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Rebels Snap Losing Skid With Big Win Over Victoria
By Sheldon Spackman
The Red Deer Rebels snapped their four-game losing streak in a big way Saturday night, downing the Victoria Royals 6-2 at the Enmax Centrium.
In a game the Rebels never trailed, Lane Zablocki opened the scoring for Red Deer at the 3:56 mark of the first period. His first of three goals on the night and four points overall. However, the lead was short lived as Victoria’s Scott Walford got the Royals on the board 1:04 later to tie it up at 1-1. The Rebels Brandon Hagel who also had a huge night, then scored on the power play, his first of two goals and four assists on the evening to close out the first period with Red Deer leading 2-1.
In the second, Red Deer’s Lane Zablocki scored his second of the night at the 12:48 mark and it turned out to be the eventual game-winner, giving the Rebels a 3-1 lead after forty minutes.
It got interesting in the third though. Tyler Soy scored a short-handed goal on a break-away for Victoria at the 5:55 mark to close the Rebels lead to 3-2. Then the gates blew open for Red Deer and they put the game away. It started with Adam Musil scoring at the 10:20 mark to restore Red Deer’s two goal lead to 4-2. Less than a minute later, Lane Zablocki scored to make it a hatrick on the night, plus an assist on the evening and a 5-2 Rebels lead. Brandon Hagel closed out the scoring at 15:38 to make it a 6-2 final in favour of Red Deer. Honourable mentions also going out to Red Deer’s Michael Spacek who earned five assists on the evening.
The win improves the Rebels record to 21-20-4-3 with 49 points on the night and third place in the WHL’s Central Division. Victoria drops to 26-19-4-0 with 56 points and fourth place in the B.C. Division.
Red Deer’s next game is Friday, January 27th when they host the Prince George Cougars. It’s a 7:00 pm face-off.
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End of an era for Red Deer Minor baseball Braves
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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
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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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