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Men’s hockey could be back at Red Deer College as early as next winter.“If things go according to plan, we could be fielding a team in less than a year,” said RDC president Joel Ward.

Red Deer Golf and Country Club member Tom Skinner carded a 6-over par 78 Wednesday and failed to survive the 70-player cut at the Canadian men’s mid amateur championship.

The black cloud that’s hanging over the hockey world might seem extra dark to Jesse Wallin.

He’s certainly not complaining, but the Calgary Flames made summer a whole lot more strenuous for Turner Elson.

Age is a state of mind.Ask the Red Deer Rebels, who iced a considerably younger and more inexperienced team than the Swift Current Broncos did Monday, yet prevailed 5-4 on Marc McCoy’s third goal of the game at 4:31 of overtime.

Chase McMurphy might be the big, fast fish that got away.Either that, or he’s a player who may never realize his true potential.

Red Deer Rebels GM/coach Jesse Wallin predicted — and was hoping — that this year’s training camp would be a highly-competitive affair.He wasn’t disappointed.

His brother, Wacey, was a captain with the Medicine Hat Tigers and parlayed his four seasons in the Western Hockey League into a pro contract with the Ottawa Senators.

No one had to ask Western Hockey League reigning rookie of the year Mathew Dumba what he did this summer, at least during August.

Red Deer Rebels prospective No. 1 goaltender Patrik Bartosak doesn’t sound like he’ll be feeling homesick any time soon.