Coward seizes opportunity in the crease
May 10, 2021
Chase Coward took full advantage of the opportunity when he was finally able to get in between the pipes for the Red Deer Rebels this season.
Coward was a spectator for the first 18 games of the season before playing in four of the final five games to wrap up the 2020-21 season. He made his first start of the season on April 19 against the host Medicine Hat Tigers in a 3-2 loss.
“I was super excited when I finally got told that I was going to get a start. I just wanted to go out there and prove to myself and to everyone else that I belonged in the league. I did that and then the starts kept coming in and the confidence just kept going up.”
Coward makes season debut with Rebels
April 20, 2021
Swift Current’s Chase Coward made his season debut for the Red Deer Rebels on Monday. The 6’2’’ netminder made 32 saves on 35 shots as the Rebels lost 3-2 to the host Medicine Hat Tigers.
Coward, 18, has been serving as the third goaltender with the Rebels behind Byron Fancy and Ethan Anders.
Coward had an outstanding season with the Moose Jaw U18 AAA Warriors in 2019-20 as he finished with a 2.08 goals against average and a .930 save percentage in 27 games. He saw action in two games for the Rebels last season.
The Rebels fell to 2-15-2-0, while the Tigers improved to 12-3-0-1.
th goal of the season from a nice pass by Josh Williams.
There was just one goal in the second period and it came at the 17:52 mark as Carter Souch took a short pass in tight from Liam Keeler and beat a sprawled out Fancy for his second goal of the year.
Carter Souch has goals in back-to-back games & the @EdmOilKings take a 3-1 lead into the intermission! pic.twitter.com/Kp5lmBdk1Z
Edmonton added two more goals in the third period. Kade Oliver netted his sixth of the year at 2:47 and Jalen Luypen added eighth of the campaign at 5:19 to wrap this one up for the Oil Kings.
February 27, 2021 - 10:57 PM
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Dylan Guenther and Kaid Oliver each scored two goals in a 7-2 Edmonton Oil Kings win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes.
Oliver also had two assists to cap off his four-point night while Guenther added an assist to his tally. Liam Keeler, Scott Atkinson and Jalen Luypen also scored for Edmonton (2-0-0-0).
Sebastian Cossa made 17 saves between the pipes for Edmonton.
Justin Hall scored both goals for Lethbridge (0-2-0-0). Goaltender Bryan Thomson allowed all seven goals while making only 30 saves. -
TIGERS 7 REBELS 2
MEDICINE HAT, AB â The Medicine Hat Tigers had seven different goal scorers hit the back of the net in a 7-2 demolishing of the Red Deer Rebels Saturday night at home. Garin Bjorklund made 19 saves for Medicine Hat while Red Deer goaltenders Ethan Anders and Byron Fancy combined for 26 saves.