The Riders, who threw 51 shots at Des Moines goaltender Matt Dalton in regulation and overtime, did earn one point for the shootout defeat.

      Selk brought a roller coaster night to an end by snapping a wrist shot past Rider goaltender Richard Bachman (35 saves).  Matt Read, Shane Sims and Chris Knowlton also scored in the shootout for the Bucs, while Tommy Wingels, Evan Stephens and Kevin Wehrs converted for Cedar Rapids.

      The Riders took the game to overtime after Robin Bergman tied the score at four at x:xx of the third period.  Bergman buried a Mike Seidel centering pass for his second power play goal of the night.

      The Bucs had scored twice earlier in the third period to turn a 3-2 Rider edge into a 4-3 lead of their own.  Read (who also had two assists) swept a loose puck home from close range to knot the score at thee apiece just xx seconds into the third.

      Des Moines was on the power play when Jeff Petry fired in the go-ahead goal from the blue line at x:xx.

      The Riders and Bucs likewise spent the first two periods swapping body blows. 

      The Bucs opened the scoring when Chris Knowlton shoveled in an Andrew Olson centering pass at 6:29 of the first period.

      Bergman’s first power play goal evened the score at one at 14:19 of the first.

      The Riders took their first lead of the night 2:41 into the second period.  Cedar Rapids was again up a man when Brett Dickinson charged in from the point to bury a goalmouth feed from Jacob Cepis and put the Riders on top 2-1.

      The Bucs quickly responded to even the score at two.  Richard Purslow cut across the goalmouth to beat Bachman at the 3:11 mark of the second. 

      The Riders would retake the lead with just under five minutes left in the period.  Dan Dries whipped a backhander in under the crossbar for Cedar Rapids’ first even strength goal of the night.