Josephson, Lind lead Rebels to comeback win in Moose Jaw
Career best games for two Red Deer Rebels stars powered them to a 6-4 win Tuesday night in Moose Jaw to complete a season sweep of the Warriors.
Red Deer fought back after trailing 4-1 late in the first period led by Ollie Josephson’s first career hat trick. He and Kalan Lind each finished with five points on the night.
STATS STORY
Ollie Josephson (RD) – 3 goals, 2 assists
Kalan Lind (RD) – 2 goals, 3 assists
Riley Thorpe (MJ) – 2 goals, 1 assist
Matthew Hutchison (MJ) – 43 saves
HOW IT HAPPENED
Riley Thorpe opened the scoring for Moose Jaw, but Red Deer tied the game just over a minute later thanks to Keaton Dowhaniuk’s blue-line bomb for his first goal with the Rebels against the team he was acquired from.
Ethan Hughes responded quickly for Moose Jaw, before back-to-back powerplay goals for the Warriors from Thorpe and Krzysztof Macias extended the home team’s lead to 4-1.
With 44 seconds left in the first, though, Red Deer got one back, with Kalan Lind’s strong net drive forcing the puck home to make it 4-2 through one period of play.
Kalan Lind makes it 4-2 with a power move to the front of the net 💪#RDREBELS | #WHL pic.twitter.com/gCBA0POapG
— Red Deer Rebels (@Rebelshockey) March 12, 2025
It was the Red Deer powerplay that would strike next, as barely three-and-a-half minutes into the second period, Ollie Josephson’s wrist shot from the top of the left point found its way home to pull the Rebels back within one.
Josephson on the powerplay!#RDREBELS | #WHL pic.twitter.com/a4c4ch3OrR
— Red Deer Rebels (@Rebelshockey) March 12, 2025
Another power move around the net from Kalan Lind brought Red Deer back to level terms, with Lind slamming home a wrap-around on his opportunity at the side of the net with under four to play in the second.
Josephson and Lind would both click again on the game-winner in the third period, with Lind hitting Josephson with a stretch pass that sprung him on a breakaway that would end with the captain’s second goal of the game and a 5-4 Rebels lead.
A breakaway go-ahead goal from the captain🫡
Josephson makes it 5-4🚨#RDREBELS | #WHL pic.twitter.com/ohYTQDOpJD
— Red Deer Rebels (@Rebelshockey) March 12, 2025
Josephson added an empty-netter to complete his hat-trick and record his 100th career point.
Peyton Shore earned the win with 22 saves. Red Deer outshot Moose Jaw 49-26 and was 1-for-3 on the power play while the Warriors were 2-for-3.
NOTES
Josephson and Lind each recorded five points in a game for the first time in the WHL … The Rebels remain mathematically alive for the final playoff spot in the WHL Eastern Conference … Not in the lineup for Red Deer for this game were Chase Wutzke (upper), Gleb Semenov, Parker MacDougall, Dmitri Toporowski and Jack Bousquet … Moose Jaw saw its season long three-game winning streak come to an end … attendance at the Moose Jaw Events Centre was 2,719.
NEXT UP
The Rebels visit the Swift Current Broncos tomorrow night at 7 p.m. (106.7 REWIND Radio and WHL Live).
