Rebels

Rebels 6 Tigers 3MEDICINE HAT — The Medicine Hat Tigers have been the Red Deer Rebels’ nemesis in recent times, with netminder Tyler Bunz and sniper Emerson Etem being two of the biggest villains.

Fitted with a walking boot and moving about on crutches Monday, Red Deer Rebels captain Adam Kambeitz looked like a player whose season had prematurely ended.

In Jesse Wallin’s opinion, it wasn’t so much what the Brandon Wheat Kings did Saturday night at the Centrium; it was more what the Red Deer Rebels did not do.

Rebels 3 Americans 2Whether he realized it or not, Mathew Dumba’s overtime goal Friday at the Centrium might have been the most important marker of the season for the Red Deer Rebels.

The Red Deer Rebels were waiting for this type of performance from Charles Inglis.

Even with a defeat still visible in their rear view mirror, the Red Deer Rebels will take a measure of momentum into tonight’s Western Hockey League clash with the visiting Vancouver Giants.

Five days after being embarrassed by the Calgary Hitmen at home, the Red Deer Rebels were in a mood to return the disfavour Sunday.

Hitmen 5 Rebels 1Jesse Wallin’s mood was as cold as the temperature outside the Centrium following Tuesday’s Western Hockey League mismatch.

The Red Deer Rebels went from scintillating to sombre somewhere in between Brandon and Swift Current on the weekend.

Jesse Wallin was willing to dance, but he couldn’t find a partner.Wallin certainly wasn’t a wallflower as Tuesday’s Western Hockey League trade deadline approached.