“Lazy hockey” stymies the Rebels against surging Hitmen
Simply put, it was not a fun night for the Red Deer Rebels or their fans at the Westerner Park Centrium on Saturday.
In what was the final of eight meetings between the Rebels and Calgary Hitmen, the home-side would come up short by a final score of 5-1.
The Rebels had defeated the Hitmen in six of seven previous meetings, scoring 27 goals in the process, but the effort on this night was much less than what was required for victory.
“It’s really just a reflection of probably the last two or three weeks. It’s been stupid hockey, undisciplined hockey, lazy hockey, and you look at the last three games with 15 goals against, or five per game, you don’t win games like that,” Head Coach Brent Sutter lamented.