The Saskatchewan Rush are looking to bounce back and finish the regular season on a high note after a 13-11 loss to the Colorado Mammoth this past weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite the result, the team showed resilience, battling back with a strong second-half performance at SaskTel Centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Second-half push shows promise\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rush defenceman Ryan\u00a0Barnable\u00a0said the group found its footing as the game went on, even after a slow start.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously we didn\u2019t come out of the gates particularly well, but we kind of answered the bell in the second half,\u201d\u00a0Barnable\u00a0said. \u201cIf we just continue the way we played in that second half, I think we\u2019ll be successful moving forward.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Playoff mindset taking shape\u00a0<\/p>\n
With just one game\u00a0remaining\u00a0in the regular season,\u00a0Barnable\u00a0said the team\u2019s focus is clear heading into the final weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMindset\u2019s\u00a0definitely a must win,\u201d he said. \u201cWe want to earn another home playoff game for Rush Nation and continue that success.\u00a0So\u00a0we want to move into the playoffs in the right direction.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Full 60 minutes key against Toronto\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Rush will close out the regular season against the Toronto Rock, with playoff positioning still on the line.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Barnable\u00a0said putting together a complete effort will be crucial.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think just putting together a full 60 minutes and playing with the effort and enthusiasm we did in the second half of last week,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we come out of the gates playing with that kind of energy, I think we\u2019ll be successful against any team in the league.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Message to Rush Nation\u00a0<\/p>\n
Barnable\u00a0also credited the support from fans and hopes to reward them with a strong finish.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLove the support, love the crowd.\u00a0They\u2019re\u00a0loud,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0great,\u201d he said. \u201cHoping to get the win for them this weekend and keep moving in the right direction.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Rush return to action Saturday night at SaskTel Centre as they take on Toronto in their final regular-season game, with a home playoff date still up for grabs.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Saskatchewan Rush are looking to bounce back and finish the regular season on a high note after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":{"0":"post-603966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-toronto"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}