(RAPID CITY, S.D.)—The Rapid City Rush, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Calgary Flames, announced today that the team’s home game on Saturday, December 27th against the Tahoe Knight Monsters has been postponed as a result of the PHPA player strike.
All ticketholders for tonight will have the opportunity to exchange their tickets for a future game. The Bluey Meet & Greets will still take place in the Fine Arts Theatre at the originally scheduled times.
We wanted to provide a statement from the ECHL about collective bargaining with the PHPA and the union’s decision to force all ECHL players to go on strike. The union’s decision to force our players to stop working means that we have to postpone tonight’s game. We’re working to have a team on the ice for our next regularly scheduled game on December 28th.
To get important information about the ECHL’s last, best and final offer to players, which would immediately raise salaries by 20 percent and address other proposals that are priorities for our players and teams, please visit the ECHL website here.
The following is a statement from the ECHL:
“Unfortunately, union leaders deprived players of the opportunity to vote on our last, best, and final offer – an offer that would dramatically raise player salaries by 20 percent in the first year, boost the per-diem rate, guarantee more off days, and expand the top-of-the-line equipment available to players. We did everything possible to avoid this outcome, and hope that the union leadership will drop its unworkable scheduling demands, let the players vote on our offer, and make it possible for players to return to work.”
Due to the unpredictable nature of this event, please note that if you see advertisements running for the upcoming games, that does not necessarily mean that the games will be played.
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