The Rapid City Rush lost a two-game series against the Kansas City Mavericks, folding 6-3 in front of 3,522 at The Monument on November 22nd.
Kansas City scored right out of the gate with a Carpenter (McCallum, Crawford) goal at 18:47. McCallum for the Mavericks took a 2 minute call for hooking at 15:28.
Rapid City’s Bowman took a cross checking minor at 12:52 offering Kansas City the power play. Cotton (Crawford, Jutting) cashed that check within 8 seconds at 12:44.
Buhl (Ekstrom) connected at 6:17 to put Rapid City on the board.
Mavericks, McLaughlin received a 2 minute hooking penalty at 10:31.
The first period ended 2-1 in favor of Kansas City.
The Mavericks scored the only goal of a penalty filled second period at 18:25 by Carreau (Cotton, Sullivan). Following are the 2nd period penalties:
18:10 Russell (RC) – 2 minutes for cross checking
13:40 Pow (KC) – 2 minutes for slashing
6:49 Pow (KC) – 2 minutes for cross- checking
2:52 McLaughlin (KC) – 2 minutes for tripping
0:00 Crawford (KC) – 2 minutes for roughing
0:00 Chyzowski (RC) – 2 minutes for roughing
The Rush scored the first goal of the third period with an Olson( Pauls, Russell) lamplighter at 14:33. Kansas City answered back at 11:38 from Berezowski (Carreau, McLaughlin).
At 9:57 Janicke for Kansas City received a 2-minute minor for roughing, while Rapid City’s Russell received a 4-minute double roughing call.
Ryan Wagner found the net for the Rush at 7:53.
Berezowski took a 2-minute high sticking call for the Mavericks at 4:45
Kansas City sealed the game with two consecutive empty net goals Crawford ( McCallum) at 1:40 and Carew at 1:12.
The Rapid City Rush host the Idaho Steelheads for a three game series starting Wednesday November 26th. Puck drops at 7:05 PM MDT.
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