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Rapid City Rushed By RiverKings 4-2

November 13, 2010 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Mississippi RiverKings News Release


RAPID CITY, SD --- The Rapid City Rush scored four times in the first two periods and held on to defeat the Mississippi RiverKings 4-2 in a Central Hockey League contest on Friday, November 12th. With the win, Rapid City improved their season record to 5-4-1, while the RiverKings dropped its second straight contest and fell to 4-6-0. Mississippi plays at Colorado in the second game of the team's three-game road trip Saturday night in Loveland, Colorado.

Rapid City took a 2-0 lead on a pair of goals scored eleven seconds apart by Derek LeBlanc and Ryan Menei. Mississippi would answer with a power play goal by Matt Summers with 31 seconds left in the first period for a 2-1 Rapid City lead after one period of play.

In the second period, the Rush took a 3-1 lead on a goal from Scott Wray (PPG) and made it 4-1 when Kevin Harvey scored at 2:52. Mississippi goaltender Kyle McNulty was replaced at that point in favor of new addition Alexander Pechurskiy, who shut down the Rush the remainder of the way.

The RiverKings would get one more goal, as Louis Dumont broke in shorthanded and scored his third goal of the year from Russell Smith at 6:38 of the second period to get back within 4-2, but there would be no further scoring in the game.

Mississippi was outshot 42-36 for the contest, including 15 in the first period. The RiverKings scored once in eight power play chances, while the Rush were 1-for-7.

McNulty stopped 17 shots but allowed four goals in falling to 1-4-0 for the season. Pechurskiy made 21 saves and allowed no goals in his 36 minutes of play in the RiverKings crease. Danny Battochio stopped 34 shots in improving his record to 2-3-0 for the season for Rapid City.

Saturday night, the RiverKings play the Colorado Eagles in a game set for 8:05 PM Central time. Mississippi returns to Rapid City for a Tuesday night encounter to complete the road trip.

For RiverKings ticket information, call 662-342-1755 or go online to www.riverkings.com today!

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