Jhett-fuelled Rebels fly back into win column
The long awaited return of a veteran leader helped lead the Red Deer Rebels to a long awaited win.
Jhett Larson opened the scoring and added an assist in a 5-1 win Rebels victory over the Moose Jaw Warriors in front of 5,523 raucous fans at the Peavey Mart Centrium.
The Rebels earned their first win of 2025 and ended their 13-game winless skid.
STATS STORY
Jhett Larson – 1 goal, 1 assist
Beckett Hamilton – 1 goal, 1 assist
Luke Vlooswyk – 3 assists
Nishaan Parmar – 2 assists
HOW IT HAPPENED
After an early Moose Jaw’s power play was stifled by Red Deer’s penalty kill, the Rebels went to work with Larson scoring on a rebound in his return from missing 20 games to a broken arm.
Check out Larson light the lamp in his return🚨 pic.twitter.com/ECXAezq41S
— Red Deer Rebels (@Rebelshockey) January 26, 2025
A double minor for high-sticking to Moose Jaw gave Red Deer a chunk of time to work of their own man advantage, which they’d capitalize on. Matthew Gard from in tight buried his tenth of the season, finishing off a rebound in the crease after Larson had been denied by Josh Banini with a great initial save.
In the dying seconds of the period, Brett Calhoon grabbed a rebound behind the Moose Jaw net and tucked in a wraparound. The goal needed video review to verify, but it gave the Rebels a three-goal lead through 20 minutes.
The teams played through a goalless second period.
Derek Thurston ran the lead to 4-0 in the third period with an absolute sizzler from the left point for his fifth goal of the season.
4-0 Rebels thanks to Thurston's CANNON💣#RDREBELS | #WHL pic.twitter.com/ZJnyDCnTgd
— Red Deer Rebels (@Rebelshockey) January 26, 2025
Beckett Hamilton took a pass down low from Nolan Schmidt and sent the puck top shelf past Banini for his 10th goal of the year.
Ethan Semeniuk spoiled Chase Wutzke’s bid with 9.1 seconds left to play for a power play goal for Moose Jaw.
THREE STARS
1. Larson
2. Nishaan Parmar
3. Hamilton
WHAT THEY SAID
Rebels assistant coach Clayton Beddoes…
Jhett Larson…
NOTES
Kalan Lind (upper) and Ollie Josephson (lower) missed the game with injuries while Dmitri Toporowski was a scratch … Defenceman Jace Weir and forward Jaxon Fuder left the game in the second period with upper body injuries and did not return … Weir played his 266th regular season game which is 5th most all-time amongst Rebels defencemen … Vlooswyk earned his first career three-point game.
NEXT UP
The Rebels finish their three-game weekend Sunday in Calgary (6 p.m. MT on CHL TV and 106.7 REWIND Radio).
