Quality Rimbey Royals 0, Airdrie Techmation Thunder 5
The Airdrie Techmation Thunder shut out the Quality Rimbey Royals 5-0 at Ron Ebbesen Arena on Friday, extending Rimbey’s winless start to the season.
Neither team scored in a penalty-heavy first period that included a game misconduct to Rimbey’s Darren Walker. Airdrie broke the game open in the second with four goals: Landyn Scribner’s game-winner at 3:26, Zachery Hall’s insurance goal at 4:54, a power-play goal from Zackery Uphill at 12:12, and Zachary Harder at 18:28 to make it 4-0 after 40 minutes. Jaxon Freeman added a shorthanded, empty-net goal in the final minute of the third to close out the 5-0 final.
Airdrie’s Hudson Brett made 18 saves on 18 shots for the shutout. Rimbey’s Valentino Elias Harson stopped 47 of 51. Attendance at Ron Ebbesen Arena was 211.