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Cedar Rapids Weekly Update Nov. 6th 2006
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Cedar Rapids Weekly Update Nov. 6th 2006
THIS WEEK
Saturday, November 11, 6:05PM @ Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. Ohio Jr. Blue Jackets
Sunday, November 12, 5:05PM @ Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders vs. Ohio Jr. Blue Jackets
RECORDS
Cedar Rapids
5-4-0, 10 points, 2nd place East Division
Ohio
1-6-2, 4 points, 6th place East Division
COMING IN
The RoughRiders split a pair of games last
weekend. The Riders earned a 4-3 shootout win Friday in Sioux
Falls before suffering a 7-5 defeat to Lincoln on home ice the
following evening.
The Riders remain the highest scoring team in the
USHL. Cedar Rapids averages 5.2 goals per game. The Riders,
however, also give up four goals per game- third most in the league.
Last Friday’s win improved the Riders road record to
3-1-0. They have met with less success on home ice, posting a
2-3-0 record at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. The Riders’ away
record was better than their home record each of the last two seasons.
Jacob Cepis (9-7-16) was held without a point over
the weekend after recording at least one point in each of the Riders’
first seven games. Cepis still ranks second in the league in
goals and points.
Kent Patterson took the loss in goal last
Saturday. The defeat ended Patterson’s season-opening four-game
winning streak. By backstopping the Riders to victory last
Friday, Patterson became the first goaltender in team history to start
a season 4-0-0.
Beginning with this weekend’s contests, the Riders
and Blue Jackets will play a total of four straight games against each
other. The Blue Jackets will visit Cedar Rapids for games on
Friday, November 17 and Saturday, November 18.
The host Blue Jackets suffered a pair of 3-2
shootout losses to the Omaha Lancers over the last two nights.
Ohio earned a point for each of those two shootout defeats. The
Blue Jackets snapped a six game regulation losing streak Friday
night. The expansion Blue Jackets are winless (0-6-2) in eight
games since defeating Waterloo 3-2 in overtime on October 7 in their
first ever USHL game.
Ohio is far and away the lowest scoring team in the
USHL. The Blue Jackets have scored just 13 goals in their first
nine games, an average of only 1.4 per contest. In contrast, the
RoughRiders have scored 47 times in their first nine games.
The Blue Jackets have scored two goals or fewer in each of their eight
games since the opener. Ohio has gone 204:14 without scoring an
even strength goal. Former Rider Dan Barczuk notched the Blue
Jackets’ last 5-on-5 goal at 5:46 of the third period of a 4-1 loss to
Sioux Falls on October 29.
No individual Blue Jacket has recorded more than
four points this season. Barczuk has scored a pair of goals in
six games since joining the Blue Jackets from Omaha last month.
Barczuk has four goals overall this season.
The Blue Jackets failed to score on their first 48
power plays before finally cashing in a pair of advantages in the third
period of last Saturday’s game. While both of Ohio’s goals last
night also came on the power play, the Blue Jackets still rank last in
the league on the man advantage (6.8 percent).
Andrew Palmisano has been solid in goal for
Ohio. Palmisano has gone 1-2-2 in five games while posting a 2.70
goals against average and a .920 save percentage.
LAST WEEK
Cedar Rapids
Friday, November 3: Cedar Rapids 4 Sioux Falls 3 (so)
Andy Miele scored the only goal of the shootout to give the Riders the
win. Kent Patterson stopped all five Sioux Falls penalty shots
after making 31 saves in regulation and overtime. Tyler Thompson
and Ian Slater scored ten seconds apart in the first period for the
Riders and Doug Jones provided a shorthanded goal in the second period,
but Cedar Rapids was unable to hold 2-0 and 3-2 leads.
Saturday, November 4: Lincoln 7 Cedar Rapids 5
Third period Rider goals from Tommy Wingels and Brett Dickinson (who
scored with just 26 seconds left) cut what had been a 6-3 Stars lead to
6-5, but a late Lincoln empty net goal put the Riders away. Robin
Bergman led the Rider attack with one goal and two assists.
