By Sheldon Spackman

5-4 Triple OT Win

Rebels eliminate Wheat Kings in six games with triple overtime victory

May 1, 2022 | 8:53 PM

With the Brandon Wheat Kings on the ropes heading into Game 6 of their WHL playoff series with the Red Deer Rebels on Sunday, it was Red Deer who eventually came out on top with a 5-4 triple overtime win to take the series 4-2.

As it turned out, it was the longest game in Red Deer Rebels franchise history.

The first period at Westoba Place in Brandon, MB saw Red Deer strike first when Ben King scored his second of the playoffs just 50 seconds in, beating Brandon netminder Ethan Kruger. Arshdeep Bains assisted on the play to make it 1-0 Red Deer.

Two minutes later, Red Deer struck again when Ben King scored his second goal of the game and third of the playoffs at 2:52, with Arshdeep Bains and Jhett Larson assisting to make it 2-0 Rebels.

Brandon would respond though when Ridly Greig scored his first of the playoffs at 8:41, beating Rebels netminder Chase Coward, with Marcus Kallionkieli getting the assist.

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The first period would end with Red Deer leading 2-1 and Brandon outshooting the Rebels 13-11 after 20 minutes.

The Wheat Kings would soon tie the game early in the second period though when Rylen Roersma scored his first of the playoffs at 2:16, with help from Jake Chiasson and Nate Danielson to make it 2-2.

Red Deer would regain their previous lead, however, when Ben King scored his third of the game, earning the hat-trick at 10:07, with Jhett Larson and Arshdeep Bains assisting on King’s fourth goal of the playoffs.

The Wheat Kings would tie it back up though when Ridly Greig scored his second of the game and second of the playoffs at 15:11, following a high sticking penalty to Red Deer’s Liam Keeler. Nolan Ritchie and Nate Danielson assisted on the power play goal to make it 3-3.

The Rebels would quickly respond, however, when Arshdeep Bains scored his third goal of the playoffs at 15:58, with assists from Ben King and Jackson van de Leest to make it 4-3 Red Deer.

The second period ended with the Rebels leading 4-3 and Red Deer outshooting Brandon 13-9 for a two-period total of 24-22 in favour of the Rebels.

The Wheaties would then tie the game early in the third period when Marcus Kallionkieli scored his third of the payoffs at 2:38, with Chad Nychuk and Ridly Greig assisting on the play.

That’s how the period would end, with the Rebels and Wheat Kings tied 4-4 and 10 shots on goal apiece in the third, for a three-period total of 34-32 in favour of Red Deer.

In the first overtime period there was no scoring, with Brandon outshooting Red Deer 10-8 for a four-period shots on goal total of 42-42.

The second overtime period also had no scoring, with Red Deer outshooting Brandon 9-5 for a five-period total of 51-47 in favour of Red Deer.

Then finally, at 7:41 of triple overtime, Red Deer’s Jayden Grubbe scored the game winning goal, with help from Jace Isley and Christoffer Sedoff to make it a 5-4 triple OT final. It was Grubbe’s second goal of the playoffs and the series winner for Red Deer who won the best of seven series 4-2 over Brandon.

Shots on goal in the third overtime were 4-3 Red Deer for a game total of 55-50 in favour of Red Deer.

Elsewhere, the Rebels were 0/2 on the power play, while Brandon went 1/2 with the man advantage.

All three stars of the game however, went to the Wheat Kings, with Marcus Kallionkieli named the third star, goaltender Ethan Kruger the second star, and Chad Nychuk named the game’s first star.

The Rebels now advance to the WHL’s Eastern Conference semi-final against the Edmonton Oil Kings who swept the Lethbridge Hurricanes 4-0.

Game 1 between the Rebels and Oil Kings is Thursday, May 5 at Rogers Place in Edmonton. Faceoff is 7:00 p.m.

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