Rapid City Rush Win CHL's Ray Miron Presidents Cup Championship

By www.centralhockeyleague.com  Published on: Wednesday May 05, 2010

The Central Hockey League’s (CHL) Ray Miron Presidents’ Cup Finals concluded on Tuesday night at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena with a 4-3 double overtime victory by the Rapid City Rush over the Allen Americans giving the Rush their first CHL Championship. Rapid City, in just their second season as a franchise, takes the series over Allen four games to two winning each of their last three games to claim the cup. It marks the third straight season a team has won their first championship.

Rapid City forward Les Reaney was named the 2010 CHL Playoff Most Valuable Player as he enjoyed a big post-season scoring nine goals with 16 assists. He also scored a league-high four game winning goals in the playoffs and in the clinching Game 6, the Ceylon, Saskatchewan native assisted on Scott Wray’s game winning goal at 19:28 of the second overtime.

Other notable performances for the Rush in the series include forward Brendan Cook who finished with nine goals and 10 assists, Wray who notched eight goals and 13 assists and rookie goaltender Danny Battochio who won all 12 of the Rush’s playoff victories setting a new CHL record for wins in a single post-season. Allen’s Justin Bowers finished with a league-high 30 points in the playoffs, coming just two points shy of tying the CHL record (32 points, Greg Pankewicz).