The Tahoe Knight Monsters played the Rapid City Rush for the ECHL Midweek Matchup on Veterans Day. The Tahoe Knight Monsters are the ECHL affiliate of the Vegas Golden Knights. The Rapid City Rush are the ECHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames. The Knight Monsters were coming off back-to-back losses to the Kansas City Mavericks. The Rapid City Rush were coming off a win over the New Mexico Goatheads. This was a divisional matchup. Their last meeting was on Sunday, March 29th, 2026. The Knight Monsters won that game 5-4 in overtime.
Twenty-four seconds into the game, Kent Anderson of the Rapid City Rush was called for tripping. With under four minutes left in the opening period, Chase Pauls of the Tahoe Knight Monsters was called for roughing. The score was tied at 0-0 after the first period.
Four minutes into the second period, Chase Pauls of the Tahoe Knight Monsters and Andrew Noel of the Rapid City Rush were called for unsportsmanlike conduct. With these penalties they played 4-on-4. During 4-on-4 action, Ryan Wagner of Rapid City was called for high-sticking. Nine minutes into the second period. Chase Pauls of Tahoe was called for cross-checking. With eight minutes left in the period, Alex Young of Rapid City was called for tripping. With under five minutes left in the second period, Marko Sikic scored the first goal of the game to give the Rapid City Rush the lead. His goal was assisted by Alex Young and Alex Campbell.
The Rush had a one goal lead heading into the third period.
Four minutes into the third period, Shane Smith of the Tahoe Knight Monsters was called for tripping. On the power play, Quinn Olson of the Rapid City Rush was called for hooking. With under eight minutes left in the game, Kooper Gizowski of Tahoe was called for high-sticking. On the penalty kill, Tucker Ness of Tahoe was called for tripping. At the same time, Tyler Rollwagen of Tahoe was called for interference. This set up a long 5-on-3 power play opertunity for the Rush. On the power play, Alex Young scored to give the Rush a two-goal lead. The power play goal was assisted by Logan Nelson and Quinn Olson.
With under four minutes left in the game, Alex Young scored again on the power play. His goal was assisted by Logan Nelson and Ryan Wagner. This goal gave the Rush a three-goal lead.
With under four minutes left in the game, Alec Butcher of Rapid City was called for unsportsmanlike conduct. The Knight Monster pulled the goalie on the power play. On the penalty kill, Marko Sikic scored on the empty net for the Rush. The empty net goal was assisted by Kent Anderson.
The final score was 4-0, Rapid City Rush.
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The game was scoreless after the first period. The Rapid City Rush scored late in the second period to open up the scoring. The Tahoe Knight Monsters got into penalty trouble late in the third period. The Rush capitalized on that. The Rush finished off the game with an empty net goal. This game was close. This was a tough battle. Then the Knight Monsters took three poor decision penalties. The Rush took that opportunity to put the game out of reach for Tahoe. This was a very undisciplined game for Tahoe. It really stood out in this game. The offense was no where to be found again. This is the second time this season Tahoe has been shutout. This is the second time Tahoe has not scored in three games. In the last three games, Tahoe has only scored one goal. Tahoe has solid goaltending. Thats the only aspect of the game that has been positive lately. Tahoe needs to find a way to turn the season around. Tahoe have now lost three games in a row putting them on a losing streak. This is the first losing streak of the season. Things might not look the best now. There is still hope. It is still early in the season. They still have time to get things on the right track.
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