Maurizio Colella

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 Re-Sign Forward for 2024-25 Season

The Rapid City Rush have announced that they have re-signed forward Maurizio Colella for the 2024-25 ECHL Season. Junior and Collegiate Career Maurizio Colella, the 6’0″ forward from Tottenham, Ontario, started his junior career in the 2013-14 season in the OJHL with the Wellington Dukes. He played in 33 games with the Dukes where he […]

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 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 Game Recap: Rapid City Rush vs. Allen Americans | 3/27/2024

The Rapid City Rush faced off against the Allen Americans Wednesday night in the first of a three-game series. Starting Lineups Starting with the visiting team, the Americans had a forward trio of Solag Bakich, Mikael Robidoux, and Gavin Gould. They had a defensive pairing of Justin Allen and Ryan Gagnon with goaltender Marco Costantini […]

ECHL Game Recap: Rapid City Rush vs. Maine Mariners | 02/02/2024

The Rapid City Rush and Maine Mariners faced off for the first time Friday night. What turned into a bad night for the Mariners was a great night for the Rush, who also celebrated many firsts. Related Post: ECHL League Transactions 2/02/2024 Starting Lineups Starting with the visiting team, the Rush had a forward trio […]

ECHL Game Recap: Rapid City Rush vs. Fort Wayne Komets | 01/12/2024

The Rapid City Rush faced off against the Fort Wayne Komets in the second game of their three-game series on Friday night. The Rush came into the game with a record of 3-8-0-0 on Friday games and were looking to improve their record. But what started out as a decent hockey game quickly turned into […]

ECHL: Rapid City Rush vs. Fort Wayne Komets | 1/10/2024

The Rapid City Rush and Fort Wayne Komets faced off for the first time in the 2023-24 ECHL season on Wednesday night in Rapid City. Starting Lineups The Fort Wayne Komets started with a forward trio of Jack Dugan, Shawn Szydlowski, and Ture Linden. They had a defensive pairing of Xavier Bernard and Martin Has. […]