Rebels This Week: March 4-10
REBELS MAKE COACHING CHANGE
MARCH 1 – Brent Sutter, President and General Manager of the Red Deer Rebels, announced that the club and head coach Derrick Walser have mutually agreed to part ways. Walser was in his first year with the club and compiled a 30-22-2-6 record through 60 games. The Rebels named Dave Struch Interim Head Coach through the end of the season. Struch, a native of Flin Flon, MB, served as Director, Hockey at Notre Dame College in Wilcox, SK this past season. Struch played four seasons in the Western Hockey League for the Saskatoon Blades before embarking on a 14-season professional career. He has five years of head coaching experience in the WHL with Saskatoon and Regina, and 12 years as an assistant coach with Saskatoon, Regina, and Everett.
LAST WEEK’S GAMES
SAT. MARCH 2 – Hometown kid Talon Brigley scored with 30 second left in the third period to give the Rebels a 2-1 win over the visiting Calgary Hitmen at the Peavey Mart Centrium. Jhett Larson scored for Red Deer in the first period. Rhett Stoesser was superb in making 34 saves for the victory.


