RAPID CITY - Tuesday's second day of training camp on Tuesday was a long one for prospects for the Rapid City Rush, but the day was none longer than for goalies Miguel Beaudry and Lanny Ramage.

Rush coach Joe Ferras said Beaudry and Ramage faced an estimated 70 to 80 shots on goal for the day. The two goaltenders were stingy in a scrimmage which ended in a 1-1 tie after a full hour of play, and 3-3 after a shootout.

"Both Miguel and Lanny were fantastic. The goaltending was incredible, actually," said Ferras. "The quality chances were there and some of the saves were unbelievable."

Beaudry was one of four Rush signees that spent last week at camps for Triple-A American Hockey League teams in Des Moines, Iowa, and Worcester, Mass.

Beaudry joined forward R.G. Flath and defenseman Luke Fritshaw at the Iowa Chops camp. Defenseman Jamie VanderVeeken skated with the Worcester Sharks.

Beaudry said he had to adjust from the higher-speed athletes he faced at the Chops' camp.

"At first I was a little quicker than the plays and that's not a good thing," Beaudry said Monday.

"Playing against better shooters is going to make me a better goalie, and I think that was the plan from day one, to improve and better prepare for the season."

Beaudry noticed one major difference in his time in Iowa.

"The speed and the pace there (in Iowa) are a little quicker, so you just stay on your toes a little more," he said. "The main thing is to always be ready and stay a little sharper."

Fritshaw, signed by the Rush just before heading to the Chop's camp, had to get accustomed to a different camp atmosphere on Tuesday.

"Today was my first day. It was a long day - grueling - but that's good. We've got to get in shape because we've got games this weekend and then the real thing two weeks from now," he said.

"As a D-man, when you get that puck you move it to the wingers and let them do their job. They really stress that there. It focuses you on getting the puck moving forward and not stick-handling yourself into a hole," said Fritshaw, of Tisdale, Sask., who gained AHL experience with the Milwaukee Admirals from 2006-2007. "You come back here and you're used to going a hundred miles an hour. They don't accept anything less up there."

VanderVeeken, a Sarnia, Ontario, native who played with the Kalamazoo Wings of the International Hockey League last season, agreed that the increased intensity at the AAA level of play will serve him well in Rapid City

"It helped me coming back here, little things jumping into the play and being a fourth-man rush. Reading plays is that much quicker there," he said.

"I definitely feel like I brought my game up a level. I feel like I'm a little quicker and can make better decisions with the puck," said Flath, a third-year CHL pro out of Park City, Utah, and teammate of Beaudry's in Austin last season.

Ferras said the second day of camp was designed to push the players a little harder.

"It's a tough grind right now. We're two days in, and the guys have been on the ice for seven or eight hours, plus the workouts. This is to be expected," he said "We want the same thing (Wednesday) with the pace and the tempo. We want these guys going at top speed, so when the games do come we're ready for it. Our defense is looking like they've been together for a while. We're headed in the right direction. There's no doubt about it."

Today's camp schedule at the Roosevelt Arena includes on-ice drills and workouts from 8 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., followed by a team scrimmage from 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.

All camp sessions are open and free to the public.