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RoughRiders Deal Muncy To Des Moines, Add Steffes
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RoughRiders Deal Muncy To Des Moines, Add Steffes
<P>September 27, 2004 - The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders have traded forward Sean Muncy to the Des Moines Buccaneers in exchange for future considerations, the RoughRiders announced today.</P>
<P>The RoughRiders have also added forward Gary Steffes, who had been one of the team’s affiliated players, to the active roster. </P>
<P>“This is the toughest decision I’ve had to make as general manager of this team,” said RoughRiders coach and general manager Mark Carlson. “At the same time, I’m committed to making the club the best it can be and we’re very excited about Gary Steffes becoming a RoughRider.”</P>
<P>Muncy, 19, played his final game for the RoughRiders’ last Saturday night as Cedar Rapids opened the season with a 4-3 shootout win over the Des Moines Buccaneers in Urbandale.</P>
<P>This is Muncy’s third United States Hockey League season. The Chesterfield, Missouri, native scored ten goals and totaled 20 points in 48 games with the RoughRiders last year. Muncy broke into the league with the RoughRiders in 2002-03, scoring two goals and notching eight points in 54 games.</P>
<P>The RoughRiders selected Steffes, 17, in the fourth round of last month’s USHL futures draft with the forty-first overall choice. The Grand Blanc, Michigan, native played for the Stratford Cullitons of the Ontario Hockey Association’s Midwestern Junior B League last season. Steffes rang up five goals and 18 points in 28 games as the Cullitons rolled to a 42-4-1 record and claimed the Ontario Junior B title, the Sunderland Cup.</P>
<P>In addition, Steffes was part of the United States Select Team that finished fourth in the Under-18 Junior World Cup in Slovakia and the Czech Republic last month. Steffes scored a pair of goals as the U.S. posted a 2-3 record in competition against Canada, Finland, Russia, Sweden and the co-host Czechs. The RoughRiders’ Hunter Bishop and Alec Martinez were among Steffes’s U.S. teammates.</P>
<P>Steffes also skated for Team Michigan in July’s USA Hockey Select-17 Festival in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He picked up two goals and two assists as Team Michigan posted the best record (5-1-0) at the festival.</P>
<P>Steffes is expected to be available when the RoughRiders return to action this Thursday night at 7:35 against the Chicago Steel in Bensenville, Illinois.</P>
<P>The RoughRiders will play their home opener on Saturday, October 16 when they host their arch rivals, the defending Clark Cup champion Waterloo Black Hawks, at 7:05PM.</P>
<P>2004-05 season tickets are currently available through the RoughRiders’ business office (247-0340). In addition to their seats, season ticket holders receive a host of exclusive benefits.</P>
<P>Over their first five seasons, the Riders have secured a place as one of the top organizations in the United States Hockey League. The RoughRiders are one of just three teams to have reached the USHL playoffs each of the last four seasons and last year set a franchise record for wins in a season. The Riders are also annually among the league leaders in attendance, frequently drawing sellout crowds to the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena.</P> |
Posted on Monday, September 27, 2004 (Archive on Monday, September 27, 2004)
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