Rebels lose 4-1 in Medicine Hat

The Red Deer Rebels suffered just their second regulation loss in their last 11 games Wednesday night as they fell 4-1 on the road to the Medicine Hat Tigers.

Cole Clayton opened the scoring for Medicine Hat with his first goal of the season eight minutes into period one. Tyler Preziuso made it 2-0 with a power play goal over eight minutes later.

James Hamblin made it 3-0 just 39 seconds into period two with another power play tally.

Jeff de Wit scored the lone goal of the game for the Rebels at 18:15 of the middle frame. Chris Douglas and Alexander Alexeyev assisted on de Wit’s seventh goal of the season, also a power play goal.