Red Deer, Alb – The Red Deer Rebels won the overtime shootout 1-0 in a 5-4 win over the Kootenay ICE in WHL action on Wednesday night.
ICE goals came from Brayden McNabb, Max Reinhart, Joe Antilla and Cody Eakin.
Kevin King had 2 assists.
Rebels won the season series 6-2 including winning all 4 games in Red Deer.
Max Reinhart was stopped on penalty shot in the 2nd period.
Reinhart is 1/2 in penalty shots in his career.
ICE are 0-for-2 in penalty shots this season and both were against Red Deer.
Kevin King extended his point streak to 14 games, Max Reinhart 8 games and Hayden Rintoul 4 games.
ICE remain tied with Medicine Hat for 3rd place in the Conference and will host Prince Albert on Friday.
ICE Scratches – Luke Paulsen (1st game shoulder 4-6 weeks), Brock Montgomery (2nd game pelvis/hip 2 weeks), Joey Leach (16th game ankle day-to-day).
Leach has skated the last couple of days and if there is no swelling there is a chance he will return this weekend.
Because of injuries to the ICE top 5 defensemen this year they have missed a total of 76 man-games to injury. (Hayden Rintoul 21, Brayden McNabb 12, James Martin 17, Luke Paulsen 10, Joey Leach 16).
Game Summary
Red Deer 47-12-0-2 Kootenay 39-18-1-3
Kootenay 2 1 1 0 - 4
Red Deer 2 1 1 0 - 5
1st Period-1, Red Deer, Pufahl 1 (Siwak, Kambeitz), 8:28. 2, Kootenay, McNabb 18 (King), 13:55. 3, Kootenay, Reinhart 31 (Rintoul, Lieuwen), 16:36 (PP). 4, Red Deer, Froese 35 (Petrovic, Nugent-Hopkins), 19:45 (PP). Penalties-Deagle R.d (tripping), 15:18; Fraser Ktn (hooking), 19:10.
2nd Period-5, Red Deer, Kambeitz 15 (Mayor), 2:15. 6, Kootenay, Antilla 18 (King, Boomer), 19:37. Penalties-No Penalties
3rd Period-7, Kootenay, Eakin 29 (Fraser), 4:59. 8, Red Deer, Froese 36 (Ferguson, Deagle), 6:31. Penalties-Mayor R.d (tripping), 8:03.
OT Period- No Scoring.Penalties-No Penalties
Shootout - Kootenay 0 (Fraser NG, Eakin NG, Reinhart NG), Red Deer 1 (Nugent-Hopkins NG, Siwak G).
Shots on Goal-Kootenay 10-17-5-2-0-34. Red Deer 8-6-10-2-1-27.
Power Play Opportunities-Kootenay 1 / 2; Red Deer 1 / 1.
Goalies-Kootenay, Lieuwen 28-13-1-2 (26 shots-22 saves). Red Deer, Kuemper 39-10-2-2 (34 shots-30 saves).
A-4,346
Referees-Trevor Hanson, Steve Papp (36).
Linesmen-Shayne Davis (93), Cory Lundquist (128).