Ohio
Saturday, November 4: Omaha 3 Ohio 2 (so)
The Blue Jackets were outscored 3-1 in the shootout after erasing a 2-0
third period deficit with power play goals from Danny Hobbs and Dan
Barczuk.
Sunday, November 5: Omaha 3 Ohio 2 (so)
Clark MacClean was the only Blue Jacket to convert a penalty shot as
Ohio was outscored 2-1 in the shootout. Power play goals from
Chris Reed and Adam Comrie and a 33-save effort from Andrew Palmisano
helped Ohio earn a point.
TOP POINT SCORERS
Cedar Rapids
GP
G A PTS
Jacob Cepis
9 9
7 16
Andy Miele
9 5
6 11
Rob Bordson
9 2
9 11
Evan Stephens
9 1 10 11
(two players tied with nine points)
Ohio
GP
G A PTS
Adam Comrie
7 3 1 4
Eric Rex
9
3 1 4
Derek Danowski
9
1 3 4
Chris Reed
9 1
3 4
(four players tied with two points)
LEADERS
Cedar Rapids
Goals- Jacob Cepis (9)
Assists- Evan Stephens (10)
Points- Jacob Cepis (16)
Plus/Minus- Brett Dickinson, Doug Jones (+5)
Penalty Minutes- Kevin Wehrs (18)
Power Play Goals- Robin Bergman (3)
Shorthanded Goals- Aaron Bogosian (2)
Ohio
Goals- Adam Comrie, Eric Rex (3)
Assists- Derek Danowski, Chris Reed (3)
Points- Adam Comrie, Derek Danowski, Chris Reed, Eric Rex (4)
Plus/Minus- Stephen Balint (even)
Penalty Minutes- Derek Roehl (28)
Power Play Goals- Dan Barczuk, Adam Comrie, Danny Hobbs, Chris Reed (1)
Shorthanded Goals- Eric Rex (1)
WHO’S HOT
Cedar Rapids
Robin Bergman: six points (two goals, four assists) in his last three games
Andy Miele: points (five goals, six assists) in seven of his last eight games
Evan Stephens: six assists in his last three games
Kevin Wehrs: nine points (three goals, six assists) in his last six games
Tommy Wingels: six points (three goals, three assists) in his last four games
Ohio
Charles Brockett: two assists in his last two games
Adam Comrie: one goal and one assist last night against Omaha
Chris Reed: one goal and one assist last night against Omaha
Andrew Palmisano: allowed just two goals in each of his last two games
GOALTENDERS
Cedar Rapids
GP MIN GAA
W-L-SOL SO SPCT
Pat McGann
4
236:58 4.30 1-3-0
0 .883
Kent Patterson
5 303:07
3.56 4-1-0
0 .885
Ohio
GP MIN
GAA W-L-SOL SO
SPCT
Andrew Palmisano 5
311:31 2.70 1-2-2
0
.920
Troy Redmann
4
240 4.75
0-4-0
0 .882
WIN-LOSS
Cedar Rapids Ohio
Home: 2-3-0 Home: 1-5-2
Away: 3-1-0 Away: 0-1-0
vs. East: 2-1-0 vs. East: 1-2-0
vs. West: 3-3-0 vs. West: 0-4-2
GOALS
Cedar Rapids Ohio
Goals For: 5.22 (1) Goals For: 1.44 (12)
Goals Against: 4.00 (10) Goals Against: 3.89 (9)
SPECIAL TEAMS
Cedar Rapids Ohio
Power Play: 19.5 15/77 (4)
Power Play: 6.8
4/59 (12)
Penalty Kill: 78.0 13/59
(10) Penalty Kill:
90.0 7/70 (3)
Shorthanded Goals For: 3 Shorthanded Goals For: 1
Shorthanded Goals Against: 2
Shorthanded Goals Against: 2
SEASON SERIES
vs. Ohio
11/11/06 Cedar Rapids at Ohio
11/12/06 Cedar Rapids at Ohio
11/17/06 Ohio at Cedar Rapids
11/18/06 Ohio at Cedar Rapids
2/3/07 Ohio at Cedar Rapids
3/17/07 Ohio at Cedar Rapids
3/25/07 Cedar Rapids at Ohio
COACHES
Cedar Rapids
Mark Carlson, 8th year (223-163-38)
Mark Carlson has been the RoughRiders’ coach since the team arrived in
Cedar Rapids in 1999. In 2005-06 he led the Riders to their
second straight East Division title.
