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Rebels Lose To Hurricanes
By Sheldon Spackman
A tough night for the Red Deer Rebels at the Enmax Centrium Wednesday night, as the Lethbridge Hurricanes handed them a 7-3 loss in front of their home town crowd of 4,025.
The Rebels struck first with a goal from Dawson Martin at the 7:53 mark of the first period to go up 1-0 on Lethbridge. However, less than three minutes later, the Hurricanes would tie it up at 1-1 thanks to a goal from Zane Franklin.
The second period saw Lethbridge go up 2-1 after a goal from Zak Zborosky at the 1:25 mark but Red Deer’s Austin Glover scored a couple of minutes later to tie it back up at 2 goals a piece. The Hurricanes would regain the lead though when Brennan Menell scored at 10:20 on the power play to go up 3-2 on Red Deer. However, Lethbridge would capitalize on the power play again before the period came to an end when Egor Babenko scored at 14:44 to give the visitors a 4-2 lead after forty minutes. It would later prove to be the game winning goal.
In the third period, Tyler Wong would give the Hurricanes a 5-2 lead and a little insurance when he scored at the 7:18 mark. A couple of minutes later, Brent Sutter would pull Lasse Petersen from the net to give him a break from a hard night’s work. Riley Lamb would finish off the rest of the game for Red Deer between the pipes. As for the rest of the scoring, Lethbridge would benefit from another power play when Calen Addison lit the lamp to put the Hurricanes up 6-2 with 2:26 left to play. However, a minute later, Red Deer’s Lane Zablocki scored to cut the Hurricanes lead to 6-3 with 1:25 left in the period. Lethbridge would score once more though when Jadon Joseph scored to make it a 7-3 final in favour of the Hurricanes.
The win now gives Lethbridge a 32-15-4-3 record with 71 points and second place in the WHL’s Central Division. Red Deer has now lsot back to back games and drops to 23-23-5-3 with 54 points and still third place in the Central Division.
The Rebels next game is Friday, February 10th when they host the Swift Current Broncos for a 7:00 pm face-off at the Centrium.
From Red Deer Minor Baseball Board of Directors
Following many discussions within the Red Deer community, the baseball community, our association members, as well as our board of directors we have made the decision to move forward with rebranding our teams, currently known as the Braves. For our association the Braves name symbolized warrior strength, bravery and resilience, all qualities we were proud to align with; and although the initial moniker of our teams was never intended to carry a derogatory or disrespectful connotation, for some, it has. The topic of our rebrand has been polarizing and arguments both for and against have been passionately presented. We have made the decision to move forward in the direction we feel is best for our association.
In alignment with the membership majority vote, the Red Deer Minor Baseball Board of Directors is excited to announce that we will now be known as the Red Deer Rangers.
The Red Deer Rangers will retain our current navy and crimson colors and will not adopt the colors or logo of the MLB, NHL, or any other Rangers franchise. We are looking forward to forging our own identity and embracing our own look.
As you can appreciate this is a complex initiative that will take time. We will remain the Braves for the 2024 season and aim to have our rebrand complete for the 2025 season.
All participants that submitted the Rangers name during our rebranding poll, will be entered into a draw to receive the first Red Deer Rangers jersey.
We hope you will join us in celebrating this positive endeavor as we create a new inclusive legacy for our association that all can be proud of.
RDMBA Board of Directors
From Red Deer Minor Hockey
The Red Deer Minor Hockey Board of Directors is pleased & honored to announce, after an extensive search, that Lane Moore has accepted the position of General Manager of Red Deer Minor Hockey. Lane will start his new role early in the new year & is very excited about leading our organization into the future as we aim to provide a positive learning and maturing experience for all of our young athletes & coaches in a minor hockey setting.
Lane comes into the role of General Manager with an extensive resume, in both hockey and administration. Lane has led the Bentley school as principal for the last 17 years & was an educator prior to that. On the hockey side, Lane’s passion for coaching & engaging with young athletes, dates back to 2002. His most recent involvement as a coach with Red Deer Minor Hockey saw Lane lead the U17AAA North Star Chiefs for 2 seasons (21-22, 22-23). Prior to his work with Red Deer Minor Hockey Lane served as President of Rimbey Minor Hockey for several seasons.
One of Lane’s biggest strengths is his ability to create highly effective teams by building a common mission & vision & then executing on those through visionary leadership. These attributes shone through during this General Manager search and we are thrilled for Lane to lead this organization now & into the future as we aim to be one of the premier Minor Hockey Associations in the province.
Lane, his wife Kathleen & their three children Easton, Cooper & Lexi call Red Deer home. His son Cooper is the captain of Red Deer U18AAA Optimist Chiefs & his older son Easton is pursuing his hockey career and post-secondary studies in Massachusetts. Please join us in congratulating Lane Moore as the new General Manager of the Red Deer Minor Hockey Commission, welcome Lane!
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