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Cedar Rapids Weekly Update Jan. 15th 2006
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Cedar Rapids Weekly Update Jan. 15th 2006
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
Weekly Update
January 15, 2007
THIS WEEK
Friday, January 19, 7:05PM @ Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
Tri-City Storm vs. Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
Saturday, January 20, 7:05PM @ Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
Green Bay Gamblers vs. Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
RECORDS
Cedar Rapids
20-10-1, 41 points, tied 1st place East Division
Tri-City
18-8-2, 38 points, tied 2nd place West Division
Green Bay
14-13-4, 32 points, 4th place East Division
COMING IN
The RoughRiders have won five straight games,
equaling their longest winning streak of the season. The Riders
won three games in five days last week, claiming a 7-4 victory at
Chicago last Tuesday, defeating the Steel 4-3 in a rematch last Friday
in Cedar Rapids and outlasting Sioux City 6-5 in a shootout one night
later at home.
The RoughRiders are tied for first place in the
United States Hockey League’s East Division with the Waterloo Black
Hawks. The Black Hawks have three games in hand on the
Riders. The Riders and Hawks are two points behind Sioux City in
the race for first place overall.
By defeating Sioux City last Saturday, the Riders
joined the Musketeers as the second team in the league to reach the 20
win plateau. The Riders and Black Hawks both cracked the 40 point
barrier with wins Saturday evening.
The Riders are the only team in the league averaging
more than four goals per game. The Riders score 4.3 per contest.
The Riders have averaged just under six goals per game during their
five-game winning streak. They have outscored their opponents
29-19 during that run. The Riders have scored at least four goals
in each of their last five games and in seven of their last eight.
Jacob Cepis (22-22-44) has ripped off a five-game
point-scoring streak during which he has rung up 11 points on six goals
and five assists. In the process Cepis has taken over the league
lead in goals and points. Cepis is also tied for eighth in
assists.
The Riders last weekend won the first two games of a
six-game homestand- their longest homestand of the season. The
Riders have now won six straight on home ice. Cedar Rapids has not lost
at home since falling to Indiana 5-3 at the ice arena on December 1.
Last Tuesday’s win was the Riders’ third in a row on the road.
Rider goaltender Kent Patterson set a team record by
making 58 saves in last Saturday’s wild win over Sioux City. The
Riders established another team record by allowing 63 shots in that
contest.
Patterson is now riding a four-game winning streak. Patterson has
also suffered just one regulation loss in his last nine appearances,
going 6-1-1 with a 3.01 goals against average and a .920 save
percentage during that stretch.
The Storm swept a pair of games from the Ohio Junior
Blue Jackets last weekend in Columbus. Tri-City shut out the Blue
Jackets 2-0 last Saturday and scored a 4-2 win last night.
Tri-City is now unbeaten in regulation (4-0-1) in
its last five games and has gone 8-1-1 in its last ten.
The Storm is the second stingiest team in the
league. Tri-City gives up just 2.6 goals per game. The
Storm has allowed three goals or fewer in regulation in each of its
last 12 games.
Tri-City goaltender Ian Keserich ranks second in the
league in goals against average (2.27) and fourth in save percentage
(.911).
Calle Ridderwall (15-18-33) is the Storm’s top point
producer. Ridderwall is tied for ninth in the league in
goal-scoring.
The Gamblers were swept on home ice by Lincoln last
weekend. Green Bay fell 4-2 last Friday and suffered a 6-1 defeat
last Saturday.
The Gamblers have now lost three of their last four games and have gone 2-4-2 in their last eight games.
Hitting the road this weekend may be just the tonic
Green Bay requires. The Gamblers have gone 8-4-2 on the road this
season and just 6-9-2 at home. Green Bay opens this weekend with
a visit to Waterloo Friday night.
Adam Avramenko has been a workhorse in goal for the
Gamblers. Avramenko leads the league in minutes played (1694:41)
and has started 21 of Green Bay’s last 22 games and 29 of 31 games on
the season.
Segio Somma (21-9-30) ranks second in the league in
goal-scoring. Derrick LaPoint (9-19-28) ranks third among
defensemen in points and is tied for fourth among blue liners in goals.
