Rebels downed 5-1 in Calgary

The Red Deer Rebels fell 5-1 in the first of a back-to-back series with the Calgary Hitmen Wednesday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Samuel Drancak scored Red Deer’s only goal on a third period power play after Calgary had already built a five-goal lead.

Red Deer and Calgary meet again Saturday at the Centrium.

STATS STORY

Daniel Hauser (CAL) – 21 saves, win

Sawyer Mynio, Ethan Moore (CAL) – 1 goal, 1 assist

Samuel Drancak (RD) – 1 goal

HOW IT HAPPENED

Calgary opened the scoring just over one minute into the game as Carson Birnie went cross-ice to Carson Wetsch who tipped the puck past Rebels netminder Peyton Shore.

At the 5:33 mark, Hunter Aura’s wrister got through traffic for a 2-0 Hitmen lead.

Into the second, Brandon Gorzynski waited on Shore’s doorstep for a pass from Connor Hvidston to extend the lead.

Goals four and five came 46 seconds apart as the Hitmen capitalized on a two-man advantage courtesy of Sawyer Mynio and Ethan Moore.

Red Deer’s only goal came 11:25 into the third as Talon Brigley connected with Samuel Drancak on the power play to crack Hauser’s shutout bid.

Brigley ➡️ Drancak on the powerplay! #RDREBELS | #WHL pic.twitter.com/bqekoxiWFQ

— Red Deer Rebels (@Rebelshockey) March 20, 2025

Calgary outshot Red Deer 30-22 and was 2-for-4 on the power play while the Rebels were 1-for-4.

THREE STARS

1. Hauser CGY
2. Mynio CGY
3. Moore CGY

NOTES

Out of the line-up for the Rebels were Parker MacDougall, Nishaan Parmar, Dmitri Toporowski and Jack Bousquet … Jaxon Fuder and Kalan Lind left the game in the first period and would not return … Hauser earned his 123rd career win to set a new WHL record … attendance at the Scotiabank Saddledome was 2,573.

NEXT UP

Red Deer hosts the Hitmen in the final home game of the season this Saturday, March 22 at the Centrium at 7 P.M. (TICKETS).