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RoughRiders Open Training Camp This Weekend

RoughRiders Open Training Camp This Weekend

September 1, 2004 - The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders will open their 2004 training camp this weekend with double sessions Saturday, Sunday and Monday at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. The Riders will practice from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:time w:st="on" Minute="0" Hour="8">8:00</st1:time> to <st1:time w:st="on" Minute="0" Hour="10">10:00AM</st1:time> and again from <st1:time w:st="on" Minute="0" Hour="16">4:00</st1:time> to <st1:time w:st="on" Minute="0" Hour="18">6:00PM</st1:time> each day. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> “We’re very excited about getting back on the ice,” said RoughRiders coach and general manager Mark Carlson. “We’ll be putting in a lot of hard work to get ready for opening night.”<o:p></o:p> The camp will continue with single practices at <st1:time w:st="on" Minute="30" Hour="14">2:30PM</st1:time> beginning next Tuesday. Training camp is open to the public. <o:p></o:p> The RoughRiders open their six-game pre-season schedule when they visit their arch rivals, the defending Clark Cup champion Waterloo Black Hawks, on Wednesday, September 8 at 7:05PM. The Riders will play their only home pre-season game, also against the Black Hawks on Monday, September 13 at <st1:time w:st="on" Minute="5" Hour="19">7:05PM</st1:time><o:p></o:p> The RoughRiders will raise the curtain on the regular season, their sixth in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cedar Rapids</st1:place></st1:City>, on Saturday, September 25 when they visit the Des Moines Buccaneers. The RoughRiders play their home opener on Saturday, October 16 when they again host <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Waterloo</st1:place></st1:City>. <o:p></o:p> 2004-05 season tickets are currently available through the RoughRiders’ business office (247-0340). Fans who pay for season tickets in full before August 31 will receive a 10% discount in addition to a host of other benefits available exclusively to season ticket holders. <o:p></o:p> Over their first five seasons, the Riders have secured a place as one of the top organizations in the United States Hockey League. The RoughRiders are one of just three teams to have reached the USHL playoffs each of the last four seasons and last year set a franchise record for wins in a season. The Riders are also annually among the league leaders in attendance, frequently drawing sellout crowds to the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. <o:p></o:p>

Posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 (Archive on Wednesday, September 01, 2004)

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