Rapid City Rush (ECHL) 2023-24 Season

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Once again home hosting the Tulsa Oilers, secomd leg of this weekend's back to back to back

Rush lose 5-2 in regulation

Tulsa outshoots the rush 33-30

Special teams cost us tonight. Two PPG and one SHG against

Radomsky in net on back to back nights, saves 28/32 for an 0.875 SV%. (1/5 RC goals against on the empty net)

RC goes 0/4 on the PP

Tulsa goes 2/5 on the PP

Your goal scorers are: Aleardi, Kingston

Wranglers contracts: Duarte: -1, 2 SOG.

Record: 4-5-1

Next: Saturday, hosting Tulsa for the third leg of the 3 in 3 days.

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Once again (again) at home hosting the Tulsa Oilers, final leg of this weekend's back to back to back

Rush lose 5-2 in regulation (again)

Tulsa outshoots the Rush (again) 40-28

Radomsky in net on back to back to back nights, still a decent performance: saving 35/39 for an 0.897 SV%. (1/5 RC goals against on the empty net) (again)

Light on special teams tonight, RC goes 0/2, no opportunites for Tulsa.

Your goal scorers are: Duarte (Bennett, Yamamoto), Bennett (Yamamoto)

Wranglers contracts: Duarte: 1G, +1, 4 SOG.

Record: 4-6-1

Next: Friday, at the Wichita Thunder (4-7-1) for another 3 in 3 days

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Gourley (D)
Murphy (G) have been re-assigned to Rapid City

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Away at the Wichita Thunder, first leg of this weekend's back to back to back

Wichita wins 4-2 in regulation. Rush were down 3-0 early in the second, battled back to 3-2 but couldn't keep it rolling.

RC outshoots the Thunder 33-23

Rough night for Radomsky, saves 19/23 for an 0.826 SV%.

Both teams go 1/4 on the PP

Your goal scorers are: Gourley (Yamamoto, Bennett), Colella

Wranglers contracts:
Duarte: -1, 2 SOG.
Gourley (first game since return from Wranglers): 1G, -1, 1 SOG, 2 PIM.


Record: 4-7-1

Next: Tomorrow (Saturday) at Wichita again for leg 2 of 3.

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Away (again) at the Wichita Thunder, second leg of this weekend's back to back to back

The rush win 3-2 in regulation! Special teams made the difference tonight.

RC outshoots the Thunder 31-21

Murphy's first game in net since being returned from the Wranglers, saves 19/21 for a 0.905 SV%.

Excellent night for the special teams:
RC goes 2/4 on the PP
Wichita goes 0/5

Your goal scorers are: Gravelle (Aleardi, Nelson), Nelson (Gravelle, Fergus), Fergus (Aleardi, Nelson)

Wranglers contracts:
Duarte: Even, 2 SOG, 2 PIM.
Gourley: Even, 1 SOG.


Record: 5-7-1

Next: Tomorrow (Sunday) at Wichita again (again) for leg 3 of 3.

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Once again (again) away at the Wichita Thunder, final leg of this weekend's back to back to back

The rush win 7-5 in regulation! Plenty of goals to go around.

Wichita outshoots RC 39-36

Murphy back in net 18 hours after the last game ended. Saves 31/36 for an 0.861 SV%

Less opportunities for special teams tonight, both made it count.

RC goes 1/3 on the PP

Wichita goes 2/3

7 goals from 7 different players: Jeri-Leon (Colella, Robertson), Gravelle (Colella), Soper (Aleardi, Fergus), Yamamoto (Duarte, Helgesen), Helgesen (Aleardi, Nelson), Nelson (Riedell, Gourley), Gourley (Soper)

Wranglers contracts:

Duarte: 1A, +1, 2 SOG, 2 PIM.

Gourley: 1G, 1A, +4, 2 SOG. (Crazy statline for a defenseman in a 5GA game.)

Record: 6-7-1

Next: Wednesday at home hosting the Idaho Steelheads (11-2-0) for 3 in 4 days.

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Tyson Helgesen (D) has been recalled by the Tuscon Roadrunners

Additionally:

The Rush have acquired James Hardie from the Cincinnati Cyclones in exchange for future considerations. Hardie has one goal and five assists through six games so far this season.

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[Sandman]

We've talked about James Hardie many times on this site. Very good junior player.

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At home hosting the Idaho Steelheads, first leg of the 3 in 4

The Idaho wins 5-3 in regulation! Rush had a 2-0 lead but blew it

Idaho outshoots RC 27-26

Radomsky with a rough night in net. Saves 22/27 for an 0.815 SV%

RC goes 0/3 on the PP

Idaho goes 0/2

Your goal scorers are: Martin, Colella (Jeri-Leon), Aleardi (Gravelle, Nelson)

Wranglers contracts:

Duarte: -1, 1 SOG

Gourley: -1

Record: 6-8-1

Next: Friday at home again hosting the Idaho Steelheads for leg 2 of 3

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At home hosting the Idaho Steelheads again, second leg of the 3 in 4

The Idaho wins 4-1 in regulation.

