LOVELAND, Colo. – A rare Sunday Afternoon game in the ECHL gave the Colorado Eagles and the Rapid City Rush plenty of time to say goodbye to their longstanding rivalry. This was the last meeting ever between the Eagles and Rush as the Colorado Eagles will be moving up to to the AHL beginning in the 2018 – 2019 season.
As it happened this was also designated as Faith and Family day by the Eagles and included baby races in between periods and a very tasteful Center Ice prayer led by injured Colorado Defenseman, Colin Bowman.
In addition to the Faith and Family aspect of the game, as is often the case with such an intense rivalry, Colorado and Rapid City added “Fighting” to the day’s theme with a total of 12 fighting majors included in 106 minutes of penalty time on 27 infractions.
Ater scoring first in the game Rapid City saw the Eagles score six unanswered goals for the final 6 to 1 victory for the home team. There was a lot of action and an almost goalie fight to go with all the other on-ice entertainment in this Sunday Matinee.
Here are a few of the best shots of this final meeting between the Eagles and the Rush:
Joey Ratelle #11 takes on Alex Kromm #18
Daniel Leavens #23 scores first for Rapid City
Joey Ratelle #11 scores Eagles 1st goal
Frey#37 watches Jake Marto #25 shot roll into the net
Drayson Bowman #21
2 Lukas Hafner #33
Mad scramble around the Eagles net
Adam Vay #31 replaces Frey in the third period
Hafner #33 and Garbowsky #7
Gabriel Verpaelst #37
Ben Storm #4
Ryan Sirro #27
Matt Register #43
Jake Marto watches his shot ring off the post
#18 Teigan Zahn
The Eagles next game is against the Allen Americans on Saturday, March 17th at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Co.
Game time is 7:05 P.M. MDT
Article and Photos courtesy of Terry.Sanford@prohockeynews.com
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