Tyson Helgesen

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 Lose Two Defensemen That Are Heading Overseas

Rapid City Rush defensemen Tyson Helgesen and T.J. Fergus are both heading overseas for the 2024-25 season. Tyson Helgesen has signed to play with the Ferencvarosi TC in Budapest, Hungary of Erste Liga. TJ Fergus has signed to play with SC Riessersee in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany of Oberliga for the 2024-25 season. Helgesen Collegiate Career Tyson […]

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 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. […]

ECHL: Rapid City Rush Cruise Past the Allen Americans in a 10-5 Win

The Rapid City Rush faced off against the Allen Americans for the first time in the 2023-24 Season in what was an exciting game became a nice win for the Rush with lots of goals, a hat trick, and even a goalie getting into a fight. 1st Period The Rush came into this game wanting […]

ECHL: Rapid City Rush Make Roster Changes in Hopes to Get Their First Home Win

The Rapid City Rush are currently 0-7-1 at home in the 2023-24 ECHL season and the only ECHL team yet to win on home ice. The Rush are back home this week and are looking to get a few home wins against the Wichita Thunder. Last Time Out The Rapid City Rush only had one […]