Red Deer Rebels

Red Deer Rebels
City	Red Deer, Alberta
League	Western Hockey League
Conference	Eastern
Division	Central
Founded	1992
Home arena	ENMAX Centrium
Colours	Burgundy, black, white and silver
General manager	Brent Sutter
Head coach	Brent Sutter [1]
Website www.reddeerrebels.com/

Original Rebels "Skate" logo, used 1992-1997.

The Red Deer Rebels are a Western Hockey League junior ice hockey team based in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. They play their home games at the ENMAX Centrium to a maximum crowd of 7972.

The Rebels were a very successful team in the early 2000s winning three consecutive division and conference titles between 2000–01 and 2002–03. This period began with a WHL and Memorial Cup championship in 2001 when Doug Lynch scored the overtime winner against the Val-d'Or Foreurs. The Rebels were unable to duplicate this feat, however, falling in the league championship series the next two seasons.

President, and owner Brent Sutter was also highly successful while serving as Team Canada's coach at both the 2005 and 2006 World Junior Hockey Championships. His older brother, Brian, took over the reins of the team for the 2007-08 season. Brent Sutter was named as the new head coach on November 14, 2012.

The Rebels had the first overall pick in the 2008 WHL Bantam Draft, choosing Burnaby, British Columbia native Ryan Nugent-Hopkins who was also selected number one overall at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. Other notable first round draft picks include Cam Ward, Dion Phaneuf, Mathew Dumba, Jesse Wallin, etc.

Championships

Division titles won: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2010-11

Regular season titles won: 2000–01, 2001–02

League Championships won: 2001

Memorial Cup Titles: 2001

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties OTL = Overtime losses Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1992–93	72	31	39	2	-	284	329	64	6th East	Lost in first round
1993–94	72	35	36	1	-	310	334	71	6th East	Lost in first round
1994–95	72	17	51	4	-	209	356	38	9th East	Out of playoffs
1995–96	72	28	39	5	-	263	300	61	4th Central	Lost East Conference semi-final
1996–97	72	43	26	3	-	317	297	89	2nd Central	Lost East Conference final
1997–98	72	27	40	5	-	281	323	59	3rd Central	Lost East Conference quarter-final
1998–99	72	34	33	5	-	274	250	73	2nd Central	Lost East Conference semi-final
1999–00	72	32	31	9	0	227	229	73	3rd Central	Lost East Conference quarter-final
2000–01	72	54	12	3	3	304	168	114	1st Central	Won Championship & Memorial Cup
2001–02	72	46	18	7	1	264	184	100	1st Central	Lost final
2002–03	72	50	17	3	2	271	160	105	1st Central	Lost final
2003–04	72	35	22	10	5	167	169	85	2nd Central	Lost Eastern Conference final
2004–05	72	36	26	6	4	206	200	82	4th Central	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
Season	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
2005–06	72	26	40	1	5	166	220	58	5th Central	Out of playoffs
2006–07	72	35	28	4	5	206	214	79	4th Central	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
2007–08	72	18	47	4	3	145	255	43	6th Central	Out of playoffs
2008–09	72	25	37	1	9	172	250	60	6th Central	Out of playoffs
2009–10	72	39	28	0	5	202	222	83	4th Central	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
2010–11	72	48	16	4	4	268	159	104	1st Central	Lost Eastern Conference semi-final
2011–12	72	32	34	1	5	204	231	70	5th Central	Out of playoffs
2012–13	72	39	26	5	2	208	204	85	3rd Central	Lost Eastern Conference semi-final

WHL Championship history

• 2000-01: Win, 4-1 vs Portland
• 2001-02: Loss, 2-4 vs Kootenay
• 2002-03: Loss, 2-4 vs Kelowna

Team records

Team records for a single season
Statistic	Total	Season
Most points	114	2000–01
Most wins	54	2000–01
Most goals for	317	1996–97
Least goals for	145	2007–08
Least goals against	159	2010–11
Most goals against	356	1994–95

Individual player records for a single season
Statistic	Player	Total	Season
Most goals	B. J. Young	58	1996–97
Most assists	Justin Mapletoft	77	2000–01
Most points	Justin Mapletoft	120	2000–01
Most points, rookie	Matt Ellison	96	2002–03
Most points, defenceman	Darren Van Impe	84	1993–94
Best GAA, goalie	Cam Ward	2.05	2003–04
Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played

