By rdnewsNOW Staff

Stevenson, Patterson & Draft Pick Going To Calgary

Rebels acquire van de Leest from Hitmen

Jan 11, 2022 | 6:03 PM

Red Deer Rebels Owner/President/General Manager Brent Sutter announced Tuesday that the club has completed a trade with the Calgary Hitmen.

The Rebels have acquired 20-year-old defenceman Jackson van de Leest from the Hitmen in exchange for 20-year-old forward Blake Stevenson, 18-year-old defenceman Trey Patterson, and a conditional second-round selection at the 2022 Western Hockey League Prospects Draft (originally belonging to Winnipeg).

van de Leest, a native of Kelowna, BC, has 11 points and 39 penalty minutes in 26 games this season with the Hitmen. A former first-round selection, 16^th overall at the 2016 WHL Prospects Draft, van de Leest attended camp this past fall with the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers.

Jackson van de Leest

Position: Defence

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Shoots: L

Height: 6’7

Weight: 238

Birthdate: 2001-06-15

Hometown: Kelowna, BC

Draft: WHL – CGY (2016) Round: 1 (#16)

GP G A PTS +/- PIM

26 1 10 11 7 39

Also today, the Rebels have returned the following affiliated players to their respective U18 AAA clubs:

G – Chase Wutzke (’06 – Saskatoon Contacts)

G – Justen Maric (’04 – Edmonton CAC Canadians)