The United States National Team Development Program’s U17 team got a late goal and an ensuing empty netter to beat the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, 6-4, Tuesday night in Game 2 of a first-round United States Hockey League playoff series.
Five players scored goals and six recorded assists, as the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders won Game 1 of their first-round USHL playoff series Monday night over the USNTDP’s U17 squad, 5-2.
Ryan Walsh of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders had modest goals this season as a first-year player. The forward simply wanted to earn ice time. What he has accomplished instead is the club’s record for most points in a season.
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders officially qualified for the United States Hockey League playoffs with a win this past Friday night over Youngstown. The Iowa Heartlanders had their ECHL season conclude with a pair of wins over Wheeling.
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders had their home game Friday night against Madison postponed by weather. That’d be summer-like weather: severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.
The Iowa Heartlanders have hit the college free-agent market hard in the last couple of weeks, signing six players who recently ended their college careers in the United States.
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders are in possession of a United States Hockey League playoff berth with 11 games remaining in the regular season. The club hopes to climb the standings down the stretch in hopes of hosting a first-round playoff series.
In this week’s Corridor Cross Checks, we write about a good week for both the Iowa Heartlanders and Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. And about the University of Iowa men’s club hockey team, which has qualified for the ACHA Division II national tournament.
Corridor Cross Checks: Tanner MacMaster was playing professional hockey in Sweden, but wasn’t entirely happy with his situation there. His old Quinnipiac teammate Kevin McKernan began selling him on the merits of playing in the ECHL with the Iowa Heartlanders, and now here MacMaster is, making a difference.
HS journalism: Ingersoll playing for Cedar Rapids RoughRiders high school team, trying to move up and move on in his hockey career
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders and Youngstown Phantoms are playing their USHL game Thursday night at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, home of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns.
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders acquired forward Jack Musa from Madison in a significant USHL trade last week. Musa was Madison’s leading scorer, a two-year USHL player and commit to college hockey power Boston University.
The Iowa Heartlanders lost their first 20 ECHL games this season away from Xtream Arena. That streak came to a halt this past weekend, with the club winning back-to-back games Wheeling.
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders lost three games in three days this weekend, including a ... rough ... 3-2 overtime loss Sunday to Green Bay at ImOn Ice.
Photos from Sunday’s Cedar Rapids RoughRiders game against the Green Bay Gamblers, a 3-2 Green Bay win in overtime.
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