He has also piloted the Riders to six straight winning seasons and six
straight Clark Cup playoff berths. The Riders are one of just two
USHL teams to have reached the postseason each of the last six years.
The Riders are the only team to have advanced at least as far as the
Clark Cup semi-finals/East Division finals each of the last two springs
and four of the last five years. On December 3, 2005 Carlson
picked up his two hundredth career coaching win as the Riders defeated
Omaha 2-1 in a shootout. Carlson’s RoughRiders went 218-159-38 in
his first seven seasons with the club.
The high point of his tenure was leading the
RoughRiders to the first Clark Cup (playoff) title in team history
along with a share of the Anderson Cup regular season title and the
East Division title in 2004-05. The Riders went 42-13-5 during
the regular season- the best record in club history- and swept through
the first two rounds of the playoffs before defeating Sioux City three
games to two in the finals. For his efforts, Carlson was named the
2004-05 USHL Coach of the Year.
Carlson, a native of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, is a
graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell where he earned a
B.S. in Business Administration and Marketing. Also while at Lowell,
Carlson skated in the highly competitive Hockey East conference as a
forward on the River Hawks’ hockey team. His on-ice talent was
recognized even before he arrived in Lowell when he was taken in the
1987 National Hockey League draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
After graduating from UML, Carlson spent one season as an assistant
coach at Lawrenceville School before returning to Lowell to serve as an
assistant to head coach Bruce Crowder. After helping the River Hawks to
a berth in the 1996 NCAA tournament, Carlson spent another three
seasons beside Crowder as an assistant at Northeastern University in
Boston, where he also acted as recruiting coordinator. He earned a
master’s degree in education from N.U.
During his time at N.U. Carlson also acted as recruiting
coordinator. Among those he recruited for the Huskies were Jim
Fahey, who now skates for the National Hockey League’s San Jose Sharks,
and Mike Ryan, who would later be the top draft pick of the NHL’s
Dallas Stars.
Ohio
John Fritsche, 1st year (1-6-2)
John Fritsche became the first head coach of the
Ohio Junior Blue Jackets in June after spending one season as coach of
the Cleveland Barons of the junior A North American Hockey
League. He led the Barons to a 35-19-4 record and an NAHL North
Division playoff title last year.
Prior to taking over behind the Barons’ bench, Fritsche was associate
head coach of Ambri-Piotta in the Swiss Nationalliga. He also served as
coach of the Ambri-Piotta junior team.
Fritsche enjoyed a lengthy playing career, spending much of it in
Switzerland, where he skated for Zug, Lugano and Ambri-Piotta. He
also played for the Moncton Hawks- then the American Hockey League
affiliate of the Winnipeg Jets- in 1993-94. Fritsche represented
the United States at the 1990 World Hockey Championships.
Fritsche is the uncle of Columbus Blue Jackets forward Dan Fritsche and
Ohio State forward (and Colorado Avalanche draft pick) Tom Fritsche.
HISTORY
Tyler Thompson (13:34) and Ian Slater (13:44) scored ten seconds apart
in the first period of the Riders’ 4-3 shootout win in Sioux Falls last
Friday to tie a team record for fastest two goals. The mark was
originally set by Xavier Daramy and Corey Carlson on November 3, 2000
against Tri-City. Daramy scored at 5:20 of the third period and
Carlson at 5:30 of the third in a 4-1 Rider win.
Kent Patterson won his first four starts of the season before suffering
the loss in goal last Saturday against Des Moines. He is the
first goaltender in team history to start a season with four straight
wins.
Last season was the Riders’ third straight 30-win campaign and also the
fifth time in the last six years that the Riders have picked up at
least 30 victories.
The Riders went 42-13-5 on the road over the last two seasons
combined. The Riders’ road record was superior to their home
record both last season season and in 2004-05.
