Cutthroats Earn Thrilling 6-5 Overtime Victory against Rush
March 23, 2013 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Rapid City Rush News Release
(Rapid City, SD) - Saturday, the Rapid City Rush and the Denver Cutthroats needed extra time to decide the winner of a game for the tenth time this season. Denver's AJ Gale led the attack with four goals, including the game winner, in a 6-5 overtime victory for the Cutthroats. Rapid City's Rusty Masters extended his goal scoring streak to seven games, setting a new mark for the longest such streak in the CHL this season. Despite the Rush loss and Missouri Mavericks win, the Rush remain in sole possession of fourth place of the Berry Conference. The teams are back in action tomorrow night in the final game of the regular season. Tickets are available by calling the Rush office at 716-7825 or online at gotmine.com
Early in the first period A.J. Gale flexed his scoring ability, proving why he is the leading scorer in the CHL this season, putting the Cutthroats on top at 1:43 with his 42nd goal of the season. The Rush would respond with a late power play push as Taggart Desmet rebounded home his first goal in a Rush uniform off a shot by Jordan Behler with only 0.7 seconds left knotting the game 1-1 by first intermission.
Jordan Behler carried the momentum into the second period for the Rush firing in his 5th goal of the season and second point of the night with the shot from the blue line. The Cutthroats would quiet the house with goals by A.J Gale off a breakaway at 6:02, and J.P. Chabot to reclaim the lead at the 8:10 mark. T he Rush would tie the game at 13:29 with a rebound goal by Scott Brannon with assist credited to Justin Faryna. The back-and-forth game continued as A.J. Gale completed the hat trick, tallying his 44th goal this season giving Denver the 4-3 lead by periods end.
Scott Brannon brought the crowd to their feet capitalizing on the rebound off a shot from Jared Brown at 5:38 in the third period. Rusty Masters would hit the go-ahead-goal for the Rush at 11:27 off a sharp pass from Jesse Schultz. However, Troy Schwab potted the equalizer for Denver with just 1:03 left in regulation sending the contest to the sixth overtime between these two teams this season.
The Cutthroats would take advantage of a Rush penalty in overtime as A.J Gale would score his fourth goal of the night lifting Denver over the Rush 6-5.
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