Oh man that second period sucked🙄🙄🙄🙄
Kai Uchacz opened up the scoring in the game 3:26 in the starting period with the assists going to Frantisek Formanek and Quentin Bourne.– The game started on a positive note for Red Deer as captain Kai Uchacz, from the high slot, stepped into a snap shot after taking a feed from Frantisek Formanek 3:26 into the contest.
Former Kelowna Rocket Nolan Flamand replied for the Wheat Kings about a minute and a half later at 4:55 of the first period while on the Power Play to make it a 1-1 game. The assists on the goal went to Powell River, BC native Luke Shipley and 17 year old Sylvan Lake, Alberta native Caleb Hadland.-Nolan Flamand, on the power play, scored on a one-timer from the top of the right circle.
Detroit Red Wings 2023 first rounder Nate Danielson scored his 9th goal of the season at 12:53 of the first period to give the Wheat Kings the lead. Assists on the goal to Roger McQueen and Brett Hyland.– Danielson cashed a rebound
Carson Birnie scored his 4th goal of the season at 16:02 of the first period. The assists going to Dwayne Jean Jr. and Ollie Josephson tying the game up at 2 apiece. -Carson Birnie pulled the Rebels even late in the period, scoring on a wrap-around, but the visitors were unable to find the back of the net the rest of the way.
Shots on goal in the first period was 10-8 for the Rebels.
Former Victoria Royal Luke Shipley scored his 3rd goal of the season to give the Wheat Kings a 3-2 lead at 2:11 of the second period. Assists on the goal to 18 year old Czech Import Dominik Petr and Slewfooter Ryan Roersma.– Shipley connected from the low slot 2:11 into the period.
Brett Hyland gave the Wheat Kings a 4-2 lead at 12:47 of the second period with the assists going to Seth Tansem and Roger McQueen.– Hyland scored at the 12:47 mark when he cut across the slot and beat netminder Rhett Stoesser high to the stick side.
Nate Danielson made it a 5-2 game at 15:11 of the second period with the assist on the goal going to Quinn Mantei.-Danielson potted his second of the night with a long range slot that Stoesser never saw.
Shots on goal in the second period was 21-6 for the Wheat Kings
The Rebels had goalie Chase Wutzke, who replaced Stoesser at the start of the final frame, on the bench for the majority of the late power play but couldn’t get a puck past Brandon goalie Carson Bjarnason.
Shots on goal in the third period were 9-8 Rebels with the Wheat Kings outshooting the Rebels all game 37-25
Philadelphia Flyers 2023 second rounder Carson Bjarnason made 23 saves on the 25 shots that he faced for the win. While for the Rebels Rhett Stoesser stopped 24 of the 29 shots he faced in the first 40 minutes. Chase Wutzke replaced him stopping all 8 shots that he faced.
Three Stars of the game were 1) Nate Danielson 2) Luke Shipley 3) Brett Hyland
Attendance at Westoba Place in Brandon was 2,128
Rebels next game is December 6th in Moose Jaw against the Warriors.
Mynhldraft- After every game against teams with top rated prospects I have tried to place where they are ranked at the time of the game the Rebels play the team. Charlie Elick is ranked 21st now on mynhldraft.com which changes the rankings throughout the season. Ironically the site here has him ranked in the December rankings as #22 and going to Winnipeg.