By Josh Hall | @Vancan19

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Topsy turvy affair ends Rebels 2024 pre-season

Sep 14, 2024 | 8:18 PM

The Red Deer Rebels will presumably take a few lessons away from the finale of their 2024 pre-season, which was a 6-4 loss to the Edmonton Oil Kings in front of WHL fans in Morinville.

At one point, the Rebels led 4-1, but Edmonton rattled off five unanswered to take the W.

Scoring summary

Beckett Hamilton (3rd) scored at 10:17 of the first to break the ice in Red Deer’s favour, and that is how the opening period ended.

Just 2:45 into the second, Jeramiah Roberts (1st) scored a power play goal to make it 2-0 Red Deer.

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Joe Iginla (2nd) got one back just 10 seconds later, however, and it looked like it was anyone’s game.

At 5:44, Luke Vlooswyk (1st) scored to make it 3-1 Rebels; then Nickolas Kovich (1st) dug the Oil Kings’ hole deeper at 15:37.

But then the tide turned.

Only 1:09 after Kovich’s marker, Edmonton’s Presley Kerner (1st) cut the lead to 4-2 at 16:46.

Kerner (2nd) then scored again 47 seconds after that at 17:33; and Gavin Hodnett (1st) notched the equalizer at 18:51.

After 40 minutes, it was 4-4, and indeed was anyone’s game.

The momentum gathered by the Oil Kings was too much for Red Deer in the third.

Joe Iginla (3rd) scored a power play goal, the eventual game-winner, at 9:32, and then Jack Toogood (2nd) put one into the empty net with one second on the clock.

Final: 6-4 Edmonton.

Peyton Shore took the L in net for Red Deer, making 34 saves. Alex Worthington and Parker Snell shared the net for Edmonton.

Shots

RD: 37

EDM: 40

Power play

RD: 1/4

EDM: 1/6

The pre-season ends with Jhett Larson leading the way for Red Deer with two goals and three assists in three games. Carson Birnie also had five points, including four assists.

Youngster Beckett Hamilton, 16, added three goals and one assist in four games.

Next up for the Rebels is their regular season and home opener, Sept. 21 versus the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. from the Peavey Mart Centrium, and the broadcast can be heard live on 106.7 REWIND Radio starting at 6:30.

As always, rdnewsNOW will have game recaps all season long.

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