Mavericks’
goaltender Mathieu Corbeil stopped 48 of 49 shots in his first action
since November 30, and the Mavericks defeated the Rapid City Rush, 3-1,
Friday night at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena. John-Scott Dickson,
Jesse Perrin and Kyle Hood scored the goals for the Mavericks as they
won their 20th game of the season (20-12-4). The Mavericks penalty kill
unit was perfect again stopping both of Rapid City’s power play
chances, and the Mavericks have allowed just one power play goal in
their last six games. The teams will close out the weekend series and
battle again Saturday night in Rapid City.
“It
was an ugly road win,” said Mavericks’ Head Coach Scott Hillman.
“Corbeil had an unbelievable game and proved why he was called up to
the AHL.”
Dickson
gave the Mavericks a quick lead when he snuck a backhand between the
legs of Rush goalie Tim Boron. Trevor Kell and Colt King assisted on
the goal that came just 91 seconds into the game. The goal proved to be
the only one of the first period and Corbeil stopped all 13 shots by
Rapid City.
The
Rush tied the game at the 15:56 mark of the second period when Damian
Surma lifted the puck over the shoulder of Corbeil, but the Mavericks
regained the lead less than two minutes later. Jesse Perrin scored his
first goal as a Maverick when he blasted a shot from just inside the
blue line that beat Boron. Sebastien Thinel and Ryan Jardine earned
assists on the play and the Mavericks didn’t relinquish the lead again.
The
action was frantic in the third period with chances for both teams, but
big saves were made on both ends of the ice and the Mavericks held onto
the one-goal lead. Rapid City threw everything they could at Corbeil,
but he was equal to the task and Missouri ultimately scored an empty
netter. Kyle Hood used precision accuracy to score on the empty net
from behind the center line and give the Mavs a 3-1 victory.
The Mavericks return home on January 25 and 26.
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