Rebels mauled 7-2 by Medicine Hat

The Rebels calmed things down in the second period and scored the lone goal of the middle frame. Chris Douglas lit the lamp with his second goal in as many nights, beating Tigers goalie Garin Bjorklund through the five hole to make it a 4-1 game at the 18:26 mark. Mason Ward and Jayden Grubbe assisted on the goal.

Red Deer pulled within 4-2 at the 4:22 mark of the third period when a point shot from Chase Leslie deflected off of a stick and past Bjorklund. Jaxsen Wiebe and Arshdeep Bains earned the helpers on Leslie’s first goal of the season and fourth of his WHL career.

That would be as close as the Rebels would come to making a comeback in this one. Brayden Boehm made it 5-2 at 12:08 with his first WHL goal on a great setup by Caleb Willms.

With the Rebels net empty in favour of the extra attacker, Brett Kemp fired the puck the length of the ice and in for a 6-2 Tigers lead with 2:08 left to play.

The Tigers added one more after that as Willms authored another nice setup, this time to Red Deer native Noah Danielson who tapped the puck past Anders for his first goal of the year and third of his career.

Final shots on goal in the game were 33-21 in favour of Medicine Hat. The Tigers went 1-for-6 on the power play while the Rebels were 0-for-1.

The next game for the Rebels is Friday, March 5 when they visit the Calgary Hitmen. Game time on 106.7 REWIND Radio is 7:30 p.m.

by Troy Gillard

Rebels mauled 7-2 by Medicine Hat

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