The Red Deer Rebels are a Canadian major junior ice hockey team based in Red Deer, Alberta. The Rebels are members of the Western Hockey League and play home games at the Marchant Crane Centrium. The Rebels won the President's Cup and the Memorial Cup during the 2000–01 season.
History In 1991, coach Terry Simpson and his brother were granted an expansion franchise 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 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 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.
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 SeasonGPWLTOTLGFGAPointsStandingPlayoffsHead coachAssistant coachGeneral manager 1992–93 72 31 39 2 - 284 329 64 6th East Lost in first round Peter Anholt Rick Pankiw, Mike Moller Wayne Simpson 1993–94 72 35 36 1 - 310 334 71 6th East Lost in first round Peter Anholt Mike Moller Wayne Simpson 1994–95 72 17 51 4 - 209 356 38 9th East Out of playoffs Peter Anholt Mike Moller Wayne Simpson 1995–96 72 28 39 5 - 263 300 61 4th Central Lost East Conference semi-final Rick Carriere Jim Hammett Wayne Simpson 1996–97 72 43 26 3 - 317 297 89 2nd Central Lost Eastern Conference final Rick Carriere Doug Hobson Wayne Simpson 1997–98 72 27 40 5 - 281 323 59 3rd Central Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final Rick Carriere, Doug Hobson Doug Hobson, Kurt Lackton Wayne Simpson 1998–99 72 34 33 5 - 274 250 73 2nd Central Lost Eastern Conference semi-final Terry Simpson Peter Anholt Wayne Simpson 1999–2000 72 32 31 9 0 227 229 73 3rd Central Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final Brent Sutter Peter Anholt, Dallas Gaume Brent Sutter 2000–01 72 54 12 3 3 304 168 114 1st Central Won Championship & Memorial Cup Brent Sutter Dan McDonald, Dallas Gaume Brent Sutter 2001–02 72 46 18 7 1 264 184 100 1st Central Lost final Brent Sutter Dallas Gaume Brent Sutter 2002–03 72 50 17 3 2 271 160 105 1st Central Lost final Brent Sutter Dallas Gaume Brent Sutter 2003–04 72 35 22 10 5 167 169 85 2nd Central Lost Eastern Conference final Brent Sutter Dallas Gaume Brent Sutter 2004–05 72 36 26 6 4 206 200 82 4th Central Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final Brent Sutter Dallas Gaume Brent Sutter 2005–06 72 26 40 1 5 166 220 58 5th Central Out of playoffs Brent Sutter Jesse Wallin, Dallas Gaume Brent Sutter 2006–07 72 35 28 4 5 206 214 79 4th Central Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final Brent Sutter Jesse Wallin, Dallas Gaume Brent Sutter 2007–08 72 18 47 4 3 145 255 43 6th Central Out of playoffs Brian Sutter Jesse Wallin, Dallas Gaume Brent Sutter 2008–09 72 25 37 1 9 172 250 60 6th Central Out of playoffs Jesse Wallin Dallas Gaume, Bryce Thoma Brent Sutter 2009–10 72 39 28 0 5 202 222 83 4th Central Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final Jesse Wallin Dallas Gaume, Bryce Thoma Jesse Wallin (VP Hockey Ops) 2010–11 72 48 16 4 4 268 159 104 1st Central Lost Eastern Conference semi-final Jesse Wallin Chris Neiszner, Bruce Thoma Jesse Wallin (VP Hockey Ops) 2011–12 72 32 34 1 5 204 231 70 5th Central Out of playoffs Jesse Wallin Chris Neiszner, Bruce Thoma Jesse Wallin 2012–13 72 39 26 5 2 208 204 85 3rd Central Lost Eastern Conference semi-final Jesse Wallin, Brent Sutter Bryce Thoma, Jeff Truitt Brent Sutter 2013–14 72 35 32 1 4 214 224 75 5th Central Lost tiebreaker vs Prince AlbertOut of Playoffs Brent Sutter Steve O'Rourke, Jeff Truitt Brent Sutter 2014–15 72 38 23 5 6 240 227 87 3rd Central Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final Brent Sutter Steve O'Rourke, Jeff Truitt Brent Sutter 2015–16 72 45 24 1 2 260 205 93 2nd Central Lost Eastern Conference finalQualified for Memorial Cup as hosts Lost semi-final Brent Sutter Steve O'Rourke, Jeff Truitt Brent Sutter 2016–17 72 30 29 9 4 239 258 73 3rd Central Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final Brent Sutter Steve O'Rourke, Jeff Truitt, Pierre-Paul Lamoureux Brent