Rapid City Rush Playoff Blog

Hello everyone, I'm blogging from my bunk on the Powerhouse just hearing the count to make sure all the players are accounted for and we can head home. We came into Missouri and were very successful winning both games and heading back to the Civic Centre up 2 - 0. Saturday nights game was a great game for both teams with us only up a goal after 2, then our ridiculously skilled forwards took over in the third like they can and we won the first ever Rush playoff game. It was a great team win and the boys were pretty jacked up in the room afterwards with Danny Battochio winning the hard hat award, that kid would win it every night if that was possible, who needs feet when he's always standing on his head for us. After a lovely post game at Outback Steakhouse the boys got some rest and prepped for game 2. Going into the second game you keep the mindset that "you knew you had to get one game now lets go get two," Missouri had something else in mind coming out and outshooting us 10 3 in the first. The boys stayed with it with Les Reaney doing his thing and opening the scoring. After they tied it up we were heading into the 3rd with another chance to win a game on the road, a combination of Bats great saves some solid team defense, Scott Wray ripping the bottle off the net we won a game that we may have been out played, we survived and did what it takes to win in the playoffs. Game two's hard hat award went to a very deserving Blaine Jarvis who's quote on the helmet will be tough to beat when he wrote, "Pushing the Pase," after being questioned wether he miss spelled pass or pace he wasn't sure and struggled to fix it as everyone on that side of the room made sure he didn't get away with it. When asked about his typo Jarvy questioned his education from Bemiji State, "I spent 4 long years there, and being out of school for the last two years has definitely hurt my intelligence, I have no excuse other than I was so excited to receive the helmet I couldn't think straight." Finally on the road after a quick stop at QT gas station the majority of the boys are busy crushing a milk shake that is one of a kind, "It's unbelievable," says Scott Wray, "Just throw your favorite flavor in the machine and the most glorious treat returns for you." It's a good thing for us that the person who enjoys this amazing treat the most is Timbus, so you know we're not stopping anywhere else.

Leaving you now with only 11 hours of highway to go, hold on, just cursed by my bunk neighbor to the North Brenden Hodge when he told me, "Fritsy you have to take into consideration the time that will be added on when our bus breaks down." After some choice words back to him I knocked on wood and I'm sure the best bussy in the league will have us home on time.

See you at home Rush fans and remember, Keep Fit and Have Fun!