Rebels earn first win of the season versus Hitmen
The Red Deer Rebels got the early season monkey off their back Friday night, defeating the Calgary Hitmen by a final score of 4-3.
With the victory, Red Deer improves their record to 1-2, while Central Division rival Calgary drops to 0-2.
“We certainly made it interesting. They made a push in the third. But I liked a lot of things we did,” said head coach Brent Sutter post-game. “I thought after the first period we had some of our younger guys playing better. Some in the first period were trying to do too much.”
Calgary got on the board less than four minutes in, Zach Huber with the goal, but not before the snake-bitten Jeff de Wit had already failed on a breakaway.