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Rebels Winning Streak Ends At Six

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8 years ago

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By Sheldon Spackman

After six victories in a row, the Red Deer Rebels finally found themselves on the wrong end of the score sheet Friday night, losing 5-2 to the Medicine Hat Tigers before 4,581 fans at the Enmax Centrium.

It was the first period where most of the damage was done and eventually too much to overcome for the Rebels. It started when Brandon Hagel was called for high sticking and resulted in the Tigers getting on the board with a power play goal just 5:57 into the first period.

Two more goals from the Tigers came in relatively quick succession and a few minutes later, they were up 3-0, leading Rebels Coach Brent Sutter to pull starting goalie Lasse Petersen in favour of Riley Lamb in hopes of sparking his team with some new energy.

It did temporarily at least, as a few minutes later Michael Spacek scored for Red Deer to make it 3-1 Tigers heading into the first intermission.

After the break, Medicine Hat’s Mason Shaw scored the only goal of the second period, a short-handed effort which came at the 7:49 mark to make it 4-1 Tigers after two.

In the third, Red Deer’s Josh Mahura scored with a slick move on Tigers goalie Nick Schneider at the 8:07 mark to cut the Medicine Hat lead to 4-2. However, the Tigers snuffed out any thoughts of a Rebels come back when they scored their second power play goal of the night with just 1:27 left to play to make it a 5-2 final.

The loss drops the Rebels record to 8-4-1-1 with 18 points and second place in the WHL’s Central Division, while the Tigers improve to 9-4-1 with 19 points and now first place in the Central Division.

The Rebels now take to the road for a while and have their next game Saturday, October 29th in Lethbridge to face the 5-7-1-1 Hurricanes who have 12 points and are third place in the WHL’s Central Division, six points behind Red Deer.

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End of an era for Red Deer Minor baseball Braves

Published on December 6, 2023

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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

Published on December 1, 2023

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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!