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The Red Deer Rebels are a Canadian major
junior ice hockey Junior ice hockey is amateur-level ice hockey for 16 to 20 year-old players. National Junior teams compete annually for the IIHF World Junior Championship. The United States men's national junior ice hockey team are the defending champions from ...
team based in
Red Deer, Alberta Red Deer is a city in Alberta, Canada, located midway on the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Red Deer serves central Alberta, and its key industries include health care, retail trade, construction, oil and gas, hospitality, manufacturing and educati ...
. The Rebels are members of the
Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior hocke ...
and play home games at the Marchant Crane Centrium. The Rebels won the President's Cup and the
Memorial Cup The Memorial Cup () is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), a consortium of three Junior ice hockey, major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tou ...
during the 2000–01 season.


History

In 1991, coach Terry Simpson and his brother were granted an expansion franchise, and they wanted in Red Deer. From a name-the-team contest, the top three ideas were Rebels, Renegades, and Centurions. The Rebels selected Mike McBain as their first player in the Bantam Draft. The Rebels' first game was on September 25, 1992, in Red Deer against the Prince Albert Raiders; the Rebels won 6–3. In 1999, the Simpsons sold the team to Brent Sutter. With Sutter as coach and manager, the Rebels won three consecutive division and conference titles between 2000–01 and 2002–03. The period began with President's Cup and
Memorial Cup The Memorial Cup () is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), a consortium of three Junior ice hockey, major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tou ...
championships in 2001, with Jeff Smith scoring the overtime winner against the Val-d'Or Foreurs in the Memorial Cup final. Brent Sutter stepped aside as coach in 2007 and his brother, Brian Sutter, took over the team for the 2007–08 season. Brian was with the team for just one season before former captain Jesse Wallin took over. In 2012, Brent Sutter fired Wallin and took over as head coach for the first time since 2007. The Rebels hosted team of the 2016 Memorial Cup tournament, thus making their second appearance at the national championship. The Rebels advanced to the semi-final, where they were eliminated by the
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. In 2022, the team set a WHL record for the longest winning streak at the beginning of their season, opening with 15 straight wins.


Season-by-season record

''Legend: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties OTL = Overtime losses Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''


Championship history

* Memorial Cups:
2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
* Ed Chynoweth Cups: 2001 * Scotty Munro Memorial Trophies: 2000–01, 2001–02 * Division titles won: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2010–11, 2022–23


WHL finals

* 2000–01: Win, 4–1 vs Portland Winter Hawks * 2001–02: Loss, 2–4 vs Kootenay Ice * 2002–03: Loss, 2–4 vs
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Memorial Cup finals

*
2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
: Win, 6–5 (OT) vs Val-d'Or Foreurs


Players


Team captains

* 1992–93, Todd Johnson * 1993–94, Ken Richardson * 1994–95, Peter Leboutillier * 1995–96, Terry Lindgren * 1996–98, Jesse Wallin * 1998–99, Brad Leeb * 1999–2001, Jim Vandermeer * 2001–02, Colby Armstrong * 2004–05, Colin Fraser * 2006–07, Brett Sutter * 2007–08, Brandon Sutter * 2009–11, Colin Archer * 2011–12, Turner Elison * 2013–14, Conner Bleackley * 2014–15, Luke Philp * 2014–16, Wyatt Johnson * 2016–17, Adam Musil * 2017–18, Grayson Pawlenchuk * 2018–19, Reese Johnson * 2019–2020, Dawson Barteaux * 2020, Ethan Sakowich * 2020–23, Jayden Grubbe * 2023–24, Kai Uchacz * 2024–25, Ollie Josephson


NHL alumni

* Alexander Alexeyev * Colby Armstrong * Arron Asham * Arshdeep Bains * Ryan Bonni * Mike Brown * Jake DeBrusk * Mathew Dumba * Matt Ellison * Turner Elson * Martin Erat * Landon Ferraro * Haydn Fleury * Colin Fraser * Matt Fraser * Byron Froese *
Michael Garnett Michael Garnett (born November 25, 1982) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for Nottingham Panthers of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). Garnett previously played for the National Hockey League's ...
* Carsen Germyn * Boyd Gordon * Brandon Hagel * Martin Hanzal * Jay Henderson * Reese Johnson * Blair Jones * Matt Keith * Darcy Kuemper * Peter Leboutillier * Brad Leeb * Brian Loney *
Ross Lupaschuk Ross Lupaschuk (born January 19, 1981) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman. He played 3 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2002–03 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2001 to 2013, ...
* Doug Lynch * Steve MacIntyre * Josh Mahura * Justin Mapletoft * Masi Marjamaki * Mike McBain * Derek Meech * Vladimir Mihalik * Nelson Nogier * Ryan Nugent-Hopkins * Stephen Peat *
Lane Pederson Lane Pederson (born August 4, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Pe ...
* John Persson * Alex Petrovic *
Dion Phaneuf Dion Phaneuf (born 10 April 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defence (ice hockey), defenseman who played for the Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators and Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). H ...
* Luke Philp * Kristian Reichel * Craig Reichert * James Reimer * Terry Ryan * Robert Schnabel * Sean Selmser *
Shay Stephenson Shay Stephenson (born September 13, 1983) is a Canadian former professional hockey player. He played in 2 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings during the 2006–07 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 200 ...
* Austin Strand * Brandon Sutter * Brett Sutter * Jim Vandermeer * Pete Vandermeer * Darren Van Impe *
Kris Versteeg Kristopher Royce Versteeg (born May 13, 1986) is a Canadian entrepreneur and former professional ice hockey winger. During his career, he played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers, Carolina Hurr ...
* Jesse Wallin * Kyle Wanvig * Cam Ward *
Lance Ward Lance Ward (born June 2, 1978) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He holds the current Elitserien record for most penalty minutes during one season. Playing career Born in Lloydminster, Alberta, Ward was originall ...
* Roman Wick *
Jeff Woywitka Jeffrey Woywitka (born September 1, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, and New York Rangers. Playing career Woywitka was drafted fro ...
* Mikhail Yakubov * B. J. Young


Awards


WHL


CHL


See also

* List of ice hockey teams in Alberta


References


External links


Official web site
{{Alberta Sports Ice hockey teams in Alberta Sport in Red Deer, Alberta Ice hockey clubs established in 1992 Western Hockey League teams 1992 establishments in Alberta