RECENT ACTION
Cedar Rapids
Tuesday, January 9: Cedar Rapids 7 Chicago 4
The RoughRiders scored four second period goals to erase a 3-1 deficit
and went on to the 7-4 win. Jacob Cepis and Kevin Wehrs both
notched one goal and two assists for Cedar Rapids.
Friday, January 12: Cedar Rapids 4 Chicago 3
Kevin Wehrs scored the game winning power play goal with 1:20 left in
the third period. David Boehm scored the Riders’ first two goals
and assisted on the third.
Saturday, January 13: Cedar Rapids 6 Sioux City 5 (SO)
The Riders outscored Sioux City 2-0 in the shootout after the
Musketeers erased a 5-1 Rider lead in regulation. Jacob Cepis
(who was also one of five Rider goal scorers in regulation) and Pat
Cannone converted penalty shots for Cedar Rapids. Rider
goaltender Kent Patterson made a team record 58 saves.
Tri-City
Saturday, January 13: Tri-City 2 Ohio 0
Sean Wiles and David Brownschidle scored for the Storm and Ian Keserich made 16 saves to shutout Ohio.
Sunday, January 14: Tri-City 4 Ohio 2
Alex Hudson scored the first two Storm goals, Mario Lamoureux provided
the game winner at 5:14 of the third period and Sean Wiles put Ohio
away in the final minute with an empty net goal.
Green Bay
Friday, January 12: Lincoln 4 Green Bay 2
The Stars scored three third period to rally from a 2-1 deficit.
Sergio Somma and Taylor McReynolds scored first period goals for the
Gamblers.
Saturday, January 13: Lincoln 6 Green Bay 1
The Gamblers surrendered six unanswered goals after Sergio Somma’s first period goal gave Green Bay a 1-0 lead.
TOP POINT SCORERS
Cedar Rapids GP G A PTS
Jacob Cepis 30 22 22 44
Pat Cannone 31 11 18 29
Kevin Wehrs 31 7 19 26
Robin Bergman 23 14 11 25
David Boehm 29 9 14 23
Tri-City
GP G A PTS
Calle Ridderwall 28 15 18 33
Jesse Martin 28 11 19 30
Matt Ambroz 28 12 15 27
Alex Hudson 28 4 10 14
(two players tied with 13 points)
Green Bay GP G A PTS
Sergio Somma 31 21 9 30
Derrick LaPoint 30 9 19 28
Steve Silva 28 10 16 26
Mike Sislo 31 16 9 25
Kurt Davis 30 4 16 20
LEADERS
Cedar Rapids
Goals- Jacob Cepis (22)
Assists- Jacob Cepis (22)
Points- Jacob Cepis (44)
Plus/Minus- Jacob Cepis, Evan Stephens (+12)
Penalty Minutes- Kevin Wehrs (69)
Power Play Goals- Robin Bergman (8)
Shorthanded Goals- Aaron Bogosian (2)
Tri-City
Goals- Calle Ridderwall (15)
Assists- Jesse Martin (19)
Points- Calle Ridderwall (33)
Plus/Minus- Luke Lucyk, Jesse Martin (+11)
Penalty Minutes- Tristin Llewellyn (66)
Power Play Goals- Calle Ridderwall (9)
Shorthanded Goals- Calle Ridderwall, Tristin Llewellyn, Jordan VanGilder (1)
Green Bay
Goals- Sergio Somma (21)
Assists- Derrick LaPoint (19)
Points- Sergio Somma (30)
Plus/Minus- Ryan Little (+8)
Penalty Minutes- Taylor McReynolds (88)
Power Play Goals- Sergio Somma (11)
Shorthanded Goals- Derrick LaPoint, Ryan Little, Steve Silva, Mike Sislo, Nick Tabisz (1)
WHO’S HOT
Cedar Rapids
David Boehm: seven points (two goals, five assists) in his last five games.
