Worcester erased two deficits, including an equalizer with just over two minutes remaining, before Anthony Repaci deflected a centering pass home to end the evening after 59 seconds of extra time.
Briley Wood came out for the Rush with two goals in a span of less than three minutes. Wood achieved his first multi-goal performance with Rapid City and the third of his career.
Rapid City led 2-0 after the first, but Worcester tipped the scales in the second. The Railers scored three times in the space of six and a half minutes to turn a two-goal deficit into a 3–2 lead.
Despite being badly outshot in the third, the Rush scored on their first two shots. Ryan Chyzowski scored a shot off Worcester goalkeeper Tristan Lennox for his team-leading 21st of the season. Then the Rush got their first power play of the series back then Rasmus Ekstrom was stumbled, and Blake Bennett hit a top-shelf wrist shot to regain a 4-3 Rapid City lead.
Worcester aggressively pulled Lennox back with two and a half minutes to go, and it paid off. Former Rush turned Rush killer Drew Callin completed his first professional hat trick to tie the game with 2:18 remaining.
The Rush had one possession in sudden death overtime and one shot from Bennett, but the Railers survived and won the game just seconds later.
Worcester made 53 shots, a season high, and defeated Rapid City 53-20.
In his first start since December 20e, Nathan Torchia did all he could for the Rush with a career-high 48 saves on 53 shots, including multiple save of the week candidates. Lennox made just 16 saves on 20 shots but did enough to earn the win for Worcester.
The two-week homestand concludes tomorrow night with Black Hills Brawl Night, presented by RESPEC. The Rush will wear South Dakota Mines jerseys and Worcester will wear Black Hills State jerseys in the first edition of this game.
Next game: Saturday February 21 vs. Worcester. 7:05 PM MST puck drop from Monument Ice Arena.
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