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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Handshakes in Lethbridge as Hurricanes hold off hard charging Rebels
Following games three and four in Red Deer, it looked as though the Rebels had swiped some of the momentum the Hurricanes had over the first two games of the Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals. Red Deer did trail the series 3-1 coming into game five, but they had taken Game 3 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Battle in Red Deer sends Hitmen and Rebels to OT
It was another one of those games in the schedule where you could miss it. If you weren’t paying attention, you’d look past it and see the three games in three nights coming up. You might think this game isn’t as important as some of the other games remaining down […]
McDonald makes the amazing race to Prince Albert, scores OT winner
-Prince Albert, Saskatchewan The Prince Albert Raiders were at it again, making a trade this time with the Prince George Cougars. The 1998-born Kody McDonald was picked up, along with a conditional 3rd or 4th round 2018 WHL Bantam draft pick. It cost them 2001-born Rhett Rhinehart, 1999-born Austin Crossley […]
Memorial Cup hosts snap losing streak, extend Rebels losing streak
As has been the case lately the game got off to a rough start for the home side. The Rebels would get themselves sent to the penalty box, recent call up River Fahey would get called for hooking just 2:45 into this one. The Regina Pats, who were coming off […]
Great forty minute effort wasted in 6-5 OT loss
In what may have been billed as a mismatch, the Brandon Wheat Kings (15-7-0-1) made the third stop of their six-game road trip in Red Deer (9-15-3-0) tonight. 3624 people were in attendance in a game that had the highest of highs and the lowest of lows for the home […]
Ice outlast Rebels 4-3
It wasn’t the prettiest win, but the Kootenay Ice got it done at home on Friday, overcoming the Red Deer Rebels 4-3 to snap a four-game losing streak. Ryan Pouliot scored the game-winner with a snap shot on a two-man advantage, while Colton Veloso, Brett Davis and Keenan Taphorn also […]
Red Deer runs their record to 3-0 with shootout win over Brandon
Another character win for the Rebels Despite leading the game 2-1 after the first period, the Rebels found themselves down 3-2 after 40 minutes. The explosive power play for the Wheat Kings was mostly kept quiet on the night, going just one for five. Red Deer’s power play also went […]
