Rebels battle hard but fall 3-0 in Medicine Hat

Newly acquired netminder Harrison Meneghin closed the door on the Red Deer Rebels Wednesday night to backstop the Medicine Hat Tigers to a 3-0 win Wednesday night at Co-op Place.

Medicine Hat ended its four-game losing skid while also defeating the Rebels for the first time in four tries this season.

STATS STORY

Harrison Meneghin (MH) – Shutout, 24 saves

Chase Wutzke (RD) – 25 saves

Matt Paranych (MH) – 1 goal, 1 assist

Andrew Basha (MH) – game winning goal

HOW IT HAPPENED

Tempers flared early in the first period as the Rebels and Tigers picked up where they left off.

In a back and forth, tightly-contested match, it took to the game’s midway point before the scoring opened in Medicine Hat’s favour. With Ryder Ritchie finding Andrew Basha all alone at the bottom of the right circle to beat Chase Wutzke with a top-shelf one-timer.

In the third, it was Medicine Hat’s Matt Paranych putting home a rebound pass off of Wutzke’s pad from Gavin McKenna for a 2-0 lead.

With just under two minutes to go, Markus Ruck found the empty Rebels net from his own blue line to secure Medicine Hat’s win.

Wutzke made save after save to give the Rebels a fighting chance, but Meneghin would not be solved on the night.

Medicine Hat outshot Red Deer 30-24 and was 0-for-3 on the power play while the Rebels were 0-for-4.

THREE STARS

1. Meneghin – MH

2. Basha – MH

3. Paranych – MH

WHAT THEY SAID

Coach Struch on tonight’s setback in Medicine Hat #RDREBELS I #WHL pic.twitter.com/7kpSQo5cO7

— Red Deer Rebels (@Rebelshockey) October 10, 2024

NOTABLES

Rebels forward Kalan Lind left the game late in the first period and did not return after taking a knee-on-knee hit from Tigers blue liner Bryce Pickford, who was given a major penalty and game misconduct on the play. Scratches for the game for Red Deer were defenceman Jack Bousquet and forwards Matthew Gard and Kasper Pikkarainen. Oasiz Wiesblatt wore the ‘C’ for Medicine Hat for the first time after being named Team Captain earlier Wednesday. Ritchie earned his first point as a Tiger with his assist on Basha’s game winner.

NEXT UP

The Rebels head north on Saturday for a 2 p.m. matinee against the Edmonton Oil Kings at Rogers Place (106.7 Rewind Radio, CHL TV).