RIVERKINGS SILENCE RAGE FOR WEEKEND SWEEP
(Broomfield, CO) -- Mississippi finished off a three-game sweep of Colorado teams on Sunday afternoon with a 5-1 victory at Rocky Mountain. The RiverKings moved into first place in the CHL Northeast Division and are now alone in second place overall in the Northern Conference standings.
RiverKings/Rage Box Score
First period scoring saw the RiverKings score first from Matt Summers, his eleventh goal of the year in his 100th career professional game at 8:19. Rocky Mountain answered with an unassisted goal from Simon Watson at 10:53 for a 1-1 tie after twenty minutes of play.
Mississippi scored three times in the second period. Stephen Margeson netted a goal at 11:24, followed by Summers’ second goal of the game (this time on the power play) at 17:59. David Simoes ended the period with his first goal of the season at 19:08 for a 4-1 RiverKings margin after two periods of play.
Louis Dumont finished up the scoring with a goal at 3:54 of the third period for the final 5-1 score.
Mississippi scored once on the power play in three opportunities, while holding the Rage scoreless in two chances. Rocky Mountain out shot the RiverKings for the game by a margin of 37-to-27.