Rapid City Rush

Rapid City Rush
founding	2007
history	Rapid City Rush since 2008
Stadion	Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
Location	Rapid City , South Dakota
Team colors	black, gold, red
league	ECHL
Conference	Western Conference
division	Mountain Division
Head coach	Joe Ferras
General manager	Joe Ferras
Cooperations	Arizona Coyotes ( NHL ) Tucson Roadrunners ( AHL )
Miron Cups	2009/10

Rapid City Rush is an American ice hockey team from Rapid City , South Dakota . The team has played in the ECHL since the 2014/15 season .

history

The officials of the Central Hockey League announced on June 2, 2007 that the city of Rapid City of South Dakota would receive an expansion franchise. This started playing at the beginning of the 2008/09 season . In their first season, the team reached the third of four places in the Northwest Division, which they missed the playoffs for the Ray Miron President's Cup with 53 points in 64 games . In the 2009/10 season , the team won the Ray Miron President's Cup for the first time, after they defeated the Allen Americans in six games in the finals .

On October 7, 2014, the Rush franchise and the other six remaining CHL attendees were accepted into the ECHL . The CHL's game operations were discontinued due to fewer teams.

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
2008-2009	64	22nd	33	-	2	7th	53	183	231	3rd, Northwest	not qualified
2009-2010	64	43	14th	-	1	6th	93	253	197	1. Northern	Miron Cup
2010-2011	66	40	22nd	-	1	3	84	210	200	1st, gymnast	Loss in the semifinals
2011-12	66	38	22nd	-	1	5	82	226	176	4th, gymnast	Defeat in the first round
2012-2013	66	35	24	-	2	5	77	177	179	4th, gymnast	Defeat in the first round
2013-2014	66	39	23	-	1	3	82	220	189	4th, gymnast	Defeat in the first round
2014-2015	72	37	28	-	2	5	81	218	216	2., Central	Defeat in the second round

Team records

Career records

Games: 314 Scott Wray

Goals: 106 Scott Wray

Assists: 133 Jesse Schultz

Points: 236 Scott Wray

Penalty Minutes: 393 Justin Sawyer

(Status: end of season 2013/14)

Web links

• Official website (English).
• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Rapid City Rush
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Rapid City Rush

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ECHL accepts seven members. (No longer available online.) Echl.com, October 7, 2014, archived from the original on October 9, 2014 ; accessed on October 7, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.