A disappointing fourth quarter led the Saskatchewan Rush to a 10-6 home loss to the Calgary Roughnecks on Friday night.
Saskatchewan was outscored 4-0 in the fourth quarter due to a slew of errant passes and a stagnant power play. The Rush were three-for-seven with the man advantage on Friday night. There were three power play opportunities in the fourth quarter, including a two-man advantage, but the offense could not capitalize.
The Rush also did everything they could at the faceoff dot, with Jake Naso winning 15 of 20 draws to give Saskatchewan extra possessions.
Saskatchewan’s goaltending was not to blame for the loss. Frank Scigliano only allowed eight goals on 45 shots. On the other end, Nick Rose was spectacular, stopping 57 of 63 shots in the win.
Back-and-Forth First Quarter
The first quarter started off with a bang. Robert Church scored a highlight-reel, behind-the-back goal at 4:16 to give Saskatchewan the early lead.
On the power play at 4:35, Dane Dobbie tied up the game. Riley Isaacs scored unassisted at 6:01 to round out a two-goal run for Calgary and give the Roughnecks a 2-1 lead.
Saskatchewan was on a two-man advantage at 9:05 when Church buried a feed from Zach Manns to tie up the game. The Rush then took the lead when Austin Shanks scored unassisted at 9:59.
Curtis Dickson rounded out the scoring with 1:53 left on the clock, allowing the Roughnecks to tie it 3-3 after one quarter of play.
Rush Hold Slight Lead at the Half
The Rush took the lead back early in the second quarter with Ryan Keenan finding the back of the net at 1:07.
Church followed that up on the power play, as the Rush had early success with the man advantage to make it 5-3 for the men in green.
Curtis Dickson rounded out the scoring with 2:53 left on the clock, but the Roughnecks trailed 5-4 at the half.
Roughnecks Fight Back
It took 7:44 before either team could get on the board in the third quarter, when Jesse King scored to tie up the game.
Brayden Mayea then gave Calgary their first lead since midway through the first quarter when he scored at the 9:19 mark.
Shanks rounded out the third-quarter scoring on the power play with 4:55 left on the clock, and the game was all knotted up 6-6 heading into the fourth quarter.
Wheels Fall Off for the Rush
The fourth quarter was one to forget for Saskatchewan. Passes were missing the mark, and even with a two-man advantage power play, they could not score.
Curtis Dickson scored 54 seconds into the fourth, and the floodgates opened.
Adam Jay took a tripping penalty at 2:57, which proved to be costly. Haiden Dickson scored on the power play with 2:29 on the clock to give Calgary an 8-6 lead.
With Scigliano on the bench for an extra attacker, Griffin Hall put one into the empty net with 1:49 on the clock. Matt Sykes added another empty-net goal with 59 seconds left in the fourth quarter to make the final 10-6.
Top Scorers
Calgary Roughnecks
Jesse King, 1g 5a
Curtis Dickson, 3g 2a
Brayden Mayea, 1g 2a
Saskatchewan Rush
Zach Manns, 3a
Robert Church, 3g
Austin Shanks, 2g 1a
Don’t forget to check us out every Sunday night at 8pm (ET) on StreamPunkEnt.com
