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Another Tough Outing For Rebels On The Road
By Sheldon Spackman
It was another tough outing for the Red Deer Rebels in Kennewick, Washington Wednesday night. They lost their second game of this current five-game western road trip 8-4 to the Tri-City Americans. That’s six straight games now without a win for the Rebels.
The first period was the killer for Red Deer, allowing four goals against after twenty minutes of play and not scoring any themselves. The Americans goals were scored by Morgan Geekie, which resulted in a quick goalie change for Red Deer. Starter Lasse Petersen was out and Riley Lamb went in after just 1:17 of play. The other Americans goals in the first period came from Juuso Valimaki, a short-handed one from Brett Leason and Jordan Topping on the power play.
Just 2:23 into the second period, Brett Leason scored his second of the night for Tri-City, which would later prove to be the eventual game winner to put the home team up 5-0. The game also continued to be a snarly affair, which actually started in the first period with multiple fighting majors and game misconducts. Tri-City then went up 6-0 when Dylan Coghlan scored to make any Rebel’s comeback even more difficult. Red Deer didn’t give up though as they went on to score four unanswered goal of their own at that point. The first one coming from Brandon Hagel who scored on the power play at the 14:52 mark to get the Rebels on the board. Over three minutes later, Akash Bains followed that up with a goal of his own to make it 6-2 Tri-City after forty minutes.
In the third period, the Rebels pressed on with goals from Jared Freadrich on the power play and Matthew Campese to make it 6-4 Americans with just over 13 minutes left to play. However, it would not be enough as Parker Aucoin scored for Tri-City at 12:37 to put the home team up 7-4. Another Americans goal came with 2:06 left to play when Nolan Yaremko scored a short-handed effort to end the game in an 8-4 final in favour of Tri-City.
The Americans win improves their record to 33-23-3-0 with 69 points and third place in the WHL’s US Division. Red Deer drops to 23-26-6-3 with 55 points and third place in the Central Division.
The Rebels next game is Friday, February 17th in Portland against the Winter Hawks. It’s an 8:00 pm face-off MST.
From Red Deer Minor Baseball Board of Directors
Following many discussions within the Red Deer community, the baseball community, our association members, as well as our board of directors we have made the decision to move forward with rebranding our teams, currently known as the Braves. For our association the Braves name symbolized warrior strength, bravery and resilience, all qualities we were proud to align with; and although the initial moniker of our teams was never intended to carry a derogatory or disrespectful connotation, for some, it has. The topic of our rebrand has been polarizing and arguments both for and against have been passionately presented. We have made the decision to move forward in the direction we feel is best for our association.
In alignment with the membership majority vote, the Red Deer Minor Baseball Board of Directors is excited to announce that we will now be known as the Red Deer Rangers.
The Red Deer Rangers will retain our current navy and crimson colors and will not adopt the colors or logo of the MLB, NHL, or any other Rangers franchise. We are looking forward to forging our own identity and embracing our own look.
As you can appreciate this is a complex initiative that will take time. We will remain the Braves for the 2024 season and aim to have our rebrand complete for the 2025 season.
All participants that submitted the Rangers name during our rebranding poll, will be entered into a draw to receive the first Red Deer Rangers jersey.
We hope you will join us in celebrating this positive endeavor as we create a new inclusive legacy for our association that all can be proud of.
RDMBA Board of Directors
From Red Deer Minor Hockey
The Red Deer Minor Hockey Board of Directors is pleased & honored to announce, after an extensive search, that Lane Moore has accepted the position of General Manager of Red Deer Minor Hockey. Lane will start his new role early in the new year & is very excited about leading our organization into the future as we aim to provide a positive learning and maturing experience for all of our young athletes & coaches in a minor hockey setting.
Lane comes into the role of General Manager with an extensive resume, in both hockey and administration. Lane has led the Bentley school as principal for the last 17 years & was an educator prior to that. On the hockey side, Lane’s passion for coaching & engaging with young athletes, dates back to 2002. His most recent involvement as a coach with Red Deer Minor Hockey saw Lane lead the U17AAA North Star Chiefs for 2 seasons (21-22, 22-23). Prior to his work with Red Deer Minor Hockey Lane served as President of Rimbey Minor Hockey for several seasons.
One of Lane’s biggest strengths is his ability to create highly effective teams by building a common mission & vision & then executing on those through visionary leadership. These attributes shone through during this General Manager search and we are thrilled for Lane to lead this organization now & into the future as we aim to be one of the premier Minor Hockey Associations in the province.
Lane, his wife Kathleen & their three children Easton, Cooper & Lexi call Red Deer home. His son Cooper is the captain of Red Deer U18AAA Optimist Chiefs & his older son Easton is pursuing his hockey career and post-secondary studies in Massachusetts. Please join us in congratulating Lane Moore as the new General Manager of the Red Deer Minor Hockey Commission, welcome Lane!
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