Category Archives: Local Sports
WHL announces postponement of five regular season games, Rebels impacted
The Western Hockey League announced on Wednesday the postponement of four WHL Regular Season games to be hosted in Brandon or Winnipeg between Saturday, Jan. 1 and Saturday, Jan. 8 due to capacity res...
Dec 29, 2021
2022 IIHF World Junior Championship officially cancelled
The 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship is officially cancelled.Co-hosted by Red Deer and Edmonton, the tournament is being shelved due to multiple cases of COVID among the ten teams. Those cases have...
Dec 29, 2021
WHL updates COVID-19 protocol list
The Western Hockey League has announced an update on the WHL COVID-19 Protocol List for players and Hockey Operations staff returning from the holiday break. According to league officials, a total of ...
Dec 29, 2021
Rebels down Blades in shootout thriller
Heading into the Christmas break on a three-game winning streak, the Red Deer Rebels returned to action Tuesday with an exciting 7-6 shootout win over the Blades in Saskatoon.In the first of a four-ga...
Dec 28, 2021
Red Deer hockey minds react to cancellation of U18 Women's World Championship
There is an uproar among a large portion of the hockey community over the cancellation of the U18 Women's World Championship, which was scheduled to take place in Sweden next month.It is one of multip...
Dec 24, 2021
Pre-tournament World Juniors game tonight in Red Deer cancelled due to COVID protocols
The World Juniors pre-tournament game scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday night at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre in Red Deer has been cancelled.UPDATE | Today's pre-tournament game between Cze...
Dec 23, 2021
Ed Major named Queens Basketball interim head coach
Red Deer Polytechnic Athletics didn't have to look far to find the new leader of the Queens Basketball team. Ed Major, who has been an assistant coach on the Kings Basketball team this season, has bee...
Dec 23, 2021
Red Deer swimmer Rebecca Smith wins multiple medals for Canada
Red Deer's Rebecca Smith isn't coming home empty-handed from the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), winning three medals.On Dec. 20, Smith and her teammates Kayla Sanchez, Katherine Savard ...
Dec 22, 2021
Third-round pick Saab signs WHL Standard Player Agreement with Rebels
The Red Deer Rebels have announced another member of its 2021 Western Hockey League Prospects Draft class has signed a WHL Standard Player Agreement with the club.Zane Saab, from Edmonton, is currentl...
Dec 22, 2021
World Juniors attendance will be limited to 50 per cent
Attendance at the 2022 IIHF World Juniors will unfortunately be limited to 50 per cent of capacity.The Government of Alberta announced temporary targeted measures Tuesday afternoon which limit venues ...
Dec 21, 2021