Second Period Trips Thunder in 7-2 Loss at Rapid City
December 8, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Wichita Thunder News Release
Mikhail Stefanovich of the Rapid City Rush Shoots past the Wichita Thunder
(Wichita Thunder)
Rapid City, SD - Rapid City (11-7-1-1) used a four-goal second period to pull away from Wichita (6-14-0-1) on Tuesday night, winning by the final of 7-2 at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. The two teams were tied after the first 20 minutes, but the Rush recorded five unanswered en route to the victory.
Michael Neal and Dean Chelios provided the offense for the Thunder while Mason Baptista had a pair of assists.
Four minutes into the contest, Neal recorded his second goal of the season with assists from Baptista and Chelios that gave the Thunder a 1-0 lead. Rapid City answered nine minutes later when Cody Ferriero fired a one-timer on a two-on-one and tied the game. Rapid City held the shot advantage through 20 minutes, 9-5.
In the second, the Rush found the net four times on 10 shots. Mikhail Stefanovich scored his first of three to give the Rush the lead just two minutes in. His second came
at 8:06 that made it 3-1. Winston Day Chief added the third of the frame at 9:25 on the power play. Spencer Pommells finished the second-period scoring for Rapid City at 11:55 and gave the home team a 5-1 lead heading to the third.
Chelios gave the Thunder some life at 4:22 of the third with a rebound to cut the lead to three. Wichita had two breakaways and several other quality scoring chances that Marek Langhamer stopped shortly after. At 13:15, Stefanovich notched the hat trick and his sixth of the season. Day Chief recorded his second of the contest at 18:28 and Rapid City skated away with the 7-2 win.
Chelios recorded his first in a Thunder uniform and added an assist. Neal finished with a goal and an assist. Baptista also had two points on the night. David Shantz takes the loss, stopping 12 of 16 shots. Grant Rollheiser came on in relief during the second period, allowing three goals on nine shots. Langhamer earns the win, stopping 24 of 26 shots he faced.
Wichita went 0-for-4 on the power play. Rapid City was 2-for-2 on the man advantage.
The Thunder travels south tomorrow night to take on the Colorado Eagles at 8:05 p.m. This will be the first trip in four seasons for Wichita to the Budweiser Event Center.
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