By Josh Hall (Twitter: @Vancan19)

a point earned, a point lost

Rebels fall to Blazers in 9-round shootout

Nov 3, 2023 | 11:10 PM

1,358 days — that’s how long it had been since the 5-7-0-1 Red Deer Rebels had paid a visit to the 3-10-2-0 Kamloops Blazers, until Friday night at the Sandman Centre.

The date was Feb. 14, 2020, and the Blazers won 5-3 that night.

Kamloops also won when these teams last met, which was in Red Deer on Feb. 17 of this year, the final score that night being 7-4.

And on this evening, with each team fifth in their respective divisions, the game ended with the Blazers on top 4-3 via the shootout.

Scoring summary

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Harrison Brunicke (2nd) drew first blood for the home team, scoring at 11:53 for the 1-0 lead.

Just 1:31 later, Kai Uchacz (8th) evened things up, and it was 1-1 after 20 minutes.

In the second, Uchacz (9th) was at it again, getting his second of the night, this time shorthanded, at 5:18 for the 2-1 Rebels lead.

But before long, at 10:14, Ashton Ferster (3rd) scored the game-tying goal on the power play, with Carson Latimer serving a major for checking from behind.

Late in the second, at 17:01, Samuel Drancak (3rd) regained the lead for Red Deer.

To the third, and at the 12:03 mark, Dylan Sydor (11th) once again equalized for Kamloops, and regulation time ended 3-3.

In overtime, there was nothing doing, however come the shootout, the Blazers would send their fans home happy.

The shootout went a lengthy nine rounds — Jhett Larson and Frantisek Formanek scored for the Rebels, but it was Max Sullivan getting the eventual winner for Kamloops before Quentin Bourne couldn’t keep the Rebels alive.

Between the pipes

RD: Chase Wutzke: 32 saves, 2-1-0-1

KAM: Dylan Ernst: 29 saves, 3-6-1-0

Shots

RD: 10-12-8-2-32

KAM: 13-11-10-1-35

Power play

RD: 0/3

KAM: 1/7

Three stars

1st: Dylan Sydor (KAM) – 1G, 1A

2nd: Kai Uchacz (RD) – 2G

3rd: Fraser Minten (KAM) – 14/29 FOW

Next up for the Rebels is game three of their seven-game road swing, Saturday night against the Kelowna Rockets. Puck drop is at 8 p.m. MT with the broadcast live on 106.7 REWIND Radio.

The road trip continues Nov. 7 in Victoria, Nov. 8 in Vancouver, Nov. 10 in Prince George, and concludes Nov. 17 in Calgary. The Rebels return home for six straight starting Nov. 18 against Calgary.