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Wichita takes game one from Rapid City Rush
RC Rush ReleaseMay 14, 2021Sports
RC Rush Game one vs Wichita
WICHITA, Kan. – Beau Starrett broke a 3-3 deadlock in the second period on the power play, which served as the eventual game-winner for the Wichita Thunder, who defeated the Rapid City Rush by a 5-3 score on Friday night. The loss, now six in a row for the Rush, knocks them down to a .508 win percentage, further placing them out of the fourth and final playoff spot with 11 games to go.
Both teams traded blows in the first period, including three within the last two minutes of the frame, and went to the locker room deadlocked. Brayden Watts started the scoring entries at 4:26 of the first when the Rush couldn’t get the puck out of their own zone. Kept in at the blue line, Spencer Dorowicz deferred to Watts on a close-range two-on-one, with Watts burying a shot past Rush net-minder Adam Carlson to give the Thunder at 1-0 lead (Dorowicz had the lone assist). Within the last
Rapid City Rush fall in overtime to Wichita to end weekend series
RC Rush ReleaseApril 5, 2021Sports
RC Rush Recap
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Avery Peterson and Peter Quenneville scored 100 seconds apart in the third period to give the Rapid City Rush their first lead of the weekend, but Stephen Johnson forced overtime, won 54 seconds in by Brayden Watts to give the Wichita Thunder a 3-2 victory on Saturday night. The loss marks the first time since February 28th to March 5th that the Rush have lost back-to-back games, and gives Wichita all four points up for grabs in the pair of matchups.
Wichita scores five unanswered to beat RC Rush
RC Rush ReleaseMarch 3, 2021Sports
RC Rush vs Wichita
WICHITA, KS – Peter Quenneville, Stephen Baylis, Hunter Garlent, and Garrett Klotz built a 4-0 lead for the Rapid City Rush, but the Wichita Thunder, led by Dean Stewart and Patrik Parkkonen erased the deficit and won in overtime by a 5-4 score on Tuesday night. The overtime loss concludes a four-game series against Wichita, and a seven-game road trip in which the Rush went 2-1-1-0 and 3-2-2-0, respectively.
For the first time all series, the Rush struck first in the contest. Just 2:03 in the game, Peter Quenneville received an Eric Israel pass and went on a partial break into the Wichita zone. Quenneville rifled a shot over the shoulder of Thunder goalie Evan Weninger to give the Rush a 1-0 lead (Israel had the lone assist). Moments later, Hunter Garlent and Andrew Sturtz forced a turnover behind the Thunder net and found Stephen Baylis streaking down the middle of the zone. Th