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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 […]

Rapid City Rush Look to Build off Momentum From Their Road Series Wins

The Rapid City Rush are back home this week to host the Idaho Steelheads after spending last week on the road. Last Week Last week, the Rush traveled to Wichita to face the Wichita Thunder in a three game series. The Rush lost 4-2 on Friday night, but then they won 3-2 Saturday night and […]

Rapid City Rush 2023-24 Season Preview

The Rapid City Rush are only a few days away from puck drop for the 2023-24 ECHL season. Rapid City ended up having a longer offseason after the 2022-23 season, as they missed the 2023 ECHL playoffs. With the long offseason that gave players more time to recover from all the injuries the team suffered. […]

ECHL: Colton Leiter is Headed to Norway and the Rapid City Rush Bring Back Tyson Helgesen for the 2023-24 Season

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 […]

ECHL: A Season of Highs and Lows Ends in Heartbreak for the Rapid City Rush

After making it to the second round of the playoffs in the 2021-22 season, the Rapid City Rush had high hopes for the 2022-23 season. Head Coach Scott Burt had something to build off of coming into the 2022-23 season, unlike the 2021-22 season when he started with nothing. The Rush ended the 2022-23 season […]

A Big Weekend Ends with the Rush Taking Four of Six Points

The Rapid City Rush entered this week looking to rebound from last weekend and gain some ground in the playoff run. Before the Rush played the Tulsa Oilers this weekend, they had a record of 5-2-1-0 against the Oilers this season and were 3-1-1-0 at BOK Center. Rush Find Offensive Spark in the First Game […]