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.
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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
How many guys can tell you the stick curves used by other players? That’d be Keltie Jeri-Leon of the Iowa Heartlanders. The 25-year-old from British Columbia is a self-professed “hockey nerd.”
In this week’s edition, we crunched the numbers in games between Eastern Conference and Western Conference teams in the United States Hockey League. The East is dominating them.
Hawke Huff was better known last hockey season for being more of a defensive defenseman. Acquired in a trade from Sioux Falls, the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders second-year guy has added much more offense to his game this USHL season.
The Professional Hockey Players’ Association released an open letter to fans last week that gave its side of ongoing Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations between it and the ECHL. The PHPA said it is seeking proper rest for its players, increased salaries and renumeration for corporate and jersey auctions.
The ECHL’s Iowa Heartlanders had a tough three-in-three weekend road trip over the weekend. The club lost Friday night at Cincinnati but rebounded to win there Saturday and Sunday at Toledo, despite posting just nine shots on goal.
Here’s another edition of Corridor Cross Checks. Forward Jason Musa of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders is a point-per-game player thus far in his second season in the United States Hockey League.
Justin Graf of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders has had a fine start to his United States Hockey League acreer, picking up six goals and 11 points in his first 11 games. The promising forward wants to follow in the footsteps of his older brother, Collin, a forward for the NHL’s San Jose Sharks.
Defenseman Will Francis was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia shortly after the conclusion of his junior hockey career with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. After treatment brought him into remission, he relapsed twice while playing at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Again cancer free, he is playing his first full professional season in the ECHL with the Tulsa Oilers.
It was a three-in-three weekend for the Iowa Heartlanders this past weekend as the ECHL regular season began. And it was three one-goal games for the Heartlanders, who went 2-1. The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders split a pair of USHL games this past weekend.
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