Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Defenseman Matt Donovan has been named CCM United States Hockey League Defensive Player of the Week.

Donovan, 17, scored two goals and picked up one assist while posting a plus/minus rating of +2 in three games last week. The Edmond, Oklahoma, native scored a tying goal in what would prove to be a 4-2 Rider loss to the Steel last Wednesday in Chicago, picked up an assist on home ice two nights later in a 5-3 setback at the hands to the Steel, and scored the only Rider goal in a hard fought 2-1 loss to the Sioux City Musketeers last Saturday night in Cedar Rapids. This marks the second time this season that Donovan has been named Defensive Player of the Week.

On the season, Donovan leads the league in plus/minus (+20), is tied for seventh among defensemen in goals (5) and is tied for ninth among blue liners in points (17).

The RoughRiders picked Donovan in the first round of May’s United States Hockey League draft with the tenth overall selection. The Denver recruit played midget hockey for the Dallas Junior Stars last season.

The RoughRiders (21-10-1, 43 points) are currently in second place in the USHL’s East Division. The Riders will hit the road for games against the Des Moines Buccaneers Wednesday night and the Sioux City Musketeers Friday evening before returning home to take on the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets Saturday night at 7:05.

Tickets for all remaining RoughRider regular season home games- including this Saturday’s game- are now on sale. Tickets are available for purchase 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.