Jacob Cepis: five-game point-scoring streak (5-6-11)
Mike Seidel: six points (two goals, four assists) in his last six games
Kevin Wehrs: five-game point-scoring streak (two goals, six assists)
Kent Patterson: four-game winning streak…6-1-1 in his last nine games with a 3.01 goals against average and a .920
save percentage
Tri-City
Matt Ambroz: eleven points (three goals, eight assists) in his last nine games
Alex Hudson: six points (two goals, four assists) in his last six games
Ian Keserich: 4-1-1 in his last six games with a 1.48 goals against average and a .946 save percentage
Green Bay
Kurt Davis: 11 assists in his last ten games
Mike Sislo: 12 points (seven goals, five assists) in his last nine games
Sergio Somma: five goals in his last six games…11 points (seven goals, four assists) in his last 11 games
GOALTENDERS
Cedar Rapids GP
MIN GAA
W-L-SOL SO SPCT
Kent Patterson 17
979:54 3.18
12-3-1 0
.907
Richard Bachman 9
536:21 3.69
5-4-0 0
.887
Tri-City
GP MIN
GAA W-L-SOL
SO SPCT
Ian Keserich 17
886:56 2.44
9-6-1
1 .902
Aaron Rock 1
60
2.00 1-0-0
0 .895
Green Bay
GP MIN
GAA W-L-SOL
SO SPCT
Adam Avramenko 29
1694:41 3.04
13-11-4 2
.897
Nicholas Graves 4
175:56 4.09
1-2-0
0 .854
WIN-LOSS
Cedar Rapids Tri-City Green Bay
Home: 10-5-0 Home: 8-4-2 Home: 6-9-2
Away: 10-5-1 Away: 10-4-0 Away: 8-4-2
vs. East: 15-4-0 vs. East: 9-1-1 vs. East: 13-7-3
vs. West: 5-6-1 vs. West: 9-7-1 vs. West: 1-6-1
GOALS
Cedar Rapids Tri-City Green Bay
Goals For: 4.32 (1) Goals For: 3.57 (5) Goals For: 3.13 (9)
Goals Against: 3.55 (9) Goals Against: 2.57 (2) Goals Against: 3.32 (7)
SPECIAL TEAMS
Cedar Rapids Tri-City
Power Play: 19.6 45/230 (3)
Power Play: 18.5 32/173 (5)
Penalty Kill: 81.8 33/181 (9)
Penalty Kill: 83.8
29/179 (7)
Shorthanded Goals For: 8 Shorthanded Goals For: 3
Shorthanded Goals Against: 4 Shorthanded Goals Against: 4
Green Bay
Power Play: 18.9 38/201 (4)
Penalty Kill: 81.6 38/206 (10)
Shorthanded Goals For: 5
Shorthanded Goals Against: 8
SEASON SERIES
Cedar Rapids vs. Tri-City
10/21/06 Tri-City 5 at Cedar Rapids 3
12/15/06 at Tri-City 4 Cedar Rapids 3 (SO)
12/16/06 at Tri-City 4 Cedar Rapids 1
1/19/07 Tri-City at Cedar Rapids
GP
W-L-SOL PTS H
A
OPP REC
OPP PTS
2006-07 3
0-2-1
1
0-1-0 0-1-1
3-0-0
6
All-Time 30
12-14-4 27
6-6-2 6-8-2
18-10-2 38
Cedar Rapids vs. Green Bay
1210/7/06 Green Bay 4 at Cedar Rapids 2
1/5/07 Cedar Rapids 8 at Green Bay 4
11/25/06 Cedar Rapids 4 at Green Bay 3 (OT)
1/20/07 Green Bay at Cedar Rapids
12/29/06 at Cedar Rapids 5 Green Bay 4 (SO)
4/6/07 Cedar Rapids at Green Bay
12/30/06 at Cedar Rapids 6 Green Bay 2
GP
W-L-SOL PTS H
A
OPP REC
OPP PTS
2006-07
5 4-1-0
8
2-1-0
2-0-0 1-2-2
4
All-Time 49
30-16-3
63 18-7-1
12-9-2 19-21-9
47
Top Point Scorers/Season Series
Cedar Rapids vs. Tri-City
Cedar Rapids GP G A PTS
Jacob Cepis
3 1 2 3
(two players tied with two points)
Tri-City
GP G
A PTS
Jesse Martin
3 4 3 7
Calle Ridderwall 3 4 1 5
Matt Ambroz 3 0 4 4
Cedar Rapids vs. Green Bay
Cedar Rapids GP G A PTS
Jacob Cepis
5 5 7 12
Pat Cannone
5 4 3 7
Evan Stephens 5 1 5 6
Green Bay
GP G A PTS
Sergio Somma 5 4 2 6