Idaho outshoots RC 42-39

Murphy saves 38/42 for a 0.905 SV%

RC goes 0/4 on the PP

Idaho goes 2/5

Your goal scorer is: Soper (Colella)

Wranglers contracts:

Duarte: -1, 4 SOG 2 PIM

Gourley: +1, 1 SOG

Record: 6-9-1

Next: Tomorrow at home again (again) hosting the Idaho Steelheads for leg 3 of 3

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At home hosting the Idaho Steelheads again (again), second leg of the 3 in 4

Idaho wins 6-3 in regulation. RC actually had the lead a few times, but got steamrolled in the 3rd.

Idaho outshoots RC 45-33

Murphy saves 39/44 for an 0.886 SV% (1 ENG)

RC goes 0/1 on the PP

Idaho goes 1/2

Your goal scorers are: Jeri-Leon (Robertson, Colella), Yamamoto (Hardie, Martin), Aleardi (Martin, Bennett)

Wranglers contracts:

Duarte: -1, 3 SOG

Gourley: -1

Record: 6-10-1

Next: Full week off, then its 4 games over 7 days all against the Wichita Thunder (6-11-1)

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[Reggie Dunlop]

Duarte has been called up to the Wranglers.

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The Rush have acquired forward Ty Enns from the Kansas City Mavericks in exchange for cash considerations. (Love how this league still literally sells players)

Rapid City has also signed free-agent forward Brandon Yeamans. (The enforcer was traded from Kalamazoo to the Allen Americans before being released from his contract a couple days ago)

The Rush have waived forward Conner Bleackley (0G 3A, 13 GP)

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Gourley (D) has been recalled by the Wranglers

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On the road against the Wichita Thunder

Wichita wins 2-1 in regulation, which was a decent showing for a Rapid City team that only iced 11 forwards and 5 defensemen.

The Rush outshot the thunder 28-24

Murphy saves 22/24 for an 0.917 SV%

RC goes 0/3 on the PP

Wichita goes 1/3

Your goal scorers are: Aleardi (Nelson, Helgesen)

Wranglers contracts: Nope, none, nobody, zilch, its why the team only iced 16 skaters

Record: 6-11-1

Next: Thursday, hosting the Wichita Thunder (7-11-1) for 3 in 3.

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Quarter of the way through the season, 18 games down, 54 to go.

Record: 6-11-1, 4 game losing streak, 2-8-0 in their last 10.

Standings: 6th out of 8 in the Mountain Division. (12th out of 14 in the Western Conference, 25th of 28 in the League)

Scoring: 2.89 GF/GP (7th in division), 3.72 GA/GP (6th in division)

Special teams: Not great... PP: 12.5%, PK 73.7%

Goaltending has been split evenly between Murphy and Radomsky, and both have almost identical stats:
Murphy: 4-5-0, 537 Min, 3.47 GAA, 0.896 SV%
Radomsky: 2-6-1, 535 Min, 3.48 GAA, 0.897 SV%

Leaders:
Goals: Bennett/Aleardi, 7
Assists: Aleardi, 10
Points: Aleardi, 17
PIM: Hoffman, 17 PIM
+/-: Martin +6 (Bennett -10)

[Reggie Dunlop]

Gourley sent back down to the ECHL.

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At home hosting the Wichita Thunder for leg one of the 3 in 3.

The Rush win 3-2 in regulation!

The Rush outshot the thunder a whopping 45-20

Radomsky saves 18/20 for an even 0.900 SV%

RC goes 1/6 on the PP

Wichita goes 2/7

Your goal scorers are: Yamamoto (Martin, Hardie), Jeri-Leon (Gourley, Nelson), Aleardi (Gravelle, Fergus)

Wranglers contracts:
Gourley: 1A +1 5SOG 7PIM (Had a fight tonight)

Record: 7-11-1

Next: Hosting Wichita again on Friday for leg 2 of 3.

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Murphy is up with the Wranglers by the way

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At home (again) hosting the Wichita Thunder for leg two of the 3 in 3.

The Rush win 4-3 in OT, one goal each period for the RCR.

The Rush outshot the Thunder 35-26

Pawloski makes his season debut for the rush, saving 23/26 for an 0.885 SV%

RC goes 1/6 on the PP (converted on the one that mattered, in OT) but allowed a SHG.

Wichita goes 1/5, but also scores a SHG.

Your goal scorers are: Colella (Jeri-Leon, Gravelle), Nelson, Yeamans (Colella, Jeri-Leon), Bennett (Nelson, Aleardi)

Wranglers contracts:

Gourley: -1 0SOG 4PIM (Including the PP where Wichita tied it late to bring the game to OT)

Record: 8-11-1

Next: Hosting Wichita again (again) on Saturday for leg 3 of 3.

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