RAPID CITY, SD - February 16, 2025 - The Maine Mariners registered 54 shots on goal, but fell by a 6-4 final score on Sunday morning in Rapid City. The Rush swept the three-game series despite three Maine power play goals. The game began at midnight Mountain Time.
Some fireworks came just two minutes into the game after a big hit by Rapid City's Parker Bowman on Maine defenseman Alex Sheehy. Mariners netminder Ryan Bischel responded by dropping the gloves with Bowman. The Rush jumped to a 2-0 lead with a pair of goals in a 49 second span. First, Connor Mylymok tipped a Billy Constantinou pass under the pad of Bischel at 7:04. Then, at 7:53, Chaz Smedsrud deflected Charles Martin's blue line shot. A Wyllum Deveaux power play goal got the Mariners on the board at 12:11, but it was answered just over a minute later by Luke Mylymok's backhander in the slot. Rapid City led 3-1 after 20 minutes.
The Mariners power play connected twice more in the second period to get the Mariners even. At 6:11 of the frame, Brooklyn Kalmikov ripped a one-timer from the top of the right circle for his 14th goal of the season to pull Maine within one. Then, it was Lynden McCallum finding the game-tying goal at 13:38, scooping up Kalmikov's rebound for Maine's third power play goal of the night. Less than a minute after that, Sebastian Vidmar scored his first goal since November 9th, ripping a shot just inside the post on the left wing to put the Mariners up, 4-3. A shorthanded tally from Trevor Janicke knotted the game back up at four before the end of the period - a period in which the Mariners pelted 29 shots on goal.
Janicke struck again to break the tie a little over eight minutes into the third. Charles Martin's long range empty netter sealed the 6-4 win. Matt Radomsky won for the second consecutive night in the Rush net, stopping 50 of 54 Mariners shots.
The Mariners (17-27-3-0) continue their road trip next weekend in Norfolk, with three games against the Admirals on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at The Scope. The Mariners return to the Cross Insurance Arena on Friday, March 7th when they host the Reading Royals for "Dino Night" at 7:15 PM. Single game tickets are available at MarinersOfMaine.com or at the Hammond Lumber Company Box Office inside the Cross Insurance Arena. For more information on ticket packages and group discounts, fans can call 833-GO-MAINE, go to MarinersOfMaine.com, or visit the Mariners front office at 94 Free Street in Portland.
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