of RDNewsNow.ca earlier this week, he sounded like he was prepared to take this season and push, pull and drag the Rebels through what many expected to be a tougher season. Tonight he showed the faithful Rebels fans that he means what he […]
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Rebels key to success lies in its defense
When the dust settled at the end of the 2017-18 WHL regular season, the Red Deer Rebels were playoff bound. Despite playing a string of hockey where the team only won one game in 25 attempts, the team shrugged off the poor play and began to gel into a team […]
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, […]
NHL Draft rounds six and seven – WHL round up
David Tendeck (G) – Vancouver Giants Tendeck was selected in the sixth round, 158th overall to the Arizona Coyotes. Tendeck played in 48 WHL games for the Giants and posted a 25-16-3-2 record. He had three shutouts and a .912 save percentage. He also posted a 3.02 goals against average. […]
Edmonton scores late to take win over Red Deer
The Red Deer Rebels (17-26-10-3) made the short trip up north to Edmonton to face off against the Oil Kings (15-32-5-2), in a game broadcasted by Sportsnet. The Oil Kings returned to Rogers Place following a six game road trip, which saw them go 1-5. Josh Dechaine got the nod […]
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. […]
WHL in NHL Draft Rankings
There are many, many NHL Draft Rankings that are available for hockey fans to view and it’s always interesting to see where WHL players rank. There are roughly a dozen rankings that are reliable and updated on a regular basis. Here are a few of those rankings that have been […]
Shots, shots, shots, shots, shots, shots
Red Deer didn’t see it coming. No one did. The Moose Jaw Warriors are the second ranked team in the entire Canadian Hockey League and even they didn’t see it coming. 69. The number of times the Warriors put the puck on the Red Deer net. An inconceivable number of […]
Oil Kings win both halves of holiday home and home
In a season that is quickly headed nowhere for the Oil Kings and Rebels, the Oil Kings decided that it was time to wake up following the Christmas break. It was a nice gift to their fans as they had been sitting in the basement of the WHL for some […]