RED DEER, Alberta (Interstat) — The Kamloops Blazers will visit the Red Deer Rebels on Tuesday in a minor league hockey game at Marchant Crane Centrium. Red Deer will be the home team, and Kamloops will be the visiting team.

Kamloops enters with a 9-6 record. Red Deer is 10-6. The Blazers’ most recent result was a 3-2 shootout win at Calgary. Owen Cooper had a goal and an assist in that game, while Gavin Nemis had an assist and Jacob Dumansky recorded six shots.

Cooper is a player to watch for Kamloops. In his recent appearances, he had a goal and an assist with three shots and two penalty minutes in the Calgary game. He also scored in a 4-0 win against Tri-City and had two shots in a 3-2 win at Wenatchee. He recorded one shot in a 3-1 win at Edmonton. In the most recent result, he also helped Kamloops to a shootout victory at Calgary.

Red Deer’s most recent result was a 3-2 overtime win at Edmonton. Beckett Hamilton had two goals and 10 shots in that game. Poul Andersen had a goal and an assist, and Nathan Salisbury made 21 saves.

Hamilton is a player to watch for Red Deer. He also had a goal and three assists against Calgary and a goal with four shots against Saskatoon. Against Lethbridge, he recorded four shots. In another game against Penticton, he had seven shots, and against Victoria he scored two goals with six shots. He had a goal, an assist and 11 shots in a 4-0 win against Edmonton. He also had a goal, two assists and four shots with two penalty minutes at Calgary, and two assists with two penalty minutes against Calgary.

Kamloops has other recent results including a 4-1 win at Edmonton, a 5-4 loss at Wenatchee, a 4-3 shootout win against Vancouver, a 4-0 win against Tri-City, a 3-2 win at Wenatchee, a 4-3 shootout win against Portland, a 4-1 win against Swift Current and a 4-3 overtime loss to Kelowna. Red Deer has recent wins against Calgary, Saskatoon and Victoria, along with an overtime loss to Lethbridge and a loss to Penticton. Red Deer also has a 5-2 win at Moose Jaw, a 4-2 win at Saskatoon, an 8-5 win against Calgary, a 9-4 win against Victoria and a 4-0 win against Edmonton. The teams will meet at Marchant Crane Centrium.

Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Red Deer 4, Kamloops 3.