Before the game, the team will host an official tailgate party at Kingston Yard from 1:30-4:30 featuring food, DJs, players/coaches, cheerleaders, bands, games and prizes, including game tickets. Admission is free. Fans are encouraged to bring a new pillow to donate to Central Furniture Rescue.
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders are a good hockey team. They have gathered standings points in two-thirds of their games, have been competitive night in and night out. But they are 0-7 in games that have gone past regulation, including 0-5 in shootouts after a 2-1 loss Sunday to Fargo.
Nick Saracino will represent Italy at next month’s Winter Olympics. The 33-year-old St. Louis native has had quite an interesting hockey career, including a two-season stint with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders.
David Fine, the only broadcaster the Iowa Heartlanders have had in their five-year existence, was chosen to work Monday night’s ECHL All-Star Classic in Allen, Texas. The game was to be shown on NHL Network.
McDermott graduated from Massachusetts, majoring in neuroscience and minoring in economics. He earned his Master’s degree from RPI in business analytics.A smart guy. An entrepreneurial guy. A married guy who has seen his wife only twice since July.
The Minnesota Twins announced coaching staffs for all of their minor league baseball affiliates Wednesday. Brian Meyer will return to manage the Cedar Rapids Kernels for a second season.
Longtime Cedar Rapids Kernels clubhouse manager Ron “Roady” Plein died Saturday in his hometown of Dubuque. Plein began his career in professional baseball in 1975 with the Quad City Angels, moving to the Kernels when the California Angels moved their Midwest League affiliate to Cedar Rapids in 1993.
The 17-year-old hockey wunderkind from the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the United States Hockey League announced he was leaving junior hockey to join NCAA powerhouse Boston University for the second semester.
The Iowa Heartlanders hit the road Tuesday afternoon for their ECHL game Wednesday night at Kansas City. The ECHL and Professional Hockey Players’ Association officially ratified a new collective bargaining agreement
Who made a lasting impression? Libby Fandel, Quentin Nauman, Williamsburg softball, South Winneshiek cross country, and an all-too-brief moment in the sun for my Drake Bulldogs.
Saturday night saw the ECHL and Professional Hockey Players’ Association release a joint statement saying a potential new collective bargaining agreement has been agreed upon, with striking players expected to return to their teams to prepare for games before the new year.
ECHL hockey players went on strike Friday after attempts at negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement between the ECHL and Professional Hockey Players’ Association failed. The Iowa Heartlanders had their scheduled home game against Bloomington at Xtream Arena postponed, with weekend games Saturday and Sunday on the road against the Bison very much up in the air.
The Professional Hockey Players’ Association says hockey players in the ECHL will go on strike Friday unless a new collective bargaining agreement with the league is finalized. The sides have been negotiating since June, after the current CBA expired. The Iowa Heartlanders are a member of the ECHL and have a home game scheduled Friday night at Xtream Arena against Bloomington.
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