The Rebels fell to the Raiders on Saturday night 3-1. The Rebels are now winless in 12 games.
Kelowna native 20 year old journeyman Rilen Kovacevic scores to give the Raiders a 1-0 lead at 7:46 of the first period. The assist on the goal went to Lacombe, Alberta native Daxon Rudolph.
Former Medicine Hat Tiger Tomas Mrsic scores on the Power Play for the Raiders at 14:18 of the first period to make it a 2-0 game. The assists on the goal went to Rilen Kovacevic and former Tri City American Seattle Kraken 2023 second rounder Lukas Dragicevic. Lots of “Ics” scoring there you would think it was a Croatian team.
Shots on goal in the first period were 10-7 for the Rebels
Beckett Hamilton got the Rebels on the board during a Power Play at 19:19 of the second period with the helpers going to Samuel Drancak and newly acquired former Seattle Thunderbird Nishaan Parmar.
Shots in second period of play were 11-5 for the Rebels.
Tomas Mrsic got his second goal of the game and team leading 26th of the season to make it a 3-1 Raiders game at 11:50 of the third period. The assists went to 2023 second overall draft pick Riley Boychuk and Richmond, BC native Lukas Dragicevic.
Shots on goal in the third period of play were 12-7 for the Rebels with the Rebels outshooting the Raiders 33-19 in the game.
20 year old Bemidji State commit Max Hildebrand made 32 saves on the 33 shots that he faced for the win for the Raiders. For the Rebels Chase Wutzke stopped 16 of the 19 shots that he faced.
Three Stars of the game were 1) Thomas Mrsic 2) Max Hildebrand 3) Dayce Derkatch
Attendance in Prince Albert was 2534
Rebels next game is Friday January 24th in Lethbridge against the Hurricanes. The Rebels next home game is Saturday January 25th against the last place Moose Jaw Warriors. Who Moose Jaw even if they finish last does not get the first pick as their 2025 WHL bantam draft pick is property of the Edmonton Oil Kings.
I don’t think they were looking very hard.
Former Rebel Evan Smith played in his 100th WHL game last night.
