The Rebels lost to the Pats last month in a shoot out in Regina. With the 3-2 win tonight the Rebels have now won 4 games in a row. Which is great considering a horrible BC road trip. The win puts the Rebels over the .500 mark.
Last time the Rebels faced the Pats Ewan Huet was the goalie this time they face 18 year old White City, Saskatchewan native Kelton Pyne.
The Pats opened up the scoring when Saskatoon native Brayden Barnett scored his third goal of the season at 7:07 of the first period unassisted to make it a 1-0 game for the Pats.
Buffalo Sabres prospect Mats Lindgren makes it a 1-1 with 25 seconds remaining in the first period while the Rebels are on the Power Play. The assists on the goal to Kai Uchacz and Hunter Mayo.-Red Deer responded with a power play goal with 25 seconds remaining in the opening frame. Kai Uchacz, playing the left point, passed over to defenceman Mats Lindgren and the Buffalo Sabres prospect blasted a rising shot past Pyne.
Shots in the first period were 13-8 Red Deer
Matthew Gard scored his third goal of the season to make it a 2-1 game for the Rebels with the assist going to Quentin Bourne at 2:04 of the second period. -Matthew Gard strolled out of the corner and banked a shot off Pyne’s shoulder and into the back of the net.
Carson Birnie threw the puck at the net and it went in😜Assist on the goal went to Ollie Josephson at 5:22 of the second period and that makes it a 3-1 game for the Rebels.– Carson Birnie, from the outer edge of the right circle, directed a shot at the Regina goal that glanced off a Pats skate and by Pyne.
Sam Oremba made the game 3-2 unassisted at 6:57 of the second period. Shots on goal in the second period were 13-12 Rebels.
The Pats were on the PP with goalie pulled at the end…. But Stoesser shuts the door
Rhett Stoesser who has been on fire as of late stopped 23 of the 25 shots that he faced. While former Melville Millionaire Kelton Pyne stopped 35 of the 38 shots that he faced for the Pats.
Three Stars of the game were 1) Mats Lindgren 2) Sam Oremba 3) Carson Birnie
Attendance in Red Deer was 3,843
Rebels next game is Tuesday November 28th against the Calgary Hitmen in Red Deer
16 year old Brayden Smith a d man who plays with the Saskatoon Blazers U18AA got the call up for the Pats and played in his first WHL game Saturday.
Last time the Rebels played the Pats Tanner Howe was ranked by mynhldraft.com as the 24th overall pick in the mock draft. As of this post he is not ranked there now.
The Kamloops Blazers traded Toronto Maple Leafs Fraser Minten to the Saskatoon Blades in Exchange for a 1st round pick in 2024, a first round pick in 2025, a 4th round pick in 2024, and Forward Jordan Keller. It doesn’t list it on elite prospects but I recall a player with the last name Keller who played with the Blazers in the 90s. Keller is a common name but this Keller was of Asian decent if I remember correctly. This Keller Jordan was born in Sapporo Japan. Might be related and possibly a connection or an utter sheer odd coincidence but one would guess odds are that is his kid.