Rapid City Rush

Heartlanders Make Opening Weekend Schedule Modifications
- Max Baum
- October 11, 2023
Coralville, Iowa- The Heartlanders have just announced that their first game of the 2023-24 regular season will now be played a day earlier than originally anticipated, with Saturday, October 21st’s game now being set to drop the puck on Thursday, October 19 at 6:35 pm CT. All tickets that were purchased for the game originally […]
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ECHL: Orlando Signs Tanner Schachle
- Ashley Trollinger
- September 21, 2023
This afternoon, September 21st, the Orlando Solar Bears signed forward Tanner Schachle for the 2023-24 season. Schachle has spent the 2022-23 season playing for the Rapid City Rush and Norfolk Admirals, where he played 34 games and scored 11 points (6g-5a). Schachle has played 82 ECHL games total, scoring 22 points (9g-13a). Schachle is from […]
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ECHL: Jay Powell Signs with the Solar Bears
- Ashley Trollinger
- September 12, 2023
The Orlando Solar Bears announced this afternoon that Jay Powell has agreed to terms and is re-signing for the 2023-24 year. Jay Powell will be playing his first full season with the Solar Bears. Last season, Powell came to Orlando from the Kansas City Mavericks in March. That trade earned Orlando future considerations from the […]
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ECHL: Rapid City Rush Add Two New Players and Bring Back Charles Martin
- Felicity Harding
- September 1, 2023
The Rapid City Rush have announced that defenseman Billy Roche and forward Rhett Kingston will be joining the team for the 2023-24 ECHL season. Billy Roche Billy Roche joins the Rush after spending the 2022-23 season in the SPHL with the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs in Roanoke, Virginia, and playing DIII hockey with Curry College […]
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ECHL: Rapid City Rush Announce a Player Signing and New Assistant Coach
- Felicity Harding
- August 24, 2023
The Rapid City Rush have announced that forward Blake Bennett will be returning to the Rush for the 2023-24 ECHL Season. Time with the Rush Blake Bennett joined the Rush towards the end of the 2022-23 ECHL season after finishing his collegiate career at American International College (AIC). Bennett played in 15 games with the […]
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ECHL: Rapid City Rush Add Zack Hoffman and Maurizio Colella
- Felicity Harding
- August 19, 2023
The Rapid City Rush have announced that defenseman Zack Hoffman and forward Maurizio Colella will be joining the team for the 2023-24 ECHL season. Zack Hoffman Zack Hoffman will be joining the Rush in his second ECHL season, having spent the 2022-23 ECHL season with the Wichita Thunder. Hoffman played in 52 games for the […]
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ECHL: Gritty Penalty Killer Jake Wahlin Returns to Wichita
- Sean Young
- August 18, 2023
The Wichita Thunder announced the re-signing of forward Jake Wahlin as the team gears up for the upcoming 2023-24 season on Aug. 18. Wahlin emerged as a key penalty killer for the Thunder last season. The Minnesota native racked up 13 goals and 15 assists in 69 games last year. The 26-year-old forward was acquired […]
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ECHL: Colton Leiter is Headed to Norway and the Rapid City Rush Bring Back Tyson Helgesen for the 2023-24 Season
- Felicity Harding
- August 15, 2023
Forward Colton Leiter has officially signed to play in Norway for the 2023-24 season. Leiter will be joining the Ringerike Ishockeyklubb “Ringerike” of the Eliteserien in Norway. Leiter’s Time with the Rapid City Rush Leiter has spent the last two seasons in the ECHL with the Rapid City Rush. In the 2022-23 season, Leiter played […]
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ECHL: Rapid City Rush Bring Back Keanu Yamamoto and Trade Quinn Wichers
- Felicity Harding
- August 15, 2023
On Thursday, the Rapid City Rush announced that forward Keanu Yamamoto will be returning for the 2023-24 ECHL season. On Friday, the Rapid City Rush announced that defenseman Quinn Wichers has been traded to the Wheeling Nailers in exchange for forward Keltie Jeri-Leon. Keanu Yamamoto Signing Keanu Yamamoto was signed by the Rush for the […]
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