RED DEER, Alberta (Interstat) — Beckett Hamilton had one goal and one assist, and the Red Deer Rebels defeated the Medicine Hat Tigers 3-1 on Saturday in Western Hockey League play at Marchant Crane Centrium before 3,313. Red Deer improved to 2-2, while Medicine Hat dropped to 2-1. Patrick Sopiarz and Poul Andersen also scored for the Rebels. Kalder Varga, Graeme Pickering and Cameron Kuzma each added an assist. Matthew Kondro stopped 28 shots. Liam Ruck scored for Medicine Hat, with Markus Ruck and Riley Steen assisting. Hamilton led Red Deer with seven shots on goal, while Sopiarz had three. Andersen recorded four shots, and Cameron Kuzma also had four. Zeb Lindgren had three shots and two penalty minutes. The Rebels scored in the first period and added two in the third. Medicine Hat scored once in the second. The Tigers’ Josh Evaschesen, Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll, Luke Warrener, Kadon McCann and Reily Pickford were penalized. Red Deer’s Luke Jamieson also received a penalty.