The Riders are, along with the Omaha Lancers, one of just two teams who
have reached the playoffs each of the last six years. As all 12
USHL teams will qualify for the postseason this year, that streak will
be stretch to seven consecutive playoff berths in April.
The Riders are the only USHL team to advance at least as far as the
division finals each of the last two years. Furthermore, Cedar
Rapids is also the only team to reach the league’s final four in four
of the last five years. Only one team (Sioux City) has even
reached the second round three times in the last five years.
The Blue Jackets won the first regular season game
in team history, defeating the Waterloo Black Hawks 3-2 in overtime on
October 7.
COLLEGE COMMITMENTS
RoughRiders (7)
Robin Bergman (Notre Dame), Jacob Cepis (Bowling Green), Doug Jones
(Princeton), Andy Miele (Miami of Ohio), Matt Tommassoni (Miami of
Ohio), Kevin Wehrs (Minnesota), Tommy Wingels (Miami of Ohio)
Ohio (2)
Charlse Brockett (Yale), Danny Hobbs (Massachusetts-Amherst)
NHL DRAFT PICKS
RoughRiders
Year Round Overall
Team
Sergei Kolosov 2004 5th 151 Detroit
Pat McGann
2005 7th 223
Dallas
ROUGHRIDER ALUMNI
Division I
GP
G A PTS
Justin Abdelkader (Michigan State/sophomore)
6 3 3
6
Phil Axtell (Michigan Tech/freshman)
8
2 4 6
Casey Bickley (Army/senior)
8 2 4
6
James Brannigan (Colorado College/junior)
10 0
1 1
Jamie Carroll (Providence/senior)
9 2
1 3
Greg Collins (New Hampshire/sophomore)
6 0
1 1
Chad Costello (Northeastern/freshman)
8
3 5 8
Ray Eichenlaub (Miami of Ohio/sophomore)
10
2 3 5
Jon Grabarek (Wayne State/sophomore)
7 0
1 1
Jordy Hart (Merrimack/junior)
5
0 0 0
Bryan Horan (Providence/senior)
9 0
1 1
Tyler Howells (Michigan State/senior)
6
0 3 3
Ray Kaunisto (Northern Michigan/freshman)
10 0
0 0
Steven Kaunisto (Lake Superior State/freshman)
7
0 2 2
Billy Loupee (Miami of Ohio/sophomore)
7 1
2 3
Shane Lovdahl (Alaska-Anchorage/sophomore)
7
0 2 2
Alec Martinez (Miami of Ohio/sophomore)
10 5 4
9
Zach Miskovic (St. Lawrence/sophomore)
7 2
2 4
Sean Muncy (Brown/sophomore)
3 0
2 2
Brandon Naurato (Michigan/sophomore)
7 2
2 4
Matt Olinger (Wisconsin/senior)
10 0
0 0
Zach Pearson (Ferris State/senior)
6 2
2 4
Derek Peltier (Minnesota/junior)
9
0 1 1
Nate Perkovich (Lake Superior State/freshman)
8 6 1 7
Jordan Pietrus (Brown/freshman)
1 0
1 1
Ted Purcell (Maine/freshman)
8
5 7 12
Nick Sellers (Lake Superior State/freshman)
5 1
1 2
Gary Steffes (Miami of Ohio/freshman)
10 3 1
4
David Strathman (Northeastern/freshman)
8 1
0 1
Brandon Svendsen (Bowling Green/sophomore)
8
1 4 5
Shawn Vinz (New Hampshire/senior)
5
0 0 0
Matt Vokes (Brown/sophomore)
3 2
0 2
Chase Watson (Providence/senior)
6 1 0
1
GP
W-L-T GAA SV%
SO
Joe Fallon (Vermont/junior)
6
2-3-1
1.82 .918 1
Bobby Goepfert (St. Cloud State/senior)
5 1-3-1
2.95 .899
0
Alex Stalock (Minnesota-Duluth/freshman)
8
2-4-2
2.82 .894 0
Dan Tormey (Minnesota State-Mankato/sophomore) 7
2-5-0
4.24 .847 0
Division III
GP
G A PTS
Brett Beckfeld (Wisconsin-Stevens Point/sophomore)
2 1
2 3
T.J. Dahl (Wisconsin-River Falls/junior)
4
3 5 8
Professional
GP
G A PTS +/-
P.J. Atherton (Johnstown/ECHL)
9 0
8 8 -3
Rico Fatticci (Port Huron/UHL)
4 0
0 0 0
Mike Manley (Trenton/ECHL)
4 1
0 1 -2
Dave Moss (Omaha/AHL)
11
4 4 8 --
Danny O’Brien (Fresno/ECHL)
1 0
0 0 0
Alexander Valentin (Kalamazoo/UHL)
7 0
4 4 -2
Highlights
Ted Purcell collected four assists in two games over the weekend.
