Rampage bounce back, Thunder suffer first defeat at USA Nationals
Both teams set to play on Saturday morning
Rampage bounce back, Thunder suffer first defeat at USA Nationals By Bethany Miller and Keaton Eberly | April 17, 2021 at 2:49 AM CDT - Updated April 17 at 2:49 AM
OMAHA, Neb. (WFIE) - The Evansville Thunder and Owensboro Rampage high school hockey teams remain busy on the ice this weekend, as both groups aim to make history in their USA Hockey Nationals debut.
Thursday saw a split between the two squads with Evansville coming away victorious in its opening game, and Owensboro stumbling out of the gate with a 11-0 blowout loss.
Evansville Thunder victorious, Owensboro Ramage stumbles at USA Nationals
Evansville Thunder victorious, Owensboro Ramage stumbles at USA Nationals By Bethany Miller and Keaton Eberly | April 15, 2021 at 11:37 PM CDT - Updated April 15 at 11:37 PM
OMAHA, Neb. (WFIE) - Two local Tri-State hockey teams are competing on the biggest stage that high school hockey has to offer.
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Owensboro Rampage both made history for their respective programs as the first teams to ever compete at the USA Hockey High School National Championship Tournament. Each team kicked off pool play in their respective brackets on Thursday afternoon.
It was an incredible showing for the Thunder in their opening round game, as Evansville took down Flower Mound, the Texas State Champions, in a 4-3 victory. This win is the first in program history at USA Hockey Nationals.
Back-to-back: Owensboro Rampage knock off top-seeded Northern Kentucky for KHSHL state title
Updated March 7, 2021 | 11:41 pm
Owensboro Rampage | Photo by Tyler Dixon
When the buzzer sounded Sunday at the Edge Ice Center and the celebration for the Owensboro Rampage winning the KHSHL State Championship started, a familiar song rang out but with a twist that only the Rampage could add on that day.
“We are still the champions.”
While Queen made the song famous, the Owensboro Rampage were kings of Kentucky yet again as they beat top-seeded Northern Kentucky 4-1 en route to its second-straight championship.
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Sunday marked the first time since 2000-01 that a team went back-to-back as it was the Rampage’s semifinal foe, the Trinity Shamrocks, that were the last to achieve the feat.