The Red Deer Rebels suffered a significant blow today as it turns out that #1 goaltender, import Patrik Bartosak, will not be out for just the 2-6 weeks with an "upper body injury" as first thought. Instead, Bartosak is headed for surgery and is done for the season. The team does not seem to have confirmed this officially, but on his Twitter account Bartosak said he is done for the year.
The Rebels have replaced Bartosak as their #1 goalie by adding former Tiger and Warrior goaltender Devan Dubyk - as you might recall, Dubyk was the backup for the Tigers for the last two years before being released during training camp. The Warriors picked him up but also released him after a couple of games. Now he is back in the WHL with the Rebels.
There's a catch though - Dubyk is an overager, and the Rebels already had three - defencemen Justin Weller and Aaron Borejko and forward Josh Cowen. So, one of those three guys is going to lose his spot on the Rebels in a trickle-down effect here.
Cowen and Borejko are currently injured so for right now I assume the Rebels have placed one of the two on the injured list and thus avoid having to release anyone right away. But when all four guys are healthy, somebody is going to have to go.
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Good to see Dubyk get another shot. I see he got the win last night! He had a rough start to the season.
Back in July Dubyks rights were with the SJHLs Notre Dame Hounds. Hounds gave up Dubyk in exchange for Humboldts rights to forward Dayton Shaw.
Then Dubyk left for MooseJaw Warriors in September? Then released again to Humboldt Broncos.
I would imagine Dubyk is in Red Deer for the rest of the season.
Where does that leave the Humboldt Broncos who are hosting the RBC Cup?
Dubyk where he should be.
Humboldt without a top 91 goaltender.
Shaw goes from a RBC Cup Humboldt bronco team to a struggling Notre Dame team.
Humboldt loses as does Shaw.
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