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Rush and Mallards Battle Tonight in 29th Game 7 in CHL History

April 16, 2014 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release


GLENDALE, AZ (April 16, 2014) - The Rapid City Rush (number four seed) and the Quad City Mallards (number five seed) will meet tonight in the 29th Game 7 in CHL playoff history. The final game of the Rush and Mallards Opening Round series will face-off at 7:05 PM (MT) at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena.

This marks the first Game 7 in the CHL history of the Quad City Mallards who joined the league prior to the 2010-11 season and have qualified for the post-season in 2011, 2013 and 2014. The Flock have yet to win a CHL playoff series in their short tenure in the League but have won three championships in other leagues more than a decade ago.

For the Rush, they have played in two previous Game 7s winning 7-3 in 2010 on home ice in the Conference Finals against the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (the same year Rapid City won the Presidents' Cup) and losing in 2011, again on home ice, to the Colorado Eagles in a 1-0 thriller. Rapid City is looking to break the recent trend that has them bowing out of the playoffs in the first round in each of the last two seasons.

The Mallards claimed a 3-2 series lead thanks to a home ice 3-1 win on Saturday night in Moline, Illinois but the Rush fought off elimination on Tuesday night beating Quad City 2-1 in Rapid City.

In series clinching games, the Mallards are just 0-1 in the CHL losing their first such game last night and the Rush are 5-3.

The winner of tonight's game will face the defending Ray Miron Presidents' Cup Champs, the Allen Americans, in Texas with the best-of-7 series beginning Friday night. The complete Conference Finals schedules for both series' will be announced tonight following the Rapid City/Quad City game.

Game 7 Notes:

There have been 28 previous Game 7's in the 22 year history of the CHL (this is the first Game 7 this year)

Rapid City is 1-1 all-time with both games coming on home ice

This will be Quad City's first Game 7 in the CHL

The home team is 19-9

The home team has won three straight Game 7's

There have been two shutouts (Colorado 1-0 over Rapid City in 2011 and Indianapolis 3-0 over Columbus in 2000)

There have been six overtime games with the last one being a 4-3 win by Allen over Wichita in last year's Finals

The home team is 3-3 all-time in Game 7 overtime games

There have been 12 one-goal games with the home and road teams splitting wins with six each

There have been 11 games decided by three goals or more with the home team going 9-2 in those games

***stats do not count two all-time WPHL Game 7's (El Paso over Odessa in 2001 by a 5-2 count and El Paso over New Mexico in 1998 by a 5-0 count, both El Paso wins were on home ice)

Conference Semifinals (best-of-7)

Rapid City Rush (4) vs. Quad City Mallards (5) - - Series tied 3-3

Game 1 - Fri., Apr. 4 - Quad City 1 at Rapid City 5

Game 2 - Sat., Apr. 5 - Quad City 3 at Rapid City 2 (OT)

Game 3 - Wed., Apr. 9 - Rapid City 1 at Quad City 5

Game 4 - Fri., Apr. 11 - Rapid City 3 at Quad City 1

Game 5 - Sat., Apr. 12 - Rapid City 1 at Quad City 3

Game 6 - Tue., Apr. 15 - Quad City 1 at Rapid City 2

Game 7 - TONIGHT - Quad City at Rapid City, 7:05 PM

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