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Red Deer Rebels goaltender Kyle Kelsey shakes hands with Blades goaltender Austin Elliott following a Game 7 loss at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon. (Photo by Steve Hiscock/ Saskatoon Blades)
Red Deer Rebels fall in Game 7 BY IAN GUSTAFSON ADVOCATE STAFF
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n sports, there are very few words that are sweeter than Game 7. In the biggest game of the year, the Red Deer Rebels and Saskatoon Blades went head-to-head for the final time. And on Tuesday night in
Saskatoon in front of 9,489 fans at the SaskTel Centre, the Blades beat the visiting Rebels 5-2. The Saskatoon Blades became the third team in Western Hockey League history to overcome a 3-0 series deficit. They’re the first since 2013 when the Kelowna Rockets accomplished that feat and before that in 1996 by the Spokane Chiefs. Saskatoon will now ad-
vance to the WHL Eastern Conference Finals to go up against the Winnipeg Ice beginning this weekend. On the other end of the ice, the Rebels are left in disbelief. A week ago they led the series 3-0 and are now left to ponder what could have been and what went wrong. Rebels head coach Steve Konowalchuk said it was a tough loss. Everyone gave
their best effort but they just came up short. “We didn’t win the last four games that’s what went wrong,” he said. “We had chances every game but we didn’t score on our chances and they scored on theirs. That’s hockey but the bottom line is I’m proud of every guy who played hard here tonight.
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