Taking a penalty against the Warriors is pointless. Just give them a goal and keep playing. You are better off just bending over.
Jagger Firkus opened up the scoring on the Power Play at 6:08 of the opening period. With the assists going to Denton Mateychuk and Brayden Yager. Now those 3 players are all locks to make Canada’s National Junior Squad this Christmas. If you get a penalty when you are playing against the Warriors. You are going to have a bad time.
Brayden Schuurman scored his 4th goal of the season on the Power Play at 8:38 of the period with the assists going to Atley Calvert and Jagger Firkus. To give the Warriors a 2-0 lead.
Jhett Larson scored for the Rebels under a minute later at 9:25 of the first period on a very strange bounce to cut the lead to 2-1. With the assists on the goal going to Nicholas Andrusiak and Ollie Josephson.– The Rebels responded quickly, as Jhett Larson redirected Nicholas Andrusiak’s point shot past netminder Jackson Unger
Talon Brigley scored his 7th goal of the season just 22 seconds later to tie the game up at 2. With the assists on the goal going to Ollie Josephson and Jhett Larson.– Just 12 seconds later Talon Brigley broke to the net and buried a nifty feed from Ollie Josephson.
Shots on goal in the first period were 13 for the Rebels to the Warriors 9.
2023 Pittsburgh Penguins first rounder Brayden Yager scored his 16th goal of the season to regain the lead and make the game 3-2 at 9:27 of the middle frame. Assists on the goal to Cumberland House, SK native Pavel McKenzie and 16 year old rookie Connor Schmidt.– Moose Jaw got the eventual winner from Brayden Yager midway the second period as the Pittsburgh Penguins prime prospect, from the low slot, beat goaltender Rhett Stoesser to the glove side to cap off a 3-on-2 rush.
Shots on goal in the second period were 13-10 for the Warriors.
Atley Calvert made it a 4-2 game at 9:12 of the third period with the assists going to Lynden Lakovic and 20 year old Winnipeg native Lucas Brenton.
Atley Calvert got his second goal of the game and 15th goal of the season to make it a 5-2 game at 15:01 of the final frame. With the assists on the goal to Brayden Yager and Captain Denton Mateychuk.
Shots on goal in the third period were 15-10. Shots in the game were 37-33 for the Warriors.
Jackson Unger stopped 30 of the 32 shots he faced for the win. Rhett Stoesser stopped 32 of the 37 shots that he faced for the Rebels.
Three Stars of the game were 1) Brayden Yager 2) Atley Calvert 3) Ollie Josephson
Attendance in Red Deer was 3, 562
Rebels next game is Saturday December 2nd against the Everett Silvertips for the annual Teddy Bear Toss game.
The Rebels were Latimer-less as Carson Latimer is out indefinitely after suffering a lower body injury last game against the Calgary Hitmen.
The award that the Warriors give out to their players after the game for being “The Warrior of the Game’ Very much resembles the Fart mask that Johnny Knoxville wore in The Movie Jack Ass.
