Keanu Yamamoto

ECHL 2024-25 Season Preview: Rapid City Rush

The ECHL season is getting ready to start, and the Rapid City Rush are only six days away from dropping the puck for the 2024-25 season. Rapid City ended the 2023-24 season with a record of 30-38-4, but they did end their season on a three-game win streak with a sweep over the Wichita Thunder. […]

ECHL: Rapid City Rush Forward Signs to Play in Denmark for the 2024-25 Season

Rapid City Rush forward Blake Bennett has signed to play with the Odense Bulldogs in Odense, Denmark of Metal Ligaen for the 2024-25 season. Collegiate Career Blake Bennett started his collegiate career in the 2019-20 season at American International College (AIC), where he played Division I hockey for four seasons. Bennett only played in three […]

ECHL: Rapid City Rush Announce 2024-25 Qualifying Offers

The Rapid City Rush have announced the players who have received qualifying offers for the 2024-25 season. Teams are allowed to give out a maximum of eight qualifying offers, with no more than four of the offers being given to players with veteran status. Rapid City’s qualifying offers include four forwards and four defensemen. Forwards […]

Rapid City Rush Announce End of Season Roster

The Rapid City Rush, along with the rest of the ECHL, has announced their end-of-season rosters. Teams are allowed to have up to 20 players on their end-of-season roster. Rapid City’s roster consists of 13 forwards, six defensemen, and one goaltender. Of these 20 players, the Rush can reserve the rights of the players and […]

ECHL: Rapid City Rush Announce 2024-25 Protected List

The Rapid City Rush have announced their protected list for the 2024-25 season. Rapid City’s protected list contains 28 players with 17 forwards, ten defensemen, and one goaltender. In the ECHL, teams can protect as many players as they would like. If a player has signed overseas or is signing overseas and the team places […]

ECHL: Another Rapid City Rush Forward Signs with the Dundee Stars in the EIHL

Rapid City Rush forward Keanu Yamamoto has signed to play in Scotland for the 2024-25 season. He will be joining teammate Brett Gravelle and the Dundee Stars of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), whose teams are located in the United Kingdom. Collegiate Career Before going pro, Yamamoto spent five seasons at McGill University in […]

ECHL Game Recap: Rapid City Rush vs. Wichita Thunder | 04/13/2024

The Rapid City Rush completed the sweep against the Wichita Thunder to end their season on a high note. Starting Lineups For the final game of the season, the Wichita Thunder started with a forward trio of Dillon Boucher, Jason Pineo, and Jake Wahlin. They had a defensive pairing of Jeremy Masella and Nolan Kneen […]

ECHL Game Recap: Rapid City Rush vs. Wichita Thunder | 04/12/2024

The Rapid City Rush scored three unanswered goals to come back and beat the Wichita Thunder in overtime in the second game of their three-game series. Starting Lineups For the second game of the series, the Wichita Thunder started with a forward trio of Dillon Boucher, Jason Pineo, and Jake Wahlin. They had a defensive […]

ECHL Series Preview: Rapid City Rush vs. Wichita Thunder | 04/11-13/2024

The Rapid City Rush are welcoming the Wichita Thunder to the Black Hills this week for one last series of the 2023-24 ECHL season. Last Week Last week, the Rush saw themselves get eliminated from playoff contention after getting swept by the Idaho Steelheads in three games, losing by scores of 5-3, 7-5, and 4-2. […]

ECHL Game Recap: Rapid City Rush vs. Allen Americans | 3/30/2024

The Rapid City Rush and Allen Americans faced off in the series finale of their three-game series on Saturday night. Starting Lineups The Allen Americans started the game with a forward trio of Grant Hebert, Mikael Robidoux, and Solag Bakich. They had a defensive pairing of Ryan Gagnon and Andrew Jarvis with Marco Costantini in […]