Mike Sislo 5 3 3 6
Steve Silva
5 2 4 6
Goaltenders/Season Series
Cedar Rapids vs. Tri-City
Cedar Rapids GP
MIN GAA W-L-SOL
SO SPCT
Kent Patterson 1
65 2.77 0-0-1
0 .909
Richard Bachman 1 60
4.00 0-1-0
0 .895
Pat McGann
1 58:25 5.14
0-1-0 0
.872
Tri-City
GP
MIN GAA W-L-SOL
SO SPCT
Ian Keserich
2
119:58 2.00 2-0-0
0
.913
Bryce Christianson 1 65
2.77
1-0-0
0 .900
Cedar Rapids vs. Green Bay
Cedar Rapids GP
MIN GAA W-L-SOL
SO SPCT
Kent Patterson 2
119:53 3.00
2-0-0
0 .897
Richard Bachman 2
125:47 3.34
2-0-0 0 .881
Pat McGann
1 59:59
3.00 0-1-0
0 .900
Green Bay
GP MIN
GAA W-L-SOL SO
SPCT
Adam Avramenko 5 245:42
4.15 1-1-2
0 .883
Nicholas Graves
2 59:59 7.00
0-1-0
0 .794
COACHES
Cedar Rapids
Mark Carlson, 8th year (238-169-39)
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.
Tri-City
Bliss Littler, 6th year (167-106-31); 4th year Tri-City (122-64-22)
This is Bliss Littler’s fourth season as Tri-City
coach and general manager. Littler has piloted to Storm to three
straight playoff berths.
Littler directed the Storm to the league’s best
record in his first year in Kearney. For his efforts he was named
2003-04 USHL General Manager of the Year.
Littler arrived in central Nebraska after spending a
season and a half as coach and general manager of the now defunct
Topeka ScareCrows. The ScareCrows went 45-42-9 under Littler.
Prior to his tenure in Topeka, Littler had a highly successful seven
year (1993-2000) run as coach of the Billings Bulls of the America West
Hockey League. During Littler’s time in Billings, the Bulls won
five AWHL Borne Cup titles and went 251-104-30.
Green Bay
Mark Mazzoleni, 3rd year (65-77-9)
Mark Mazzoleni is in his third year in charge of the
Gamblers. Last season he piloted Green Bay to the club’s first
Clark Cup playoff berth in three years.
Mazzoleni took over the Gamblers after spending 16 years as a
collegiate head coach, the last five at Harvard. Mazzoleni went
82-72-13 behind the Harvard bench, leading the Crimson to three NCAA
tournament berths and two Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference
tournament titles.
Prior to taking over at Harvard, Mazzoleni spent
five years at Miami (Ohio) University, where he piloted the Red Hawks
to an 85-83-20 record and the second NCAA tournament berth in school
history.
The vastly experienced Mazzoleni began his coaching career as an
assistant at the University of Illinois-Chicago (1980-85). His
first head coaching job was at Division III Wisconsin-Stevens Points
(1986-91) where he piloted the Pointers to three straight national
titles. Mazzoleni next spent three years as assistant coach and
recruiting coordinator at the University of Minnesota (1991-94).
In his playing days, Mazzoleni was a goaltender at Michigan State from 1976 to 1980.
HISTORY
Rider goaltender Kent Patterson set a team record by
making 58 saves in last Saturday’s wild win over Sioux City.
Patterson snapped a record originally set by Al Stalock, who stopped 52
shots on March 17, 2006 in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Tri-City Storm.
