Rapid City Rush
| Rapid City Rush | |
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 2016–17 ECHL season
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| City | Rapid City, South Dakota |
| League | ECHL |
| Conference | Western |
| Division | Mountain |
| Founded | 2008 (In the CHL) |
| Home arena | Rushmore Plaza Civic Center |
| Colors | Red, Gold, Black, White, |
| General manager | Joe Ferras |
| Head coach | Mark DeSantis |
| Media | 100.3 The Fox |
| Affiliates |
Arizona Coyotes (NHL) Tucson Roadrunners (AHL) |
| Franchise history | |
| 2008–present | Rapid City Rush |
| Championships | |
| Division Championships | 1 (2010–11) |
| Conference Championships | 1 (2009–10) |
| Ray Miron President's Cup | 1 (2009–10) |
The Rapid City Rush are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL which are currently affiliated with the National Hockey League's Arizona Coyotes and the American Hockey League's Tucson Roadrunners. Based in Rapid City, South Dakota, the Rush play their home games at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center.
On June 2, 2007, the Central Hockey League announced an expansion team for Rapid City, which began play in the 2008–09 season. Two months later, the team named Joe Ferras as their head coach and Director of Hockey Operations, and Jason Rent as General Manager. Jason Rent resigned from the organization and Tim Hill was named General Manager in the spring of 2009. In September 2007, the Rush unveiled their name, colors, and logo. The team is owned in majority by Scott Mueller. Mr. Mueller was previously involved in ownership with the Colorado Eagles, also of the Central Hockey League. Barry Petersen and Luke Petersen are combined minority owners.
In their second season (2009–10) the Rapid City Rush defeated the Allen Americans 4 to 3 with 39.3 seconds left in double-overtime in game 6 of the Ray Miron President's Cup Finals at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City to win the Ray Miron President's Cup. The Rush lost game one of the series but rebounded to win game 2 in overtime on a Blaine Jarvis goal. The Rush then traveled to Allen for three straight games where Allen won game 3 but the Rush responded to win games 4 and 5. In game six of the series, it returned to Rapid City and looked as if there would be a game 7 when entering the third period with the score 3-1 in favor of the Americans. The Rush's Blaine Jarvis scored with 5:06 remaining in the third to bring the Rush within one. Exactly two minutes later, Brendon Cook scored, evening the score at 3 and forcing overtime. With 39.3 seconds left in the second overtime, a shot by Les Reaney deflected off the Allen goaltender Chris Whitley and the Rush's Scott Wray, rolling into the goal, sealing the win for the Rush and their first President's Cup.
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