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Shots From The Point

Published on April 30, 2010 under Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release


The Rapid City Rush and the Allen Americans meet tonight in Game 4 of the Ray Miron Presidents' Cup Finals with the Americans leading the series two games to one. With home wins on Friday and Saturday, the Americans could hoist the Ray Miron Presidents' Cup in their expansion season.

Ray Miron Presidents' Cup Finals Schedule: (Americans Lead Series 2-1)

Rapid City vs. Allen (best-of-7, all times local)

Game 1 - Friday, April 23 - Allen 4 @ Rapid City 1 Box Score

Game 2 - Saturday, April 24 - Allen 4 @ Rapid City 5 (OT) Box Score

Game 3 - Wednesday, April 28 - Rapid City 2 @ Allen 5 Box Score

Game 4 - Friday, April 30 - Rapid City @ Allen, 7:30 PM

Game 5 - Saturday, May 1 - Rapid City @ Allen, 7:30 PM

*Game 6 - Tuesday, May 4 - Allen @ Rapid City, 6:35 PM

*Game 7 - Friday, May 7 - Allen @ Rapid City, 7:05 PM

* - if necessary

CHL Playoff Brackets

Game 1 - ALN 4 @ RPD 1

Allen goaltender Chris Whitley made 48 saves and the Americans scored four times in the second period to earn the Game 1 win. Nino Musitelli led the way offensively scoring a pair of goals.

Game 2 - ALN 4 @ RPD 5 (OT)

Rapid City defenseman Dave Grimson scored a goal and assisted on the game-tying goal with less than a minute remaining and Blaine Jarvis scored his first professional playoff OT game winner as the Rush evened the series. Allen's Chris Whitley made 52 saves in the losing effort. Brendon Hodge and Les Reaney each had three helpers for the Rush.

Game 3 - RPD 2 @ ALN 5

The Americans got a hat trick from Colton Yellow Horn and a pair of goals from Justin Bowers as they built a 4-0 lead and held on for the 5-2 win. Chris Whitley made 35 saves in his CHL record-tying 17th appearance of the post-season.

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Bowers Approaches Record

Allen forward Justin Bowers has been on fire in the post-season scoring 27 points (10-17=27) in 17 games. The CHL All-Star has points in nine straight games tallying seven goals and 11 assists over that stretch. The Halifax, Nova Scotia native has multi-point games in five of the nine games during his streak. The CHL record for most points in a playoff season is 32 scored by Greg Pankewicz (Colorado) during the 2007 CHL Playoffs.

Whitley's A Busy Man

American's goaltender Chris Whitley tied the CHL record for appearances in a single post-season on Wednesday night with his 17th appearance and will move past Chad Erickson and Steve Plouffe in the record books the next time he takes the ice. Allen's rookie netminder is also approaching the CHL records for minutes played and saves as he need just 26 minutes to pass Erickson (Whitley currently has 1006:03, record is 1032) and he is just 35 saves away from passing Erickson for the most stops in a single post-season. Whitley currently has 531 saves (Erickson had 565).

Quick Hits

-Colton Yellow Horn has caught fire in the playoffs scoring six goals in his last four games. That includes a hat trick in Game 3 of the finals and a two-goal effort in Game 7 of the Americans South Finals series versus Odessa.

-Rapid City's potent power play has fizzled in the finals scoring just one time (Game 2) in 15 chances. Overall in the playoffs, the Rush are 5 for 59 (8.5%), much different than their 19.5% success rate in the regular season that was fourth best in the CHL.

Playoff Special Teams Rankings

-Allen has used the second period to make their mark on the Rush outscoring Rapid City 7-2 in the middle frame. During the regular season, the Americans also boasted the second period as their best outscoring their opponents by nine goals (72-63).

-Allen's Ryan Fairbarn has three helpers in his last four games and leads all defensemen with 11 points in the playoffs (1-10=11).

-The importance of drawing first blood is magnified with the Rush and Americans as the team that strikes first typically wins the game. So far in the playoffs, the Rush and Americans are a combined 15-3 when scoring first and through the first three games of the Finals, the team that scored the first goal won the game.

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