(Trailing 2-0 early in the second period, Evansville scores four to topple Rapid City.
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| Scoring | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
| Rapid City | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Evansville | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| Rapid City | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 |
| Evansville | 11 | 13 | 6 | 30 |
| Â | PP | Penalties |
| Rapid City | 0/5 | 2 for 4 minutes |
| Evansville | 0/2 | 5 for 10 minutes |
Records:Â Â Evansville: 13-17-3-1; Rapid City: 16-14-2-1
Goalies:  RC – Battochio (L), 11-8-2-0, 26 saves
 EVN – Reichard (W), 3-2-0-0, 35 saves
Scoring:
1st Period: No Scoring
2nd Period: 1. RC – Scofield 1 (Gauthier, Stefanovich, 1:25); 2. RC – Barczuk 8 (Straight, 2:49); 3. EVN – Moon 7 (Wideman, Sims, 4:40); 4. EVN – Moon 8 (Dunn, Sims, 8:03); 5. EVN – Guptill 9 (Humphries, Leonard, 13:03)
3rd Period: 6. EVN – Leveille 16 (Wideman, Fawcett, 16:16)
EVANSVILLE, IN – The Evansville IceMen rallied from a 2-0 deficit early in the second period to topple the Rapid City Rush 4-2 Wednesday at the Ford Center.
A scoreless first period saw 19 combined shots, as IceMen goaltender Cody Reichard stopped all eight Rapid City attempts and Rush goalie Danny Battochio turned away 11 Evansville shots. Both teams received power plays in the opening frame, but neither managed to find the net.
The Rush quickly jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first 2:49 of the second period. First Danick Gauthier set up Tyler Scofield who one-timed the shot past Reichard from low in the slot. Then Daniel Barczuk beat Reichard under the blocker on a breakaway 1:24 later.
Nathan Moon tallied two consecutive goals less than four minutes apart to tie the score 2-2 by the 8:03 mark. Moon tipped a shot from Alex Wideman that trickled past Battochio and over the goal line for the first Evansville goal. He then fooled Battochio with a quick wraparound goal to tie the game.
The IceMen jumped into the lead when Alex Guptill walked Rapid City’s last defenseman back and chipped the puck over the right shoulder of Battochio with 6:57 left in the second.
Reichard came up big in the third period in his first start since December 4. The Celina, OH native stopped 19 shots in the frame and 35 in the contest for his third win of the season. Battochio made 26 saves in the loss. Daultan Leveilleprovided an insurance goal with 3:44 to play after Wideman threaded a saucer pass right on to his tape in front of the net. The victory snapped a five-game winless streak and moved the IceMen within six points of the eighth playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Evansville next travels to Toledo Friday for a game against the Walleye at 7:15pm EST at the Huntington Center. The IceMen then return home Saturday for the team’s sixth annual STAR WARS Night against the Quad City Mallards at 7:15pm at the Ford Center.
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