The Riders established another team record by
allowing 63 shots Saturday night. The previous club record was
set on February 8, 2000 when the Riders gave up 62 shots in a 5-0 loss
to the Lincoln Stars.
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 2003-04 Anderson Cup title was the first in Storm history.
The Storm also made the Clark Cup finals for the first- and so far
only- time in 2004. Tri-City has reached the playoffs each of the
last three seasons.
The Gamblers were swept in three straight games by the Des Moines
Buccaneers in the first round of last spring’s Clark Cup
playoffs. That postseason appearance was Green Bay’s first in
four years. Prior to last year, Green Bay last appeared in the
playoffs in 2001-02. The Gamblers also won what was then their
fourth straight East Division title in 2001-02.
Green Bay has twice claimed each of the Clark Cup (1996 and 2000),
Anderson Cup (1996 and 1997), and junior A national titles (1996 and
1997).
COLLEGE COMMITMENTS
Cedar Rapids (11)
Richard Bachman (Colorado College), Robin Bergman (Notre Dame), David
Boehm (Massachusetts), Rob Bordson (Minnesota-Duluth), Jacob Cepis
(Bowling Green), Brett Dickinson (Quinnipiac), Evan Stephens
(Dartmouth), Matt Tomassoni (Miami of Ohio), Kevin Wehrs (Minnesota),
Scott Wietecha (Ferris State), Tommy Wingels (Miami of Ohio)
Tri-City (11)
David Brownschidle (Brown), Kyle Ensign (Nebraska-Omaha), Mario
Lamoureux (Northern Michigan), Tristin Llewellyn (Michigan), Luke Lucyk
(Notre Dame), Danny Markowitz (Dartmouth), Nick Oslund (St. Cloud
State), Calle Ridderwall (Notre Dame), Andy Sackrison (Minnesota-State
Mankato), Patrick White (Minnesota), Jordan Willert (Nebraska-Omaha)
Green Bay (8)
Adam Avramenko (Niagara), Channing Boe (Minnesota State-Mankato),
Michael Borisnok (New Hampshire), Bryan Haczyk (Niagara), Derrick
LaPoint (North Dakota), Steve Silva (Northeastern), Sergio Somma (Ohio
State), Shea Walters (Bemidji State)
NHL DRAFT PICKS
Cedar Rapids Year Round Overall Team
Sergei Kolosov 2004 5th 151 Detroit
Richard Bachman 2006 4th 120 Dallas
Tri-City
Year Round
Overall
Team
Ian Keserich
2004
7th
215
Colorado
Andrew Sackrison 2006
5th
124
St. Louis
Nick Oslund
2006 7th
191 Detroit
Jesse Martin
2006 7th
195 Atlanta
ROUGHRIDER ALUMNI
Division I
GP
G A PTS
Justin Abdelkader (Michigan State/sophomore)
19 6
9 15
Phil Axtell (Michigan Tech/freshman)
22 2
5 7
Casey Bickley (Army/senior)
21
5 10 15
James Brannigan (Colorado College/junior)
17 0 4 4
Jamie Carroll (Providence/senior)
16 3
1 4
Greg Collins (New Hampshire/sophomore)
15
1 2 3
Chad Costello (Northeastern/freshman)
20
6 7 13
Ray Eichenlaub (Miami of Ohio/sophomore)
26
3 11 14
Jon Grabarek (Wayne State/sophomore)
14
0 4 4
Jordy Hart (Merrimack/junior)
12
1 0 1
Bryan Horan (Providence/senior)
20
2 2 4
Tyler Howells (Michigan State/senior)
23
2 14 16
Ray Kaunisto (Northern Michigan/freshman)
25 1
0 1
Steven Kaunisto (Lake Superior State/freshman)
23
1 4 5
Billy Loupee (Miami of Ohio/sophomore)
21 1
2 3
Shane Lovdahl (Alaska-Anchorage/sophomore)
18
0 4 4
GP G
A PTS
Alec Martinez (Miami of Ohio/sophomore)
26 8
11 19
Zach Miskovic (St. Lawrence/sophomore)
21 2
4 6
Sean Muncy (Brown/sophomore)
17
5 5 10
Brandon Naurato (Michigan/sophomore)
23
7 4 11
Matt Olinger (Wisconsin/senior)
24
0 0 0
Zach Pearson (Ferris State/senior)
21
5 11 16
Derek Peltier (Minnesota/junior)
25
2 3 5
