Red Deer, Alb – The Red Deer Rebels scored 5 first period goals in a 5-1 win over the Kootenay ICE in WHL action on Tuesday night.
The Rebels (21-13-2-1) scored 5 first period goals with Rhyse Dieno, Christian Stockl, Wyatt Johnson, Kevin Pochuk and Turner Elson all with even-strength goals.
The ICE (10-23-1-0) changed goalies to start the second period with Mackenzie Skapski replacing Wyatt Hoflin.
Late in the period Jaedon Descheneau fed Eric Benoit in the slot for a one-time shot that beat the goalie on the stick side.
The ICE will host Spokane on December 28th.
The ICE line-up had 3 16-years-olds, 7 17’s, 7 18’s, 3 19’s and zero 20’s.
16-year-old defenseman Jordan Steenbergen played in his 1st WHL game.
ICE Scratches – Tanner Muth (7th game upper body 1 week), Brock Montgomery (6th game upper body 1 week), Joey Leach (8th game upper body 1 week).
Game Summary
Red Deer 21-13-2-1 Kootenay 10-23-1-0
1st Period-
1, Red Deer, Dieno 7 (Elson), 3:38.
2, Red Deer, Stockl 2 (Miller), 6:34.
3, Red Deer, Johnson 7 (Ness), 12:03.
4, Red Deer, Pochuk 2 (Miller), 13:38.
5, Red Deer, Elson 10 (Maxwell, Dieno), 15:22.
Penalties-Miller R.d (tripping), 19:23.
2nd Period-
6, Kootenay, Benoit 4 (Descheneau), 16:03.
Penalties-Gaudet R.d (interference), 3:12; Thiel R.d (hooking), 19:46.
3rd Period-
No Scoring.
Penalties-Thiel R.d (tripping), 2:35; Steenbergen Ktn (holding), 6:30; Pochuk R.d (hooking), 14:39.
Shots on Goal-Kootenay 10-11-7-28. Red Deer 16-9-14-39.
Power Play Opportunities-Kootenay 0 / 5; Red Deer 0 / 1.
Goalies-Kootenay, Hoflin 0-8-1-0 (16 shots-11 saves); Skapski 10-15-0-0 (23 shots-23 saves). Red Deer, Pouliot 4-5-0-1 (28 shots-27 saves).
A-4,308
Referees-Tyler Adair (58), Colin Watt (72).