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Rebels Put Kootenay On Ice And Host The Hitmen Saturday Night (Feb 25)
By Sheldon Spackman
Make that back to back wins for the Red Deer Rebels after a 6-4 victory over the Kootenay Ice at the Enmax Centrium Friday night.
The Rebels got on the board first at the 9:49 mark when Austin Pratt scored his 13th of the season. Then less than two minutes later, Cameron Hausinger scored to put the Rebels up 2-0. Red Deer later went up 3-0 when Austin Glover scored a short-handed goal at 13:27. However, Kootenay’s Cale Fleury would score 27 seconds later on the power play to put the visitors on the board and make it 3-1 Rebels after twenty minutes.
The second period saw Red Deer go up 4-1 rather quickly when Evan Polei scored on the power play just 48 seconds into it. The Ice however would cut the Rebels lead to 4-2 heading into the second intermission when Kurtis Rutledge scored with just over a minute to play.
In the third, Kootenay’s Fedor Rudakov scored at the 8:46 mark to pull the Ice to within striking distance of Red Deer and make it 4-3. The Rebels Michael Spacek had other plans though, as he scored what turned out to be the eventual game-winner on the power play at the 12:23 mark to make it 5-3 Red Deer. Austin Glover then added a little insurance to the Rebels lead soon afterwards by scoring his 19th of the season and made it 6-3 Red Deer. Kootenay would close out the scoring though when Colton Kroeker put one behind Rebels netminder Lasse Petersen with just 36 seconds left to make it a 6-4 final.
The win improves the Rebels record to 25-27-6-4 with 60 points and third place in the WHL’s Central Division. Kootenay drops to 13-37-8-2 with 36 points and sixth place in the Central.
The Rebels will now be looking to put a winning streak together by beating the visiting Calgary Hitmen at the Centrium on Saturday night. It’s a 7 pm face-off.
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End of an era for Red Deer Minor baseball Braves
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
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Red Deer Minor Hockey is proud to announce our new General Manager Lane Moore
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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