Nate Perkovich (Lake Superior State/freshman)
24 10
5 15
Jordan Pietrus (Brown/freshman)
9 0 2 2
Ted Purcell (Maine/freshman)
21 12 17 29
Nick Sellers (Lake Superior State/freshman)
14
3 1 4
Chris Snavely (Michigan State/senior)
10 0 3 3
Gary Steffes (Miami of Ohio/freshman)
26 5 1 6
David Strathman (Northeastern/freshman)
21
2 2 4
Brandon Svendsen (Bowling Green/sophomore)
24 3
6 9
Shawn Vinz (New Hampshire/senior)
20 3
1 4
Matt Vokes (Brown/sophomore)
17
7 6 13
Chase Watson (Providence/senior)
14
1 1 2
Mark Zarbo (Bentley/freshman)
21 1 4 5
GP W-L-T
GAA SV% SO
Joe Fallon (Vermont/junior)
20 11-7-2
1.58 .930 5
Bobby Goepfert (St. Cloud State/senior)
18 10-4-4 2.28
.924 2
Alex Stalock (Minnesota-Duluth/freshman)
20
5-12-3 3.14 .889
1
Dan Tormey (Minnesota State-Mankato/sophomore) 10
2-7-0 4.28 .856
0
Division III
GP
G A PTS
Brett Beckfeld (Wisconsin-Stevens Point/sophomore)
15 7
5 12
T.J. Dahl (Wisconsin-River Falls/junior)
17
10 25 35
Professional
GP
G A PTS +/-
P.J. Atherton (Johnstown/ECHL)
32 4
18 22 -7
Rico Fatticci (Tulsa/CHL)
25 2
9 11 +5
Mike Manley (Trenton/ECHL)
27
1 2 3
-5
Dave Moss (Calgary/NHL)
11 5
0 5 +3
Danny O’Brien (Fresno/ECHL)
1
0 0 0
0
Alexander Valentin (Kalamazoo/UHL) 35
2 4 6 -6
Highlights
Three former RoughRiders made key contributions as
Michigan State swept a pair of games from Alaska-Fairbanks last
weekend. The Spartans downed the Nanooks 3-2 last Friday and
scored a 4-3 victory last Saturday.
Tyler Howells scored the game winning goal and added
two assists last Saturday. Howells totaled four points on the
weekend. After helping Team USA to a bronze medal at the World
Junior Championship in Sweden, Justin Abdelakader returned last weekend
to score one goal and assist on another in MSU’s two games. Chris
Snavely picked up a pair of assists Saturday night.
Joe Fallon made 23 saves last Saturday as Vermont
defeated Northeastern 3-0. The shutout was Fallon’s fifth of the
season. He leads the nation in both shutouts and goals against
average (1.58).
The Calgary Flames’ Dave Moss last Thursday scored
in a 7-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche. Moss has scored five
times since making his NHL debut last month. Moss and the Flames
return to action tonight against the Nashville Predators.
ROUGHRIDERS ROSTER
The RoughRiders acquired forward Danny Dries from
the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets over the weekend. The 18-year old Lake
Orion, Michigan, native scored one goal and picked up two assists in
six games with Junior Blue Jackets this season.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Fans can enjoy significant discounts on selected
beverages this Friday evening as the RoughRiders host Tri-City.
Jimmy Neutron is sure to be a big hit with young
fans as he hits the ice arena for the RoughRiders’ game against Green
Bay Saturday night.
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 are 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.
The RoughRiders Coach’s Show with Mark Carlson airs Wednesday nights at
6:00 live from Union Station on 16th Avenue SW in Cedar Rapids on
AM-1360 The Fan.
Real time updates of all USHL games are available on line at www.pointstreak.com/prostats.
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Posted on Saturday, January 20, 2007 (Archive on Saturday, January 27, 2007)
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