Mike Seidel scored a pair of goals as the host RoughRiders rolled to a 7-3 win over the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets Saturday night. 

The RoughRiders broke the game open with four first period goals in a span of just under three and a half minutes.   

After Ohio’s Charles Brockett opened the scoring 3:15 into the game with a drive from the high slot, Doug Jones started the Rider onslaught by scoring on a breakaway at 7:52 of the first period. 

Just 15 seconds later, David Boehm’s wraparound gave the Riders a 2-1 lead. 

The Riders extended the lead to a pair at 9:41 on a Seidel power play goal.  Siedel jammed the puck past Ohio goaltender Jonathan Czarnecki from the side of the net. 

Dan Dries raced into the goalmouth to finish a 2-on-1 rush and cap off the Rider first period outburst at the 11:19 mark. 

At 10:16 of the second period the Riders stretched the lead to 5-1 when Brett Dickinson scored Cedar Rapids’ second power play goal on a cross-crease feed from Jacob Cepis. 

The Blue Jackets were on the power play when Dan Barczuk brought Ohio within three with a wrister from the slot at 15:28 of the second. 

The Riders would bounce back to score twice in just over a minute early in the third period.  Seidel walked in alone to make it 6-2 at 1:32 of the third.  At 2:49 Rob Bordson cut into the slot and put a stylish exclamation point on the Rider effort by firing puck up under the cross bar. 

Zac MacVoy shoveled a loose puck past Rider netminder Kent Patterson (24 saves) to make it 7-3 with just under seven and a half minutes left, but by that time the issue was no longer in doubt.