Sutter 2017–18 72 27 32 10 3 209 250 67 3rd Central Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final Brent Sutter Steve O'Rourke, Jeff Truitt Brent Sutter 2018–19 68 33 29 4 2 223 225 72 5th Central Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final Brent Sutter Steve O'Rourke, Jeff Truitt Brent Sutter 2019–20 63 24 33 3 3 181 250 54 5th Central Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic Brent Sutter Ryan Colville, Brad Flynn Brent Sutter 2020–21 23 4 15 4 0 59 106 12 5th Central No playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic Brent Sutter Ryan Colville, Brad Flynn Brent Sutter 2021–22 68 45 19 2 2 264 188 94 2nd Central Lost Eastern Conference semi-final Steve Konowalchuk Ryan Colville, Mike Egener Brent Sutter 2022–23 68 43 19 3 3 248 189 92 1st Central Lost Eastern Conference semi-final Steve Konowalchuk Ryan Colville, Mike Egener Brent Sutter 2023–24 68 33 26 3 6 213 217 75 3rd Central Lost Eastern Conference semi-final Derrick Walser, David Struch Clayton Beddoes, Mike Egener, Brent Sutter 2024–25 68 26 34 6 2 174 244 60 5th Central Did not qualify David Struch Ryan Colville, Mike Egener Brent Sutter 2025–26 68 26 36 4 2 198 266 58 4th Central Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final Marc Habscheid Ryan Colville, Mike Egener Brent Sutter
Championship history
Memorial Cups: 2001 Ed Chynoweth Cups: 2001 conference championships: 2001, 2002, 2003 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 Kelowna Rockets
Memorial Cup finals
2001: 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 2025–26, Talon Brigley
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 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 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 John Persson Alex Petrovic Dion Phaneuf Luke Philp Kristian Reichel Craig Reichert James Reimer Terry Ryan Robert Schnabel Sean Selmser Shay Stephenson Austin Strand Brandon Sutter Brett Sutter Kai Uchacz Jim Vandermeer Pete Vandermeer Darren Van Impe Kris Versteeg Jesse Wallin Kyle Wanvig Cam Ward Lance Ward Roman Wick Jeff Woywitka Mikhail Yakubov B. J. Young
Awards
WHL
Award Topic Player Season AirBC Trophy Playoff MVP award Shane Bendera 2001 WHL Plus-Minus Award Best ± rating Jim Vandermeer 2000–01 St. Clair Group Trophy Marketing/public relations award Pat Garrity 1996–97 Greg McConkey 2001–02 Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy Humanitarian of the year award Jesse Wallin 1996–97 1997–98 Jim Vandermeer 2000–01 Colin Fraser 2004–05 Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy Executive of the year Brent Sutter 2000–01 Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy Coach of the year Del Wilson Trophy Top goaltender Cam Ward 2001–02 2003–04 Darcy Kuemper 2010–11 Patrik Bartosak 2012–13 Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy Rookie of the year Matt Ellison 2002–03 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 2009–10 Mathew Dumba 2010–11 Bill Hunter Trophy Top defenceman Jeff Woywitka 2002–03 Dion Phaneuf 2003–04 2004–05 Alex Petrovic 2011–12 Brad Hornung Trophy Most sportsmanlike player Boyd Gordon 2002–03 Bob Clarke Trophy Top scorer Justin Mapletoft 2000–01 Arshdeep Bains 2021–22 Four Broncos Memorial Trophy Player of the year Justin Mapletoft 2000–01 Cam Ward 2003–04 Darcy Kuemper 2010–11
CHL
Award Player Season CHL Humanitarian of the Year Jesse Wallin 1996–97 Jim Vandermeer 2000–01 Colin Fraser 2004–05 CHL Goaltender of the Year Cam Ward 2003–04 Darcy Kuemper 2010–11 Patrik Bartosak 2012–13 CHL Rookie of the Year Matt Ellison 2002–03 CHL Top Draft Prospect Award Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 2010–11 Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award Brent Sutter 2000–01 Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy Memorial Cup MVP Kyle Wanvig 2001
See also List of ice hockey teams in Alberta
References
External links Official web site