Hurricanes Shutout 5-0 by Rebels
Red Deer, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes suffered their 10th-straight road loss on Saturday falling 5-0 to the Red Deer Rebels at Marchant Crane Centrium.
The Hurricanes entered on a six-game losing streak despite playing a strong game on Friday in a 3-1 loss to the Prince Albert Raiders at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena while Red Deer entered after a 5-3 defeat to the Tri-City Americans on Friday. It was a fast-paced first period which didn’t see a whistle until the 7:16 mark. Red Deer generated some early chances including a partial breakaway by overage forward Tyson Yaremko who made a move to the back hand but was stymied on a great pad save by Leif Oaten to keep it scoreless. Red Deer opened the scoring at the 16:27 mark on a shorthanded breakaway goal by Beckett Hamilton who deked to the forehand and slipped home his team-leading 15th goal of the season to make it 1-0 with the unassisted goal. The Rebels outshot the Hurricanes 12-4 in the opening period.
The Rebels dominated the second period as they kept the Hurricanes hemmed in their own zone for most of the frame as Red Deer outshot Lethbridge 18-3. At the 8:54 mark, the Rebels doubled their lead when Tyson Yaremko burst after a dump in to beat out an icing call before rifling home a shot for his fourth of the season to make it 2-0; Kalder Varga and Jake Missura earned the assists on the goal. Red Deer continued to dominate in the second period and added another goal with 2:13 remaining in the frame when Varga was set up alone in front of the net to make it a 3-0 game beating Oaten with a deke to the back hand as the Rebels held the three-goal lead after forty minutes of play.
In the third period, the Rebels opened with 54-seconds left in a power play opportunity, and Red Deer would strike right as the penalty expired when Yaremko batted home his second goal of the game to make it a 4-0 game; Poul Andersen and Cameron Kuzma picked up the assists on the goal. The Rebels continued to dominate outshooting the Hurricanes 14-7 in the final twenty minutes and would add a late goal off the stick of Matej Mikes on a power play to make it a 5-0 final.
The Hurricanes were outshot 44-14 in the game by the Rebels. Lethbridge went 0/5 on the power play while Red Deer was 1/9 with the extra man.
Three stars of the game were:
1) Rebels – #21 Tyson Yaremko (2 goals, 1 assist)
2) Rebels – #9 Cameron Kuzma (1 assist)
3) Rebels – #21 Beckett Hamilton (1 goal)
The loss for the Hurricanes extended their season-long losing streak to seven-straight games while their road losing streak extended to 10-straight games dating back to November 18th. Lethbridge’s road record slipped to 5-18-0-0 this year while their overall record fell to 12-32-0-1 on the year. The ‘Canes have posted a 1-5-0-0 record against the Rebels this season.
The Hurricanes will return to the VisitLethbridge.com Arena to open a four-game homestand on Wednesday, January 21st against the Brandon Wheat Kings at 7:00pm. Tickets for the game can be purchased by visiting the VisitLethbridge.com Arena Ticket Centre, by calling 403-329-SEAT (7328) or online at www.visitlethbridgearena.
