Rush fall to the Grizzlies in Overtime Saturday Night
RC Rush ReleaseFebruary 21, 2021Sports
Rush vs Grizzlies
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Nick Henry completed a string of three unanswered goals for the Utah Grizzlies with the game-winning tally 50 seconds into overtime to give the Utah Grizzlies a 5-4 win over the Rapid City Rush on Saturday night. The overtime loss gives the Rush 3 of a possible four points up for grabs in their “three-in-three” this weekend with the series finale looming tomorrow afternoon.
For a third straight game, the Rush opened up the scoring entries, but left deadlocked after 20 minutes in a back and forth frame. Cedric Montminy started things off for the Rush at 6:46 when he took advantage of a Utah turnover and rifled a shot through the five-hole of Utah goalie Evan Buitenhuis, giving the Rush an early 1-0 lead (the goal was unassisted). Moments later, Utah fired back on their first power play of the game courtesy of Ryan Lowney. At 9:06, Lowney flung a shot from the point through a screened Adam Carlson in net for the Rush, squaring the game at 1-1 (Ty Lewis and Trey Bradley assisted). Following the tying goal, Mike Hedden took another turnover from the Grizzlies defense, this time right in front of the net, and backhanded it by Buitenhuis for his third goal in as many games, putting the Rush back on top at 2-1 with 6:13 left in the first (the goal was unassisted). The Grizzlies answered again though, this time with Hunter Skinner making up for his mistake on the turnover that caused Hedden’s goal. Skinner threw a shot past Carlson, screened again, to square the game up at 2-2 with 4:45 left in the first (Lowney and Jack Jenkins assisted).