Category Archives: Local Sports
Hockey Canada, Westerner, comment on Red Deer's exclusion from World Juniors reboot
The 2022 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship is returning this August, but not to Red Deer.rdnewsNOW reported last Sunday that Red Deer wouldn't be part of the rebooted 2022 edition, which will be h...
Mar 25, 2022
ATB re-commits as CFR title sponsor through 2024
ATB Financial has renewed its agreement to be the title sponsor for Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR).Its deal with the event is for three years, through 2024."We are proud to play an integral role in conti...
Mar 22, 2022
Local minor hockey teams celebrate championship titles
Red Deer Minor Hockey is celebrating a number of team success stories and championship titles earned recently.Among them is the U13A Sutter Fund Chiefs female hockey team which won the Rocky Mountain ...
Mar 22, 2022
IIHF: Red Deer won't co-host 2022 World Juniors this August
It doesn't appear Red Deer will be doing any co-hosting as it relates to the rebooted 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship.Last month, the IIHF announced the tournament would be rescheduled for this Au...
Mar 20, 2022
Rebels lose to Hurricanes in shootout
The Red Deer Rebels have suffered back-to-back losses following a 3-2 shootout loss to the Lethbridge Hurricanes at the Peavey Mart Centrium Saturday night. The evening began on a positive note, howev...
Mar 19, 2022
No power play, no problem for the Rebels in 5-2 win over the Blades
Despite having no power play opportunities in Tuesday night's game at the Peavey Mart Centrium, the Red Deer Rebels still managed to win convincingly over the visiting Saskatoon Blades.In addition, th...
Mar 15, 2022
Red Deer Radisson Chiefs U13 T2 win Central Alberta Hockey League's Red Championship
Congratulations are going out to the Red Deer Radisson Chiefs U13 Tier 2 hockey team who battled hard to win the U13 Tier 2 Red Championship in the Central Alberta Hockey League. Team officials say th...
Mar 15, 2022
Rebels Ben King named WHL Player of the Week
The Western Hockey League has announced that Red Deer Rebels forward Ben King has been named WHL Player of the Week for the week ending March 13, 2022. King registered seven points (2G-5A) in a pair o...
Mar 15, 2022
RDP Athletics announces Athletes of the Week
Red Deer Polytechnic Athletics has announced its RDP Athletes of the Week: 1. Tess Pearman - Queens Volleyball Hometown - Ponoka, Alberta. Bachelor of Education Elementary (3rd year) Tess Pearman had ...
Mar 15, 2022
Westerner Park welcomes Red Deer City Soccer to new Exhibition Hall training facility
Westerner Park has a new partner for Exhibition Hall: the Red Deer City Soccer Association (RDCSA).The RDCSA and Westerner had a 13-year long partnership prior to the pandemic which saw the associatio...
Mar 15, 2022