The Maine freshman notched three assists in a 4-1 win at Merrimack last
Friday and added another in a 2-2 tie at Boston University last
Saturday. Purcell has now recorded points in six straight
games…Chad Costello enjoyed a second straight three point
weekend. The Northeastern freshman scored two goals last Friday
in a 6-3 loss at New Hampshire and picked up an assist one night later
in a 3-1 home defeat at the hands of UNH…Army senior Casey Bickley
scored one goal and added two assists as the Black Knights of the
Hudson swept a home-and-home series with American International last
weekend…Nate Perkovich’s six-game goal-scoring streak ended last
Saturday in Lake Superior State’s 4-2 loss at Bowling Green…Justin
Abdelkader had two goals and one assist in Michigan State’s 7-4 win
over Michigan last Friday… T.J. Dahl, Wisconsin-River Falls’ leading
point scorer, recorded four points (one goal, three assists) in a pair
of wins last weekend…Brett Beckfeld had one goal and two assists in
Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s 5-3 win last Friday at St. Mary’s…P.J.
Atherton collected six assists in back-to-back wins last Friday and
Saturday for the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL
UPCOMING EVENTS
The RoughRiders will welcome local youth and church
groups to All Faith Night as the Riders take on Ohio on Friday,
November 17 at 7:05PM. 2004 American Idol contestant George Huff
will perform after the game. The Riders join media sponsor 89.1
The Spirit in welcoming Huff.
The RoughRiders will wear special edition black and
gold University of Iowa Hawkeye jerseys during their game against Ohio
on Saturday, November 18. The Hawkeye jerseys will be auctioned
off to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network after the game. The
November 18 game is presented by Mediacom.
Before the November 18 game, fans will also get a chance to hone their hockey knowledge as part of Hockey 101 Night.
COMMUNITY
RoughRiders players will read to students at
Springville Elementary School on Wednesday, November 15 at 10:00AM.
Riders players will visit Nixon Five Seasons Learning Center on Monday, November 20.
Riders players will stop by the Waypoint locations
on Edgewood and on 5th Street to speak to children on November 21.
TICKETS
The RoughRiders are again this season offering the Flex Plan, which
enables fans to purchase books of ten ticket vouchers that can be
redeemed in any quantity for any regular season home game during normal
box office hours. Fans who purchase the flex plan receive a
significant discount ($21 off game day ticket prices) by investing in
bulk tickets and can still enjoy the games of their choice in the seats
they want.
Single game tickets are now on sale. Tickets can be purchased in
person at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena ticket office, over the phone at
(319) 261-4625 or on line at www.roughridershockey.com. The
ticket office is open from noon to 5:00PM on weekdays and from noon
through the end of the second period on game days. Ticket prices
range from $7 to $17 in advance and from $8 to $18 on game days.
ON THE AIR/ON LINE
RoughRiders regular season and playoff games will again this season be
broadcast on AM-1360 The Fan in Cedar Rapids. Courtesy of B2
Networks, free audio webcasts of Riders games will also be available at
www.roughridershockey.com. Brian Lavelle provides play-by-play.
The RoughRiders and B2 have also teamed up to offer pay-per-view video
webcasts of all RoughRiders games. Fans can click on the “Watch
RoughRiders’ Games Live” icon at www.roughridershockey.com to watch and
listen to the game. The broadcast is available to fans with a
high speed DSL or cable modem internet connection. The charge for
video webcasts is $6 per game.
Real time updates of all USHL games are available on line at www.pointstreak.com/prostats.
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