Samuel Drancak’s overtime goal secured a 4-3 victory for the Red Deer Rebels over the Medicine Hat Tigers in game 3 of their first-round WHL playoff series. The Rebels now lead the best-of-seven series 2-1, with game four taking place in Red Deer Wednesday night.
Hayden Harsanyi opens up the scoring for the Tigers at 9:48 of the first period with the assist on the goal going to Shane Smith and Gavin McKenna.- Hayden Harsanyi gave the Tigers the lead at 9:48 of the first period on a rebound.
Carson Latimer scores short handed with 1 second remaining in the first period to tie the game. The assist on the goal went to Derek Thurston.-with 0.4 seconds remaining in the first period as he took a feed from Derek Thurston on a two-on-one while shorthanded and ripped a shot high to the glove side on Zahara.
Shots on goal in the first period were 16-9 for the Tigers
Oasiz Wiesblatt scored to make it 2-1 Tigers on an unassisted goal. –Wiesblatt was the one who scored the third goal for the Tigers, making the score 2-1 in their favor. This happened at the 6:12 mark of the second period. He managed to maneuver in the Red Deer zone, skillfully cutting in from the right side and swiftly shooting the puck between the legs of Chase Wutzke.
Carson Latimer got his second goal of the game on the Power Play at 6:59 of the second period with the assists going to Kalan Lind and Hunter Mayo.-Latimer connected on the power play at 6:59 of the middle stanza, taking a pass from behind the net from Kalan Lind and snapping a shot low to the stick side on Zahara.
Hunter Mayo gives the Rebels the lead at 15:10 of the second period with the assist going to Mats Lindgren.–Hunter Mayo gave the Rebels a 3-2 lead at 15:10 when his screened shot from the right point deflected in off Zahara’s blocker.
Shots on goal in the second period were 16-9 for the Rebels
Andrew Basha ties the game up (through a screen) with Zahara on the bench and the extra attacker out with just 35 seconds left in the game. The assists on the goal went to Gavin McKenna and Rhett Parsons. Andrew Basha had 9 shots in the game.–with Zahara on the bench, Andrew Basha moved the puck into the slot and beat Wutzke just under the bar on the glove side with 34.6 seconds remaining.
Shots on goal in the third period were 11-6 for the Tigers
Oasiz Wiesblatt got a penalty for hooking. He really had no choice. he had to take the penalty or they would of lost the game there.
Samuel Drancak scores the game winner for the Rebels on the Power Play with the assist going to Jhett Larson at 6:31 of the overtime period.
Shots on goal in overtime were tied at 5 each. The Tigers outshot the Rebels in the game 38-36
Chase Wutzke made 35 saves on the 38 shots that he faced for the win for the Rebels. Zach Zahara made 32 stops on the 36 shots that he faced.
Three Stars of the game were 1) Samuel Drancak 2) Carson Latimer 3) Andrew Basha
Attendance in Red Deer was 4040
Rebels next game is Game #4 in the series is Wednesday April 3rd in Red Deer against the Tigers. The Rebels lead the series 2-1
Top prospect for the NHL draft and Tigers forward Cayden Lindstrom took the warm up but didn’t play.
