Achi news desk-
Kalan Lind scored the game-winning goal at 1:15 of double overtime to cap a five-goal unanswered streak in the Red Deer Rebels’ 5-4 comeback win over the Medicine Hat Tigers on Friday in Hockey League playoff action the West.
Ollie Josephson, Carson Latimer, Kai Uchacz and Mats Lindgren provided the rest of the offense for Red Deer, which took a 1-0 first-round series lead. Chase Wutzke made 38 saves.
Oasiz Wiesblatt, Josh Van Mulligen, Andrew Basha and Gavin McKenna scored for Medicine Hat, which had 29 stops from Ethan McCallum.
Van Mulligen gave the Tigers a 4-0 lead just 2:04 into the second period before the Rebels picked up the slack.
Medicine Hat outscored Red Deer 8-2 in the first overtime before the Rebels’ lone shot in the second OT period was all they needed to complete the comeback.
