Rush's playoffs through first two rounds

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The Yukon Rush have made it through the first two rounds of the VHLM playoffs and are now in the Founders Cup Finals against the Minnesota Storm.  The Rush’s playoff run has mainly had ups but also a little down to start the second round as we take a look at a game by game recap.

 

VHLM QUARTERFINALS

 

Game 1 – Mexico City at Yukon – The Rush power play would be the difference in this game as they scored 3 goals with the man advanatage en route to a 5-3 win.  The Rush outshot the Kings 57 to 27 in the game and Emeritus made 24 saves.  Tyler Reinhart and Nathan Power each had two goals and an assist in the win.

 

Game 2 – Mexico City at Yukon – This game was lower scoring as the Rush jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period and then the Kings scored the lone second period goal, but could not get the game tying goal as the Rush added a late empty net goal to win 3-1.  Emeritus stopped 30 of 31 shots while 9 different Rush players had a point each to take a 2-0 lead.

 

Game 3 – Yukon at Mexico City – The Kings would get outshot again in this game, but they held the Rush to just a first period goal while scoring 3 of their own to cut the series lead down to 2 games to 1 in favor of Rush with a 3 to 1 win.

 

Game 4 -- Yukon at Mexico City – The Kings were once again badly outshot but a back and forth game saw the game tied at 3-3 with less than five minutes left to play.  The Rush got a late power play chance and Jokinen was able to cash in for the game winner to give the Rush a 4-3 win and a 3 games to 1 series lead.

 

Game 5 – Mexico City at Yukon – With the series on the line, the Rush came out and scored the first 4 goals of the game including 3 in the first 10 minutes and would eventually win the game 4 to 2 with Tyler Reinhart and Otto Numminen getting 2 points each in the win.  Emeritus would stopped 26 shots as the Rush won the series in 5 games and now face San Diego in the semifinals.

 

VHLM SEMIFINALS

 

Game 1 – San Diego at Yukon – The Marlins brought their A game for this as they had 71 shots on goal compared to just 50 for the Rush but it would be the Rush who had a 4-2 lead early in the second period before the Marlins would score the next 3 to take a 5-4 lead.  With less than two minutes left in the game, the Rush would tie it and send the game into overtime.  Neither team scored in the first overtime and it would be the Marlins getting a game 1 win in the second overtime by the score of 6 to 5.

 

Game 2 – San Diego at Yukon – The teams would exchange goals through the first two periods as the game was tied at 3-3.  Then in a 13 second span in the third period, the Marlins would score 2 goals and win game 2 to take a 2 games to 0 series lead with this 5 to 3 win even though the Rush outshot the Marlins 43 to 26 in the game. 

 

Game 3 – Yukon at San Diego – The Marlins would have a 2-1 lead after the first period in a game that the Rush have to win on the road to avoid going down 3 games to 0.  Early in the second period, Lemieux would get a shorthanded opportunity off of a steal and pass from Adams and would tie the game at 2-2.  Then the Rush would score the final goal of the game later in the second period to win 3 to 2 and get their first win of the series.

 

Game 4 – Yukon at San Diego – All the goals in this game were scored in the first period as the Rush scored first on the power play and then the Marlins tied it with their own power play goal.  The Marlins would then take a 2 to 1 lead before the Rush would answer with the final 3 goals of the game including 2 on the power play, to win the game 4 to 2 and tie the series at 2 to 2.  Neither team has won at home so far in the series and it now becomes a best of 3 with the Rush having home ice advantage or the Marlins having road ice advantage is more like it based on the series so far.

 

Game 5 – San Diego at Yukon – The teams exchanged two goals each in the first period as it was tied 2-2.  The Rush would probably play their best hockey the rest of the game as they limited the Marlins to just 11 shots in the final two periods, scored a power play goal in the second period and added two more goals in the first 2 minutes of the third period to win 5 to 2 and take a 3 games to 2 series lead.  They were also the first team to win at home in the series.

 

Game 6 – Yukon at San Diego – Like most of the games in the series, the teams once again exchanged a couple of goals in the first period as the game was tied at 2-2.  The Rush defense once again clamped down, holding the Marlins to only 12 shots in the final two periods and just 17 overall for the game, while scoring one goal in the second period and one goal in the third to win the game 4 to 2 and the series 4 games to 2 including the final 4 in a row to clinch a spot in the Founder Cup Finals against the Minnesota Storm.

 

Founders Cup Finals Preview

 

Minnesota v Yukon – The Storm haven’t lost in the playoffs winning both of their series by 4 games to 0.  The teams played 5 games in the regular season with the Rush winning 3 in regulation and the Storm winning 2 via the shootout. The Storm are led by a couple of defensemen in Peace III and Kaczka while getting some forward offense from Heavems and Massif.  Vaughn has played well in goal too and will be riding an 8 game winning streak into game 1.  Yukon will counter with a defensive trio of Powers, Sylvester and Jokinen while Reinhart, Lemieux and Numminen will form half of the top two lines for the Rush.  Emeritus will man the pipes for the Rush and is riding his own 4 game winning streak for the Rush including winning 3 of those on the road with an overall 4 wins and 1 loss on the road in the playoffs.

 

1149 WORDS

 

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[osens 297]

Awesome article. I really like how you create a small story for every game, it helps the reader to really get into the text. I really like how big the article is and it is really interesting to read  your work. I would recommend you to put some more pictures in, because it looks like block of text and it would help to make some breaks. All in all, very good job!

 

9/10

[WHY_Bolts 16]

They are a very good team with a great chance to win a championship. They played us tough during the regular season and seem to be dominating the playoffs. 

[KC15 340]

Review:  Nice article with succinct recaps, but the highlights covered well.  It's a little thing, but appreciated the logos for the opposing teams flanking the title for each section.  Sorry to have had my Marlins go down, but well told.  9/10

[Ledge 1,131]

Review: This is a really solid article. The formatting is great, the short descriptions of each game are on point, and the little logos beside the team names are a nice touch. To be completely honest, I can't find much to give constructive criticism on, so that's that.

9/10