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Roughriders to play Muskegon in playoffs
Apr. 17, 2011 8:25 am
CEDAR RAPIDS - The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders finally know their first opponent in the United States Hockey League playoffs.
They'll play the Muskegon Lumberjacks in a best-of-5 second-round series that begins Wednesday night at 7:05 at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. The second game is Friday night at The Stable, before the series shifts to Michigan for Games 3 and 4.
A deciding Game 5 would be back in Cedar Rapids on April 27.
Muskegon dispatched of Team USA in two straight road games in the first round, closing out the best-of-3 series Saturday night, 5-2. The Lumberjacks went 24-28-8 for 56 points in the regular season to Cedar Rapids' Anderson Cup winning 42-12-6, 90 points.
The RoughRiders and Lumberjacks played four times in the regular season, each winning a shootout game. Cedar Rapids also won, 5-1, at home and Muskegon won at home, 5-0.
The series will feature the Megna brothers. RoughRiders captain Jayson Megna was his team's second-leading scorer in the regular season. Younger brother Jaycob Megna is a defenseman for Muskegon.
Green Bay's Brian O'Rourke flies into the boards as Cedar Rapids Forward Justin Kovacs keeps his eyes on the puck during the first period of the Roughriders match up with the Gamblers, Saturday March 26, 2011 in Cedar Rapids. (Becky Malewitz/SourceMedia Group News)
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