The 2012 edition of the WHL Bantam Draft has come and gone. The Red Deer Rebels, with the 6th overall selection, snagged another member of the Burnaby Winter Club in choosing forward Adam Musil. Musil is the brother of Vancouver Giant and Edmonton Oilers prospect David Musil, son of longtime NHLer and Oilers’ scout Frank …

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Red Deer Rebels Make Ten Bantam Draft Selections RED DEER, AB – Jesse Wallin, General Manager/Head Coach of the Red Deer Rebels Hockey Club, announced today the team has made 10 picks in today’s Western Hockey League Bantam Draft held in Calgary.  This year’s draft featured players born in 1997.  The 1997 born players will …

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So Brent Sutter is unemployed eh? Well, not really. As long as you own a major junior hockey club, you’ll always have something to come back to, and since the owner of the Red Deer Rebels has now “mutually agreed to part ways” as Head Coach of the Calgary Flames, I guess that means that …

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NHL Central Scouting released its final rankings this morning and a couple of notable Red Deer Rebels were mentioned, as they have been all season, but for one Rebels’ defenceman in particular, a bit of a drop amongst the scouting organization. Matthew Dumba dropped from the 7th ranked skater and out of the top 10 …

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I’ve given myself a few days to think about things, but decided it was time to finally write about the season that was for the Red Deer Rebels. It was a very up and down season, and one that led fans on a roller coaster of emotions over the past eight months, but at the …

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