Rebels Down Tigers in Shootout
Red Deer, AB – The Red Deer Rebels defeated the Medicine Hat Tigers 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday night at the Enmax Centrium.
Down 2-0, the Tigers managed to battle back to take a 4-3 lead before the Rebels evened the score to send the game to overtime. When overtime solved nothing, a 12 round shootout was eventually won by the Rebels as Cody Esposito beat Tigers netminder Ryan Holfeld.
With the Tigers trailing 3-1, defenceman Mark Isherwood scored twice on the power play and added a power play assist to help the Tigers to a one goal lead late in the third period. Tigers forward Linden Vey scored the loan second period goal for Medicine Hat.
Brennan Bosch also scored for the Tigers, who went 4 for 7 on the power play.
Goaltender Ryan Holfeld, starting his second straight game in as many nights, recorded 34 saves and 8 more in the shootout.
The Tigers, who held the Rebels scoreless on eight power plays, were outshot by the Rebels 39-32.
Watch all the highlights on Tigers TV at www.tigershockey.com.
The Tigers next game is on Friday, September 26th in Lethbridge versus the Hurricanes…Game Preview.
Red Deer Rebels 5, MEDICINE HAT TIGERS 4 (SO) – Game Summary
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