Current roster

Goaltenders
Number		Player	Catches	Acquired	NHL rights	Place of birth
31		Bolton Pouliot	L	2009 WHL Bantam Draft	Undrafted	Calgary, Alberta
33		Spencer Tremblay	L	2012 from Moose Jaw Warriors	Undrafted	Winnipeg, Manitoba
35		Patrik Bartosak	L	2011 CHL Import Draft	Undrafted	Kopřivnice, Czech Republic

Defencemen
Number		Player	Shoots	Acquired	NHL rights	Place of birth
2		Devan Fafard	L	2012 from Saskatoon Blades	Undrafted	Carlyle, Saskatchewan
4		Haydn Fleury	L	2011 WHL Bantam Draft	Eligible 2014	Carlyle, Saskatchewan
5		Cody Thiel	R	2008 CHL Import Draft	Undrafted	Bruno, Saskatchewan
6		Kevin Pochuk	R	2010 WHL Bantam Draft	Eligible 2013	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7		Brandon Underwood	R	2012 from Regina Pats	Undrafted	San Diego, California
8		Kayle Doetzel	R	2010 WHL Bantam Draft	Eligible 2013	Rosetown, Saskatchewan
23		Brady Gaudet	L	2012 from Kamloops Blazers	Undrafted	Redvers, Saskatchewan
24		Mathew Dumba	R	2009 WHL Bantam Draft	Minnesota	Calgary, Alberta
26		Riley Boomgaarden	L	2010 WHL Bantam Draft	Eligible 2013	Grande Prairie, Alberta

Forwards
Number		Player	Shoots	Acquired	NHL rights	Place of birth
9		Conner Bleackley	R	2011 WHL Bantam Draft	Eligible 2014	High River, Alberta
10		Turner Elson	L	2007 WHL Bantam Draft	Calgary	St. Albert, Alberta
11		Cory Millette	L	2009 WHL Bantam Draft	Eligible 2013	Storthoaks, Saskatchewan
14		Rhyse Dieno	R	2012 from Medicine Hat Tigers	Undrafted	Davidson, Saskatchewan
15		Jesse Miller	L	2009 WHL Bantam Draft	Undrafted	Winnipeg, Manitoba
16		Joel Hamilton	L	2009 WHL Bantam Draft	Undrafted	Cochrane, Alberta
19		Brooks Maxwell	R	2009 WHL Bantam Draft	Eligible 2012	Raymond, Alberta
20		Christian Stockl	R	2012 from Saskatoon Blades	Eligible 2013	Winnipeg, Manitoba
21		Wyatt Johnson	R	2010 WHL Bantam Draft	Eligible 2013	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
22		Tyson Ness	L	2008 WHL Bantam Draft	Undrafted	Grande Prairie, Alberta
25		Marc McCoy	R	2009 WHL Bantam Draft	Undrafted	Edmonton, Alberta
27		Matt Bellerive	R	2009 WHL Bantam Draft	Eligible 2013	Vancouver, British Columbia

NHL alumni

• Colby Armstrong
• Arron Asham
• Clayton Beddoes
• Ryan Bonni
• Mike Brown
• Phil Crowe
• Matt Ellison
• Martin Erat
• Colin Fraser
• Matt Fraser
• Michael Garnett
• Dallas Gaume
• Carsen Germyn
• Boyd Gordon

• Martin Hanzal
• Jay Henderson
• Blair Jones
• Matt Keith
• Darcy Kuemper
• Peter Leboutillier
• Brad Leeb
• Brian Loney
• Ross Lupaschuk
• Doug Lynch
• Steve MacIntyre
• Justin Mapletoft
• Masi Marjamaki
• Mike McBain
• Derek Meech

• Vladimir Mihalik
• Randy Moller
• Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
• Stephen Peat
• Dion Phaneuf
• Craig Reichert
• James Reimer
• Terry Ryan
• Robert Schnabel
• Sean Selmser
• Shay Stephenson
• Brandon Sutter
• Brent Sutter
• Brett Sutter

• Darren Van Impe
• Jim Vandermeer
• Pete Vandermeer
• Kris Versteeg
• Jesse Wallin
• Kyle Wanvig
• Cam Ward
• Lance Ward
• Roman Wick
• Jeff Woywitka
• Mikhail Yakubov
• B. J. Young

See also

• List of ice hockey teams in Alberta

External links

• Official Web Site
• Unofficial Fan Site