Rebels finish five-game road trip with 3-2 overtime win in Calgary

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Red Deer regained the lead a few minutes later though when Kai Uchacz scored his 18^th goal of the season at 14:25 to make it 2-1 for the visitors. Jhett Larson assisted on the play.

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The first period would end with Red Deer up 2-1 and the Rebels outshooting the Hitmen 11-10.

Neither team managed to score in the second period with Calgary outshooting Red Deer 10-8 in the middle frame.

The Hitmen would then get the game-tying goal early in the third period when Brandon Gorzynski scored his first of the season at 1:55, with Sawyer Mayes assisting on the play to make it 2-2.

Despite some powerplay opportunities for both teams that followed in the third, the score would remain 2-2 after 60 minutes, sending the game to overtime.

Calgary outshot Red Deer 12-11 in the third period.

In overtime, neither team was able to score , leading to a shootout.

The Hitmen outshot the Rebels 3-2 in extra time.

In the shootout, Calgary’s Carter Yakemchuk went first and went five-hole on Rebels goalie Chase Wutzke but was unable to score.

Red Deer’s Jhett Larson went next and scored on a deke, beating Hitmen netminder Ethan Buenaventura to go up by one in the shootout.

Calgary’s Sean Tschiger went next, but again, Red Deer’s Chase Wutzke came up big with a blocker save, giving teammate Kai Uchacz a chance to put the game away, but he too, was stopped by the Hitmen’s Buenaventura.

But the pressure was still on Calgary to score, so the Hitmen’s Oliver Tulk came out to give it a try, but Wutzke made another big stop, giving the Rebels a 3-2 shootout victory at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Shots on goal finished 35-33 in favour of Calgary.

On special teams, the Rebels went 0/4 on the powerplay, while the Hitmen went 0/3.

Game Stars:

1. Brandon Gorzynski, Calgary – 1G 0A, +/- 0

2. Matthew Gard, Red Deer – 1G, 0A, +/- 0

3. Chase Wutzke, Red Deer – 35 SH, 33 SV, GA 2

The overtime win improves the Rebels record to 15-12-0-3 on the season.

Their next action is back home at the Peavey Mart Centrium on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, 7:00 p.m. MDT against the 15-12-1-2 Swift Current Broncos.

You can also catch all the action live on 106.7 Rewind Radio.